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Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 22 Jan 25

Yesterday I finally got around to making marmalade from the oranges I bought a week ago. I cooked the oranges already, but then needed plenty of time for the next stage so yesterday morning I tied on my apron and got to work. To...

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I’m a happy bunny!

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 13 Jan 25

I’m a happy bunny today – I stopped off at the supermarket to pick up some extra fruit and vegetables and they had Seville marmalade oranges in stock! I have been keeping an eye out for them but the season is so short it’s a bit...

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In the summer it is difficult to store vegetables and eat

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 24 Apr 24

In Calcutta temperature is around 41 degree celsius. Now many people buy the vegetables from open market and preserve them in refrigerator. While in other plants they remained fresh inside the fridge, now in end of April they are...

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Home made raisins

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 30 Oct 23

We have a large grape-vine growing over a pergola outside. I know if you are growing grapes specially for eating or wine-making you should keep the vine strictly pruned and only allow a few bunches of grapes per vine, and even...

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Time for a clear-out!

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 15 May 23

We have a fridge-freezer, which is supposedly frost-free, and a chest freezer, which isn’t. And even though we periodically attempt to use up things in the freezer, we never seem to get to the end. One of three things always...

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Mutual marmalade making

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 21 Mar 23

The other day my friend sent her husband (who is Czech, which may have affected the outcome!) to do the grocery shopping. She asked him to get some oranges so he bought a bag of what he thought were ordinary oranges. When he got...

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A real vintage!

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 6 Feb 23

My mother used to enjoy making preserves. As a child I remember lots of jam-making. Later we got interested in making wine, I think it started when we picked up a book on home wine-making at a jumble sale or something like that....

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People do strange things

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 1 Feb 23

Today I arranged to meet a friend to go for a walk in the woods with her dogs. And while I was waiting for her I thought I would clear up some of the litter that plagues the roadside around the parking place. In five minutes or...

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Another new-to-me recipe

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 30 Nov 22

I wrote a while ago about my chilli pepper harvest https://www.mylot.com/post/3530947/how-to-store-chillies I looked at things to do with chillies and one thing I found was a recipe for sweet chilli jam, so I thought I would try...

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And another one…

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 16 Nov 22

Still on the subject of grapes, another thing I wanted to try was spiced pickled grapes. I rather liked the look of this recipe and saved it years ago from a magazine, probably Country Living. But I wasn’t keen enough to actually...

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Experiment number three

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 7 Nov 22

In my series of kitchen experiments the next thing I tried was grape jam. I made grape jelly before and it was OK, but as a family it seems we prefer jam so I thought I would try that for a change. I found a recipe online and...

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How to store chillies

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 1 Nov 22

What’s your preferred way to store or preserve chilli peppers? I always grow a few chilli plants and they normally produce more than enough fruits to keep us going for a year or more. The varieties vary, depending on what I have...

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Quince cheese/ dulce de membrillo

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 22 Oct 22

My partner’s mum brought us a bag of quinces when they visited a couple of weeks ago. They have been hanging around since then so I finally bit the bullet last night. I had been putting it off because quinces are notoriously hard...

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Home-made lemon curd

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 21 Oct 22

@sharonelton this is for you, in case you want to make some with your lonely lemon! I love lemon curd. When I was a child my great aunt used to visit and bring some with her and it was so delicious, I can remember helping myself...

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Weaving my mom's hobby.

Koningjoy Ngoruh @Koningjoy (181) • Imphal, India 10 Aug 21

Dear MyLotters, The picture shown is my mom weaving our Monsang traditional shawl. It's my mom's and many of our tribal ladies hobby to weave like this. It's like one of the first thing a girl should learn next to cooking. It's...

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Done Shredding

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 14 Apr 21

Finished shredding the remaining papaya slices. I'm going to make a pickle papaya but I couldn't finish it this time as it's almost 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm tired and so sleepy at the moment. Our papaya tree has finally...

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Can We Conceptualize Another Reality?

Shiva @Shiva49 (28385) • Singapore 12 Apr 21

It is natural for us to feel we are weighed down by issues not of our making. We try to dodge them or forced to meet them head-on. We wonder why our creator looks the other way as our challenges are never ending. A few revel in...

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That golden glow

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 17 Jan 21

Yes I know, I’m obsessed. Here’s my marmalade in the making. The kitchen is filled with orangey steam. I always use the recipe from my trusty ‘Women’s Institute book of jams and other preserves’, which I bought about 25 years...

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First step to orange perfection!

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 16 Jan 21

Following on from my post the other day, I have overcome the first hurdle on the way to marmalade 2021! After looking at supermarkets online for Seville oranges and not being able to find anything, I tried our nearest...

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Another orange post!

Fleur @Fleura (35035) • United Kingdom 13 Jan 21

No not an overdose of squashes this time, but in contrast a lack of oranges! I have almost reached the bottom of my last jar of marmalade. This is a crisis! Normally I make a batch of marmalade and it is enough to last a couple of...

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