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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46193
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 12:49 pm Post subject:
hello from land de t'tour im glad you can get your dogs to work mine seem broken after three days running on a beach

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 12:53 pm Post subject:

Virtually Verdant wrote:

Hi Nell,
I'm glad to hear that! I made Indian Cheese once but that's really easy. Now a good Cornish Yarg or a Smoked Cheddar would be an excellent project to undertake.

I'm not too far from Melton Mowbray and Pork Pie is very much a guilty pleasure.

Pricey's pork pie

Virtually Verdant

Joined: 05 Jul 2014
Posts: 20

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 1:05 pm Post subject:

Nell Merionwen wrote:

Virtually Verdant wrote:

Pricey's pork pie

Very pricey, but I'm addicted! I may have to turn to a life of crime to support my habit, 'holding up' farmer's markets to raise the cash for one more 'cold crust' kick! I'd go cold turkey as long as I could have a side portion of green tomato chutney and a slab of Red Leicester.

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 1:08 pm Post subject:
Pricey is a downsizer member and if you click on the blue link it will take you to his recipe and method for his pork pie in the relevent section of downsizer.

Virtually Verdant

Joined: 05 Jul 2014
Posts: 20

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 1:13 pm Post subject:
Lol! Thanks for pointing that out to me Pilsbury. Tut I thought Nell meant 'pricey meaning expensive' I'm a bit of a thicky on computers and didn't realise it was a link.

Virtually Verdant

Joined: 05 Jul 2014
Posts: 20

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 1:17 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

hello from land de t'tour
im glad you can get your dogs to work mine seem broken after three days running on a beach

Hi dpack,
Yes I had that problem a couple of months ago. My two Labs running and swimming over most of Dartmoor and the sea just off Wembury.

When they are not running and swimming like a pair of loonies they are deer tracking dogs, silently moving through the forests and fields trailing the deer's scent so that I can bag some venison. The dog's nose is better than my aged eyes.

Virtually Verdant

Joined: 05 Jul 2014
Posts: 20

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 1:21 pm Post subject:
Wow Pricey's Pork Pie looks great. Reminds me of the old film 'Great Expectations' when Pip stole the massive pork pie out of his sister's pantry and gave it to Magwitch. Proper pork pies!

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 1:26 pm Post subject:
Hi Steve, welcome in to DS!

Virtually Verdant

Joined: 05 Jul 2014
Posts: 20

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 1:38 pm Post subject:
Hi 12Bore. I'm really enjoying myself already. I've looked at pork pies and cheese making and I'm now looking for advice on making a British National Beehive.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 5:03 pm Post subject:
Hi from a very hot & humid Midi region Lots of rain, lots of sun makes everything very green here

Virtually Verdant

Joined: 05 Jul 2014
Posts: 20

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 7:56 pm Post subject:
Hi Mousjoos, France! Lovely. I've only travelled North France and Belgium, but the food and the lifestyle is inspiring.

DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
Posts: 500
Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 9:02 pm Post subject:
Greetings from Dorset. Also, thanks a bunch for giving me a cheese craving!

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4627
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 14 9:26 pm Post subject:
Aye up from t'north. Speaking of cheese, I've just munched on some gjetost that I found (well, bought!) - an unexpected jewel in a slightly rubbish small town

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 14 6:32 am Post subject:

Virtually Verdant wrote:

Hi Mousjoos,

France! Lovely. I've only travelled North France and Belgium, but the food and the lifestyle is inspiring.

Very true, but if you're expecting inspirational cuisine don't come south

It's duck, duck, duck with duck, Cassoulet...usually with bits of duck, & the worst charcuterie in the civilised world

Apart from that, the food's ace, but you can't get a decent curry anywhere outside of Toulouse

That's why we have a garden & grow our own chooks

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8897
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 14 7:14 pm Post subject:
Welcome from The Pirate and myself in South West Scotland

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