tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post6783316370553002950..comments2023-10-17T09:38:33.865+01:00Comments on Our New Life in the Country: The Last of the Toms and Batch CookingSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-17463300172496510452012-09-27T10:02:07.431+01:002012-09-27T10:02:07.431+01:00My tomato plants didn't make good root systems...My tomato plants didn't make good root systems in the wet spring, and frizzled away in the hot weeks that followed! In a similar year, I bought a huge tray of soft tomatoes to make chutney and tom sauce, and it cost me very little at the end of the market day - the guy was happy to do a deal to get rid of them. I might do the same this year, as home-made beats shop-bought any day!Vintage Maisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-8129192074579085752012-09-26T22:00:42.169+01:002012-09-26T22:00:42.169+01:00Totally agree with you Sue, we are trying to do as...Totally agree with you Sue, we are trying to do as much as possible and keep those left overs for other dinners.<br /><br />I like the idea of the Quorn based dinners. And your handwriting is great! I love your labels.<br /><br />Sft xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17545087114808861192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-23078600629935762262012-09-26T21:38:45.790+01:002012-09-26T21:38:45.790+01:00I love to batch cook, it is so satifying. I tend ...I love to batch cook, it is so satifying. I tend to do it early on a saturday morning when the family are all in bed asleep<br /><br />I love to have a full freezer tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-17514406163797644552012-09-26T14:41:21.697+01:002012-09-26T14:41:21.697+01:00Very organised Sue...I need to get my batch cookin...Very organised Sue...I need to get my batch cooking on! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-28834661942132265422012-09-26T13:59:19.563+01:002012-09-26T13:59:19.563+01:00I batch cook too....saves energy and there is alwa...I batch cook too....saves energy and there is always something in the freezer.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-71925092218864534292012-09-26T13:17:49.743+01:002012-09-26T13:17:49.743+01:00So pleased to hear that Valkyrie is doing better.
...So pleased to hear that Valkyrie is doing better.<br /><br />I do use the foil trays a few times each usually, that's the reason I don't write on the lids but put a sticker on instead so I can take it off for the next use.<br /><br />I am finding that as I use up all the supplies from the freezer I am ending up with a cupboard full of empty containers and plastic tubs, some store inside of each other but the majority don't and as you say they are very bulky!!<br /><br />Sue xx<br />Our New Life in the Country<br /><br />Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-65935174122511879962012-09-26T13:03:32.475+01:002012-09-26T13:03:32.475+01:00Those trays make sense. We use pyrex dishes with p...Those trays make sense. We use pyrex dishes with plastic lids for the freezer, which have the advantage of re-usability, but are otherwise a bit bulky to store. I love your tomatoes photo. We still have a lot, but not as many as last year (even the south of France experienced a poor harvest this year). Thanks again for your chicken advice - yesterday I felt that Valkyrie was strong enough to cope being mixed in with the other hens, and today she seems more active and involved - I'm really relieved and pleased that our early experiements in chicken keeping seem to be working.Flosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098894367955345944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-64312932826792507862012-09-26T11:28:33.431+01:002012-09-26T11:28:33.431+01:00Oh you are so organised. I am so jealous!!Oh you are so organised. I am so jealous!!bonsaimumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684530085331629758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-12292618550819892872012-09-26T11:21:21.839+01:002012-09-26T11:21:21.839+01:00I love it, very impressive. I haven't become e...I love it, very impressive. I haven't become expert in batch cooking yet, but I like the tin foil trays. I must get some and get started on it.DHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199859409385042568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-66606249891620401672012-09-26T10:13:27.209+01:002012-09-26T10:13:27.209+01:00What a lovely cook in. I'm using the last of m...What a lovely cook in. I'm using the last of my neighbours tomatoes she gave me in a veggie soup today ( then off to raid her green house for more which I have care of while she's away for two weeks !!!)BadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-72724417858651696172012-09-26T09:01:04.925+01:002012-09-26T09:01:04.925+01:00I love having homemade ready meals in the freezer-...I love having homemade ready meals in the freezer- I like using them at weekends when, for some reason, I never feel like cooking.Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-90781082737959375822012-09-26T08:05:55.453+01:002012-09-26T08:05:55.453+01:00As an african friend of mine would put it: '&#...As an african friend of mine would put it: ''Very industrious!''Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114653674812242486noreply@blogger.com