101 Uses For is popular and let's hope it stays that way. Our second book is presently called 101 tips for self sufficiency; we will certainly dip into this section for ideas. So post away and let's try and get at least one thread up to 101.
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ina
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ina
Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:29 pm
Millymollymandy wrote:but my attempts at Barfi, which is my favourite,
Barfi? That sounds like, ergh, being sick...

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QuakerBear
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QuakerBear
Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:31 pm
27. Carrot dhaal. Boil/steam them till they're fairly soft and add to the usual spice & onion mix you use for dhaal. They don't need boiling for much after that like lentils do. This also freezes well and is particularly yummy with bombay potatoes and spinach.
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ina
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ina
Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:40 pm
Millymollymandy wrote:
And for Ina...... Barfi
Cheers - plain barfi sounds like what the Scots call tablet... In any case, too much sugar!
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I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
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Stonehead
Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:13 pm
the.fee.fairy wrote:Not that i'm getting desperate...
Well...
An ex-GF of mine was an A&E nurse. Do you really want me to tell you some of the uses she saw carrots put to?

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QuakerBear
Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:31 am
That's gross Stonehead. Please don't polute my mind with images of potential vegtable abuse.

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Millymollymandy
Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:13 pm
No, no, no, they are only used to try to entice all those little rodents to come out of their hidey holes.

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Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:56 pm
m3 - you are far too funny!! You just made me laugh out loud in my under-the-stairs office - luckily the sound was suitably muffled from the computer class next door and no other staff are here - otherwise I'd have been in big trouble!! lol
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mrsflibble
Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:56 pm
ever been into the Himalaya shopping centre just off the broadway in southall? fab afghan restaurent on the top floor, fantastic Pillau Murgh.
and if anyone is tempted to make a mock apricot flan with carrots, I've said it before and will no doubt say it again: DO NOT DO IT, MARGUERITE PATTEN HAS NO TASTEBUDS.
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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mrsflibble
Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:39 pm
i made the mistake of making it then trying to get tea's kids to eat it; poor little angels.

oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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Thurston Garden
Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:26 pm
Picked up today that Victorian gardeners used to bury a carrot by a plant that was susceptible to attacks by wire worms. The worms preferred the carrot to the plant and as the carrots were checked every morning, the wire worms were caught and destroyed before they set to on the plant.