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Hans Jorgensen's avatar

I love corn fritters. Thanks for one use at a time and thinking it through. I love how you are thinking of cows and pigs in IL while getting ready for winter there. Thanks for your multipassionate care and writing! Have a great week, Cecelia.

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

I hope your Sunday was lovely and you get to find joy this week too - I know you will. You have a joyous personality. (Funny the things we can say to each other in a comment that we would never say face to face at a community evening - or maybe we would - maybe we should!).

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rena's avatar

LOVE your "and then what?"

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

It makes perfect sense - right? And helps when we are being tempted by a spontaneous purchase. 🐞 I hope your day is going well, rena!

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Eha Carr's avatar

Well, I have found you at last and, I believe, actually managed to subscribe to your newsletter! From what I can make out you are actually in Melbourne at the moment! For me life has brought about huge changes . . . amongst them almost-blindness for a while and two arms hardly managing and, at least for the moment at least, a local move to a serviced studio . . . haven't let that stop me longterm:) Best . . . looking forwards to reading your news and very much liked what I was able to read above !!!

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Eha - how lovely to see you here. (It is so much easier to read and comment than Wordpress where I literally ran out of room). Yes I am in Aussie - there is a baby on the way in a few weeks - traveling back and forth as usual.

A serviced studio sounds like just the ticket for you - I am so glad you are able to do that. Glad your medical woes are improving.

Have a look around substack - there are some great writers over here! I think you might like it as you are a great reader.

Take care - talk soon c

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Eha Carr's avatar

Thanks for the prompt reply . . . well, with a bub almost here, I found you (on a London blog) at rather a good time methinks :) ! Am again doing a fair amount of reposting so your news may get to some who also may have fallen to the wayside . . . oh, no - my current situation is far from ideal but, tho' I have most of my vision back I have developed roto cuff (look up) and my arms don't quite let me do what I would like . . . am fighting! Back to you when you write!!!

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Well - hopefully you are getting better every day - physio helping? And thank you so much for reposting. There are always a number who get lost when we shift platforms.

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Okay but when you find those vintage glass cloches, can you share the link? Asking for a determined butternut squash who didn't check the calendar. :) All joking aside, your tissue lifecycle explanation makes so much sense. We still use handkerchiefs. In fact, Ryan never leaves home without them :)

Happy Earth Day Cecilia :)

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

I think I have found some / but in the wrong country.😆 If a frost is threatening just pop a cardboard box over the top of your fragile plants. It works!!

I am thinking of experimenting with old pots. If I drilled holes around them like a colander they could sit over early plantings while the acclimate - I think.

If you need a mini cloche an upturned big plastic milk jug does the trick. Cut out the bottom. Take the cap off the top. Not as pretty as our vintage glass cloches though! 🥹 and you know how we love pretty in our gardens.

When the sun comes out lift the cloche up or your plant will be pan fried. 😕 Have fun! Good morning! Happy Earth Day!

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

I love pretty gardens. I need to take some pics this weekend. This is our first spring in Laguna. The flowers are gorgeous. Really no words to describe. Thank you for the tips Cecilia - I will make it my mission to take more pics this weekend and not be distracted by squirrels :)

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Those squirrels are pretty distracting though! Good morning,!

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Happy Thursday my friend :)

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Kate Chiconi's avatar

I don't use paper towel or tissues. We have reusable dishcloths for kitchen purposes, and I make handkerchiefs too! I don't use clear film wrap, and I recycle washed foil. Food-contaminated baking paper gets ripped up and put in the compost. I have silicone sheets for most baking, but sometimes, you need to line a tin. Like you, I 'cook the fridge' on a regular basis, and having a pressure cooker, I buy raw ingredients a lot more than most, because it's so much quicker to prepare them that way. Pressure cookers don't need to be monstrous giant things: I have a 3 litre and a 5 litre size, perfect for small families. Of course, I also have the giant one for pressure canning 😊 Oh, and single use tools? The only one I allow is the can opener!

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

You are a poster child for making do!! I have only occasionally cooked with pressure cookers - but I am sure they are great! I am lucky that my daughter is naturally simple in her kitchen expectations. She likes a clean bench!!

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beth Kennedy's avatar

I use every single thing in my fringe and freezer. I think it comes from my days of being a single mom and I think it's a good thing, nothing goes to waste! love the corn fritters recipe, thanks, and love thinking of this as a lounge for us all to hang out in )

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

This comment got me to thinking maybe this is why I am so fierce about not wasting food - there were times I did not eat so the kids could, when I was a single mum. We know how that feels , Beth.

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Darlene Foster's avatar

Thanks for the corn fritters recipe. My mom used to make them. We grew our own corn too. Yummy. I so agree with leftovers, planned or otherwise. My philosophy is the same: stop buying new stuff until you have eaten all that old stuff up! I had a friend who told me her husband wouldn't eat leftovers. Say what! I told her he wouldn't be my husband for very long.

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Not buying new stiff until the old stuff is gone is the very best mantra / not just for the fridge either!!

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Sharyn Dimmick's avatar

Your corn fritters look delicious. I do something similar with zucchini (courgettes) in season. https://thekalechronicles.com/2011/09/21/zucchini-feta-pancakes-with-fresh-corn-and-cherry-tomatoes-summer-redux/

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Delicious! I make the ones from the Moosewood cookbook with courgette, feta and mint. Thank you for the link, Sharyn!

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Charlotte Rains Dixon, MFA's avatar

I just copied and pasted that corn fritter recipe to a Word doc and I intend to make it this week. I love fritters and patties of all kinds--meat, veg, whatever.

And I'm very happy to get a photo of my man WaiWai.

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Oh yay!! That is great! Let me know how they go. They are super easy to put together and kids love them!

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