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I've never made sourdough bread yet but would love to give it a go.

Stonehead (and others) - please can you post a recipe for a sourdough loaf for when I've got my starter all ready. I like tried and trusted recipes.

Thanks!

Jo

Hi Has anybody got a recipe for the kind of cheese spread that contains milk (powder) and gets whizzed up in a food processor? It is the proportions that I need so that it ends up like a healthier kind of Dairylea. I can play around with the ingredients by myself but that will probably leave me with...

We used to make all our own bread by hand and found it no problem at all. In fact, I really enjoyed the kneading etc. BUT - that was before I started working full-time (saving hard right now). So now we have succumbed to a breadmaker and it is so wonderful not to have shop bread all the time again. ...

I've not got as far as the onions yet this year but I've tried re-using the vinegar in past years. I find that the onions don't keep so well. But I'm saving hard and don't like wasting anything so what I do now is to re-boil the vinegar, sterilise the jars again (as suggested by Andy) and carry on. ...

MMM - Have you got a recipe for damson chutney or did you make one up? If you have one, please can you share it. I've got a bag of damsons I've been given and was thinking of chutney because I've already made damson jam.

Thank you!

Jo

Thanks, Stonehead.

Jo

Hi I've a poorly hen and would be grateful for some advice, please. The silly thing ate something about a week ago and it seems to have blocked her crop, which is now VERY distended. I've been giving her 5mls of olive oil each day as suggested in my Katie Thear book, in the hope that would help the ...

oops, sorry, I tried to edit a typo and I've posted this twice now. Jo I'm a bit late, I know, but I've just found where I'd hidden my book containing my favourite meatloaf recipe. It is based on the Shirley Goode books. Anyone know what happened to Shirley? She was very popular for about 10 years a...

I'm a bit late, I know, but I've just found where I'd hidden my book containing my favourite meatloaf recipe. It is based on the Shirley Goode books. Anyone know what happened to Shirley? She was very popular for about 10 years and then dropped out of sight. She is a lady who doesn't like parting wi...

Maybe next year we'll try again with letting a broody bantam sit on some eggs. I've taken the easy way out and gone and bought some point-of-lay Warrens for now.

Thanks for all the advice, though. I really appreciate the friendly and helpful people round here.

Jo

January 9th - Ina February 4th - Nick (Renee) 8th - Lou8 (Lou) 14th- Martin March April 16th - Timberframer (David) May 27th - Wombat (Nev) 29th - cat (Catherine) June 16th -The Chili Monster July 4th - shiney (Nat) 19th - Tigerhair (Imogen) August 13th - Andy and Dave Hamilton 16th - Albert Onglebo...

Thanks Olive. I had hoped that we were getting somewhere because it was just about 4 days old so I thought that meant it was learning to eat and drink. Never mind. Maybe it would be easier for now just to buy some more hens at point of lay and try again next year. Fertile eggs are a bit scarce round...

Rushed out this morning to check up on our little chick this morning before going to work - and there it was all of a heap. The broody isn't very happy.

Maybe I'll do better next time.

Jo

Thanks Nick (and Camile). Cheep (our family always uses such original names!) is still hanging in there and is very, very cute. I hope to goodness it is a 'she'. If it turns out to be a 'he' I will not be popular with the neighbours. We live in the suburbs of a city. When we were hoping for several ...

Nick - do you mean that eggs hatched by a broody can take a week or so longer to hatch than in an incubator? My book says 21 days to hatch. Books are useful but nothing beats advice from somebody who has been there before you. HOWEVER..... Today is day 25. I decided that she would have to be cleaned...