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I grow french beans (non climbing) between mine.

is white clover easier to get rid of than red ?

Oh Green Aura you're good, do you think you could give us descriptions of how you make your recipes or links to good descriptions.

Thanks Arbor, this has led in another new direction, fermented vegetables, sauerkraut, etc - must have a go. Anyone out there already doing it?

Thanks Riff-Raff, the recipe is very similar to the garlic sausage we made without the red wine, paprika and acidphilus but adding 4 spice. However ours were cooked very carefully at 85degC for 25 minutes, then hung to dry in loops. Do you have any difficulty in buying the pig intestine for the skins?

My experience is that the corn needs to get to about 6" tall, then the mice don't bother with them. Up until then they will eat the seeds. You need to grow them in pots, roottrainers or the like and make sure they are securely covered. Although unfortunately the standard covers on roottrainers ...

Easy plant to grow, available most of the year, but yes who's got some nice recipes to make it worthwhile growing and eating.

Some good tips Durgan, thanks

Riff-Raff, thanks I am interested. Is there anything special you have to do for the meat to be preserved eg. salt or is it just the drying process in plenty of air?

Hi Oldjerry, basically the meat is put into kilner type jars, either pre-cooked or uncooked. With pate and rillettes the meat has already been cooked, but with chunks of meat, that you might otherwise roast for instance, it can go in uncooked. If using clip type jars, you put the rubber seals on and...

I've baked with 2 bundles, perhaps not as big as that, in an old french oven. In fact initially it was too hot for bread.

I have had some experience with wood fired ovens and maybe able to answer some of the problems people may be having with cracking clay and not reaching the required temperature. Clay ovens are going to crack unless you have a large proportion of sharp sand in the mix, 30-40%, and you need to give it...

Basically the meat was put into clean (not sterilised) jars, covered with water and brought to the boil. If the meat was uncooked it was boiled for 3 hours, 1 hour if the meat was already cooked. The temperature was between 90 and 95degC. The meat will keep for several years. Which region were you ...

Sometime ago I promised to report back on bottling meat after being in France, having been involved in the killing and butchering of a pig done in the completely traditional annual way. Basically the meat was put into clean (not sterilised) Kilner type jars, the jars covered with water and brought t...

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KeithBC, now we have set aside religion and science, would you like to lead on how we develop a moral code? Can anyone else follow? Well, I certainly don't subscribe to the "morality = obedience" school of thought. :icon_smile: Buddhism is all about how to reduce suffering, both our own a...