Ann Marie, rather than step outside of medical advice, have you ever thought of dressing goat's cheese (feta) with some finely chopped chives or similar? This small addition may give the cheese a whole new direction in taste.
I have to say it sounds very tasty. When I'm out shopping next I will get some and let you know how it is.
I walked to the farm shop on Saturday for the first time since being ill. It was a little tiring but I felt better for doing it. Well today I'm going to get all the Christmas card done and in the post box for the 4pm collection.
7:21 pm 13th December 10
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Step into my garden I have a large clump of chives already well established, they're free just help yourself. However, the airfare is a different matter.
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4:36 pm 14th December 10
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I would love to come and pick some of your chives. Ours have all died back now. I think it would be cheaper to go to the supermarket and buy some but it wouldn't be as much fun.
I got all my Christmas cards done and posted. I'm going to put the Christmas tree up later today and we are have a switching on celebration at 9pm. You are all welcome to attend.
We have been Christmas shopping today. We went to Marlborough. It's a lovely market town and it has some wonderful shops. It's not like most towns in the UK. The shops are mostly independents, not the big chains. I normally hate shopping but today I loved it. Marlborough dates back to 1087 and it's mentioned in the Domesday Book.
I have been to White Row Farm Shop (http://www.whiterowcountryfood…..=farm-shop) today and got all my meat for Christmas. All I have to get next week are the vegetables. It's so nice knowing all the Christmas shopping is done. White Row Farm Shop is not my usual farm shop that I walk to when I get my milk. It's the old farm shop I used to go to before I moved here. It takes about half an hour to drive to but it's much bigger and they have an in-house butcher and fishmonger. All the pork sold in the shop comes from the pigs at White Row Farm. Here is a photo of the pigs.
9:50 am 17th December 10
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I have kept pigs and i would imagine Michael has also, a most enjoyable and edible pet. It is said when a pig is slaughtered the only thing not eaten is the squeak. I will admit I didn't look forward to the day when I had to put them down and take them to the butcher, but that is the way it has always been. The pigs had a good life, they were well looked after and extremely well fed.
My family had a rather unsavoury habit of naming our pigs. There was Porky and Bess, and then my son-in-law called the next pair Chris and Barbie. It was later I discovered this to be an abbreviation of Christmas and Barbecue.
In the UK the skin when cooked is referred to as 'crackling', in New Zealand it is known as 'crackle'. It tastes the same in both countries, delicious.
I would love to get a couple of pigs. I don't think it's right just to get one as they are quite sociable animals. The only thing with animals is that it ties you down. You can't just get in the car and go away. You need to sort someone out to feed them. I don't like the crackling. To be honest, I don't like any fat on my meat. I'm a little fussy that way. I like my bacon well cooked, some would say over cooked. I would give my pigs a name. When I was little there was a children's programme called Pinky and Perky. They were puppet pigs. That's what I would call my pigs.
7:20 pm 17th December 10
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Yes we did have pigs at our last property. We had the room and we also had 20 sheep. They make great lawnmowers too. Always two at a atime and we never named them. Some of the sheep got names , like 'Cheeky', Piebald' and Grump, but they never got eaten!
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already well established, they're free just help yourself. However, the airfare is a different matter.
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