Self-provisioned dinner

PK · Post by PK » 15 Sep 2007, 20:58

I'm afraid there is no way of saying this without coming across as rather smug, but for dinner today we had a Spannish omlette and salad, the ingredients consisting of:-

Eggs - laid by our good ladies
Red onion, garlic, moolie, tomatoes, courgette, beetroot, lettuce, cucumber, spring onion - all home grown
Mushrooms - picked from the the verge the other side of our front hedge

The only bought in items were salt, pepper and olive oil.

Citrine · Post by **Citrine** » 15 Sep 2007, 21:14

Wow, thats brilliant!!!! You should feel proud of yourself!!

b_cos_1_can · Post by **b_cos_1_can** » 15 Sep 2007, 21:26

sounds very :-D

yummy

Post by **wendy** » 15 Sep 2007, 22:09

You have every right to feel smug. Well done.
Wendy

ged · Post by **ged** » 15 Sep 2007, 23:21

:mrgreen:
Hi Pk,
sounds eggcellent to me!!!!!!!!
well done!
atb
ged )c+

Post by **Richard** » 16 Sep 2007, 00:06

Is there nothing so nice as to eat like that.

A sense of achievement and experiencing a better way of life!

derra · Post by **derra** » 16 Sep 2007, 15:19

wow thats brilliant. Just made jam from my damsons. Picked 6ib of sloes yesterday .... maybe damson jelly next and if i can afford a bottle of gin think i will try making sloe gin. Though your whole meal beats me hands down.

AnnaB · Post by **AnnaB** » 16 Sep 2007, 16:41

Pk
That's not smug. For weeks now we have sat down to our meals consisting of all the vegetables from the garden - we have between 5-8 different ones at each meal. I must admit I buy meat and fish but sometimes its as you say spanish omelette's.

morph · Post by **morph** » 17 Sep 2007, 13:59

ooooo- look at you AnnaB!!!!!

Well, if I had to live on what's in my garden, it'd be eggs and lettuce most days!!! At least I'd lose some weight though!

My peppers have only just started to flower ( and now it's cold - and they were fine last year)!!

My tomatoes (tumbling toms) have only just got tomatoes and they're green!

I've just picked 2 corn cobs - which are fine though. Things haven't grown so well this year - except lettuce. My strawberries were fine aswell....

No doubt the egg laying will soon cease until the spring - back to searching for some that cost loads and don't taste half as nice!!!!

We've been swapping eggs for wood pigeon though. I'm a veggie, but my husband has been getting freshly shot pigeon - which is good, as the animals are wild, and not shut up in a cage. The man who shoots them wanted to show me how to get the breast - ooo by pullin the wings off!!! I don't think so - I'll leave that to my hubby who eats meat!! (f+

Post by Mo » 18 Sep 2007, 12:03

Most of our veggies and fruit are home grown at the moment (I think I have some peas in the freezer, but the Bird's Eye bag is easier to find)
But I'm buying bread, milk, butter, cheese meat and the ingredients for all the home-made cakes, so quite a way to go.
However I had a tin of Â£1 coins from my end of the lane fruit stall which bought our fish and chips etc. while we were at Bromyard Folk Festival this weekend.

AnnaB · Post by **AnnaB** » 18 Sep 2007, 15:43

Well done Mo
Its nice to 'earn' some money from the garden. We haven't got enough to sell (except eggs) and its now mostly in the freezer.