Just pop out to the garden- and to my delight found that my outdoor fuchsia is blooming lovely. It has really perked up after having the cooler weather and rain.
There seem to be so many flowers out in bloom still Beryl. You should have seen the herbaceous bed in the walled garden area today….so many flowers out still. Your fuchsia is in full bloom!
So pretty love the colours, we have one the same as this one.
Footnote on slow cooking, just put everything in the pot and forget about it. Don’t lift the lid, it adds 15mins to the cooking time apparently each time you do it. You can cook most things in it and my baking in it is just a recent thing. Mine will cook a 1lb fruit loaf in two hours. I just put a small pie dish in the crock make the fruit loaf to any ordinary recipe, place the tin into the cooker a tea towel or paper towel under the lid to stop condensation drips onto the cake turn on high and forget about it. It doesn’t burn and it turns out very moist, my Christmas cake is going in there this year! Have fun!
@craftymeg -Thanks Margaret, Took the plunge to make rice pudding in it this afternoon, and realised it is easy!! and a good result too - not as good as my mum used to make in the Aga cooker though! But I hadn't made rice pudding for at least 20 years!! Thanks for the tips - its good to have advise! and never too old to learn! Shall try a savoury dish tomorrow !
Footnote on slow cooking, just put everything in the pot and forget about it. Don’t lift the lid, it adds 15mins to the cooking time apparently each time you do it. You can cook most things in it and my baking in it is just a recent thing. Mine will cook a 1lb fruit loaf in two hours. I just put a small pie dish in the crock make the fruit loaf to any ordinary recipe, place the tin into the cooker a tea towel or paper towel under the lid to stop condensation drips onto the cake turn on high and forget about it. It doesn’t burn and it turns out very moist, my Christmas cake is going in there this year! Have fun!
( i just pic. them so I like thenm all.)
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