Comments on: Preserving the Past http://www.iramble.co.uk/2008/08/preserving-the-past/ Ramblings, rantings and ravings!!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: English Mum http://www.iramble.co.uk/2008/08/preserving-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-41 English Mum Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:14:22 +0000 http://www.iramble.co.uk/site/2008/08/preserving-the-past/#comment-41 Wonderful! I spent a happy afternoon picking blackberries and making bramble jelly with my two today - a few disasters but we got there.... and yes, Bert was there to lick up the spills! x Wonderful! I spent a happy afternoon picking blackberries and making bramble jelly with my two today – a few disasters but we got there…. and yes, Bert was there to lick up the spills! x

]]> By: Kate http://www.iramble.co.uk/2008/08/preserving-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Kate Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:12:50 +0000 http://www.iramble.co.uk/site/2008/08/preserving-the-past/#comment-32 We did the butter icing bit on Sunday when Toria wanted to make butterfly buns. I was chief advisor and in charge of washing up - she did really well tho and of course Hippie helped to lick out the bowl. We did the butter icing bit on Sunday when Toria wanted to make butterfly buns. I was chief advisor and in charge of washing up – she did really well tho and of course Hippie helped to lick out the bowl.

]]> By: Jay http://www.iramble.co.uk/2008/08/preserving-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jay Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:17:38 +0000 http://www.iramble.co.uk/site/2008/08/preserving-the-past/#comment-31 Oh, I remember the days of jam-making so well! Mum didn't do much in the way of bottling, because we lived in London when I was very young, then moved to a house with a very small garden. She used to grow mint though, and a few raspberries and strawberries. Going further back, I remember staying with my grandparents, and they did use to grow their own vegetables. I must only have been a toddler, judging by my memory of the height of the pea plants - he didn't used to support them, they just flopped, market gardener style, and I'd rummage among the plants and stuff myself with raw peas! Happy days! It's nice that your daughter is learning to make jam! The last phone call I had from my younger son was 'Mum, how do you make butter icing?' He was making his friend a birthday cake, bless him! Oh, I remember the days of jam-making so well! Mum didn’t do much in the way of bottling, because we lived in London when I was very young, then moved to a house with a very small garden. She used to grow mint though, and a few raspberries and strawberries.

Going further back, I remember staying with my grandparents, and they did use to grow their own vegetables. I must only have been a toddler, judging by my memory of the height of the pea plants – he didn’t used to support them, they just flopped, market gardener style, and I’d rummage among the plants and stuff myself with raw peas! Happy days!

It’s nice that your daughter is learning to make jam! The last phone call I had from my younger son was ‘Mum, how do you make butter icing?’ He was making his friend a birthday cake, bless him!

]]> By: Kate http://www.iramble.co.uk/2008/08/preserving-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Kate Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:40:38 +0000 http://www.iramble.co.uk/site/2008/08/preserving-the-past/#comment-29 It's here anytime you want to relive the moment Buggins!!!! It’s here anytime you want to relive the moment Buggins!!!!

]]> By: Keiron http://www.iramble.co.uk/2008/08/preserving-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Keiron Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:10:26 +0000 http://www.iramble.co.uk/site/2008/08/preserving-the-past/#comment-28 I remember stirring that pan, and fighting over who got to lick the spoon! I remember stirring that pan, and fighting over who got to lick the spoon!

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