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andybebbington · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject: busy few days

was down in englandshire this week picking up granny and went to the market bought so much stuff cheep stuff its taken 3 days to get it all cooked

so far made
37 jars of strawberry jam bought a full case of strawberrys for £3 were all smaller than the avarage grape so took a couple of hours to hull them all

got a carrier bag of damsons for £2 so now have 24 jars of damson jam - never again took houirs to get all the stones out

have also filled the freezer with carrots and onions £2.50 for a 15kg sack so ended up with two of carrots one of red and one white onions, also have a heap of onions pickling

made a huge batch of green tomato chutney (only got one going re so far ) managed to get a box of slight sub apples for £2 so with ar ake in the cupbord now have 20 jars of chutney

and the best find was when i turned of the duel carriage way to look at the map and found a heap of blackthorn bushes laden with well ripe fruit so now have a demi john of gin one of vodka and some left to do whiskey with

more apples and carrots to do

why oh why do we not have a decent market around here,
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lachlanandmarcus · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

you'll only say never again about the damsons until you taste the nectar I reckon! Agree with you about the markets tho. it would be lovely if there was a thriving regular one for fruit and veg and stuff. Framers markets are good for the specialist bits and I get a veggie box but when you want to make use of seasonal gluts it would be good to be able to buy a lot.
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Sassinak · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:05 pm Post subject:

It is the one thing that most of miss about England I think.
The variety of shops and the markets.
We were down in Englandshire a few weeks ago and needed a shoehorn to get the last of the stuff into the car for the journey home.

I am going down again next week, but unfortunately it's only a flying visit for a funeral so won't get much chance to shop :-(
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MJ · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:59 pm Post subject:

I haven't thought about it for years but suddenly have craving for damson jam. my gran used to have cupboards of the stuff, next to the medlar jelly.
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lachlanandmarcus · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

did they have shaky crabby writing on the labels, my grans did. She used to give me it hot on vanilla ice cream...heaven.
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andybebbington · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:54 pm Post subject:

mums anounced tonight when we take my nan home we are coming back on a wed so we can do the market again on the way home and we will have more room with out my nan in the back and will be able to get stuff that wont spoil in other words we will see the meet man aswell this time looks like i wont be turning the smaller freezer of any time soon
had some jam with some rice pudding my brother made tonight it was bliss

All my labels are in nans writting it kept her busynot shakey tho were oldie worldy wish i could write so neat and elaborate
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wildgarlic · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject:

sounds like a good haul - not found anywhere quite like that here in manchester though.
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Sassinak · Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:04 am Post subject:

The best food deals that I found in Yorkshire the other week were in the Asian stores.
Onons £3 a sack and mutton chops were £4 a kilo. It's rare to find mutton for sale and certainly not at that price !!
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