tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post8755968523820322559..comments2023-06-02T10:31:39.606+01:00Comments on Letticeleaf...: I'm on my high horse...lettice leafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-64765278084767558322013-02-15T08:22:07.867+00:002013-02-15T08:22:07.867+00:00Your question about animal feed struck a chord wit...Your question about animal feed struck a chord with me...in the 1980,s I worked for the then MAFF and I was horrified having to test chicken litter for animal feed. Visiting chicken sheds to collect samples was even worse... The conditions for those birds will always stay in my mind!<br />Julie xThe Cloth Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-3173241489025594762013-02-13T21:52:52.803+00:002013-02-13T21:52:52.803+00:00Wise words! One of my favourite compliments, years...Wise words! One of my favourite compliments, years ago when my 35 yr old was 15, was "Oh Mum, it's so great - you make real food - Johnny only ever has microwaved." I hope I've passed on that useful trick of making something tasty out of very little too.nillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733433402466612700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-16779161831631478722013-02-13T12:36:42.927+00:002013-02-13T12:36:42.927+00:00Terry for PM I say! A man for all reasons? Home ...Terry for PM I say! A man for all reasons? Home grown veg, hand made bread and first name terms with your butcher... How good is that!<br /><br />LLXlettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-5680127270926526572013-02-13T12:34:08.995+00:002013-02-13T12:34:08.995+00:00'Plocked?' A new equestrian term for plon...'Plocked?' A new equestrian term for plonked, surely you knew that!!!?!!!<br /><br />LLXlettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-4561272817455867342013-02-13T12:31:32.099+00:002013-02-13T12:31:32.099+00:00Sophie, my only other skirmish with a horse was in...Sophie, my only other skirmish with a horse was in the Highlands where a friend plocked me on one of her old nags and we clip-clopped through the heather. If I"d fallen off, it would at least have been a soft landing. Trouble was in every fibre of my bot, I knew I'd never be a natural, nor by this time did I want to be!<br /><br />Good for you another 'real woman'... one wot cooks! I applaud you.<br /><br />LLXlettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-15003037541651633772013-02-13T12:20:09.654+00:002013-02-13T12:20:09.654+00:00Jean, on reading your comment my heart felt sore. ...Jean, on reading your comment my heart felt sore. How come no one in authority seems to care? Ponzi scheme on a massive global scale! UK seems to be the only country sticking by the EU rules.<br /><br />Is it any wonder we are held in such low esteem by all and sundry... thieves and vagabonds? <br /><br />LLXlettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-3216113081930009412013-02-13T11:49:43.025+00:002013-02-13T11:49:43.025+00:00I couldn't agree more. I well remember a larg...I couldn't agree more. I well remember a large lady at a slimming group cracking on about how she couldn't afford real food and that was why she always bought convenience food. She then went on to say how much she loved crisps and all the salt and fat laden things. The whole group waffled on about all the things slimmers know are unhealthy and Oh so... WRONG! When it got to my turn I said 'Pulses, market-bought vegetables, inexpensive nutrititious food!' They all looked at me as if I'd stepped off a space-ship: you know I never went back!<br /><br />LLXlettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-3809203978459163172013-02-12T21:48:41.613+00:002013-02-12T21:48:41.613+00:00I agree wholeheartedly, I have always thought maki...I agree wholeheartedly, I have always thought making your own food from scratch the way to go, and it is cheaper. I also like to support my local butcher and greengrocer although we do grow a lot of our own veg. Terry makes a lovely loaf of bread no additives or preservatives - don't start me on that one mind! jayne xJaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551672517126363905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-32040324921262255472013-02-12T21:14:59.125+00:002013-02-12T21:14:59.125+00:00Hello Ll....
I was bought up witH horses, could ri...Hello Ll....<br />I was bought up witH horses, could ride at 4....they were my passion as a child, until I was 17 .... Cared for them when they were sick, and until they lived out their days. We dreaded the knackers yard,cause they used to come and take them away...saw it all, and knew the score from an early age...it was black and white, none of this...crap that is going on now, it's disgusting. You are right I blame the big supermarkets with there knock down prices. I don't each much meat, was veggie for years, have always cooked from scratch, even when the kids were babies I puréed dinners and put it in ice cubes. I won't even have a micro wave...sounds too dangerous to me, don't want to be eating any of them :) any how. I feel sick at this world at times, truly sick. And Im so glad I never fed myself or my family that rubbish, it's the deception that stinks and the medication they pump into them, it's alwAys good to know what your eating, ....<br />I love the photo of you with the lamb what an amazing thing to have done....thanks for an honest post, sorry you had a nightmare on a horse, x I would of taught you xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13831452606024076452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-17170858573615105162013-02-12T19:58:16.801+00:002013-02-12T19:58:16.801+00:00Well said indeed. I was brought up in a town and a...Well said indeed. I was brought up in a town and apart from a few months living in the country (where I met my man) have always lived in a town. However I still order my meat from a local butcher and most of my veg comes from farm shops. My butcher knows all the farmers who supply his meat and their names are displayed in the shop. But it doesn't cost us an arm and a leg to fill our freezer, in fact I am sure that a lot of the joints in there cost less than some of the rubbish sold in the supermarkets. We still make a joint do 2 or 3 meals and eat really well though both of us are retired. Is it any wonder that we keep hearing of yet another strain of some awful disease when it is obvious that none of us really know what is being put in our food, or fed to the animals that are finding their way into our supermarkets. Surely it would be better to eat less good food than shovel in piles of this muck. Maybe the problem of morbid obesity would be reduced too!WinnibriggsHousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373512408459789941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-9904008895703084032013-02-12T19:49:50.925+00:002013-02-12T19:49:50.925+00:00LL, well done for this post, I couldn't agree ...LL, well done for this post, I couldn't agree more. i have just had a letter through the post from Compassion in World Farming to say that at least 17 coumtries in the Eu are ignoring new legislation that prohibits keeping pigs in sow stalls beyond the first four weeks. Plus and this is truly MAD, Ireland has just reinstated the export of LIVE cattle to Libya, a journey that takes at least 10 days. Once there the animals are treated very badly indeed. Why are we buying shitty cheap meat from god knows where, when Ireland has a surplus and they are right on our door step? I'm as cross as you.<br />Jean xxShrimpton and Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936163290981358252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-65489615352612175712013-02-12T13:05:36.760+00:002013-02-12T13:05:36.760+00:00Yes please Elaine! Made me smile a while back whe...Yes please Elaine! Made me smile a while back when you told the tale of the tasty titbit your hens enjoyed in the form of a mouse. The shock horror that invoked from folk, made me smile; at the time I couldn't bring myself to say 'Surely hens know best what to eat!' Of late my bravery tablets have obviously clicked in! <br /><br />LLXlettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740911157835021243.post-77813087035962226452013-02-12T12:39:38.017+00:002013-02-12T12:39:38.017+00:00Would you like me to send you some eggs?
Joan and ...Would you like me to send you some eggs?<br />Joan and Edie are laying very well at the moment- fed happily on said worms and anything they can find in the garden (they don't like slugs cos evidently they taste sour) supplemented by some leftover trifle, layers mash and stale coconut cake!ted and bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420272135724099182noreply@blogger.com