General Chat

Living in the midst of lettuce prairies I was wondering if other people realized that little gems are the result of the damaged leaves being pulled off manky big lettuce.

It is just a way to sell the heart that is left even though they are packaged like they are a special species.

Sharon, I thought that they were a special species! Well you learn something new every day!

Are you sure about that Sharron? Little Gem 'is' a variety. If they are selling lettuce Hearts as Little Gem, they are breaking the Trade Description Act.

I have not worked in the packhouse myself but the daughter of a friend was there for a while and she mentioned it.

I doubt it would breach the TDA anyway.Botanically Little Gem may be a seperate species but it could well be a different classification when it comes to sellinc food.

Sandwich cress is actually oilseed rape seedlings.Ask yourself how much you would fancy an egg and rape sandwich.

Tut - how many other things are miss labelled, I wonder?

I didn't know about the soda crystals down the bog. Are you in a hard water area? I am but I would like to try that.

I tried the thing with the egg shells down the sink but could not seem to get them down there.

Can't say that I am impressed with the ideas in the programme.You could clean your shoes with hair conditioner if you bought it but I don't. What is wrong with a bit of furniture polish anyway?

Sharron, we live in a very hard water area. I have always used soda down the sink, shower and washbasins about once a month.

Vinegar to degunge kettle, OH lifts drain cover and chucks Jeyes down monthly and then hose. Haven't seen the latest programme but not that impressed - as to cleaning tips Kim and Aggie had better ones!

There are packets of seed for small varieties e.g.Gem lettuce, have bought some as with only two of us, Gem suits better.

Inmy youth when I had the highflying summer job in the tomato packhouse,we would always try to get hold of the little reject tomatoes.They were called chats and were about the size of a cherry tom but had by far the best flavour.

Nobody would buy little tomatoes then.Now they pay through the nose for cherries.The power of the advertizing agency is boundless.

I have been watching the Kenwood programme on QVC. They make some lemonade to show you how good the liquidizer is. Well,we have a Kenwoos liquidizer because the factory is not far away and they have an outlet shop.

I have never quite believed the demonstration so, this evening I tried it.
It just involves putting a whole lemon,some ice cubes and some sweetening(I used Aldi's version of Splenda) and some tap water into the blender and give it a bit of a whizz.
Then you strain it into glasses.

For the price of a lemon and the sweetening we had nearly half a gallon of the best lemonade I have ever tasted.It was gorgeous.Let's hope the hot weather lasts,then we can have some more.

Sharron where is the Kenwood store?

What blade did you need? Instructions please :-D

The Kenwood factory and shop is in Havant.

You just bung it all in the liquidizer.

Rita, maybe that is the norm.How frightening would that be?

It was areal eye- opener when I met my OH how blase he and his family were to owing money. He thought it was normal to be chasing money all the time to pay unmamgeable debts.

Many people regard credit cards as a source of money.I treat it like a guard dog.I am afraid of what it can do but like to have it there just in case I may need it sometime.

That programme is not really meant for us,she says smuggly. It is just passing on what we already know.We are the champions!!