Strimmer

Used the strimmer to day to finish off the side lawn.

At the shop I noticed they were selling some potting compost or "viragföld". only £2.30 for 20 liters so not bad. Used it to plant some radishes and beetroots. The ones I tried in the garden never even germinated so I'll see if its the seed or whether the garden needs seeing to.

Soup

Today I used some of the stock tomake up a soup. A bit of a "nail soup" mish mash. I fried some onions till they started to go brown, this was so caramelisation would add a stronger flavour. Put some potatoes and parsnip in and used a tin of corn beef for the meat. Simmer fro about an hour then added some sweetcorn and simmer for another 5 mins. It was pretty tasty.

Stock

Finished the chicken stock off today.

You're supposed to simmer it for about 4 hours but at ten O'clock last night that wasn't going to happen. So. supposing that the 2 hours simmering had pretty much sterilised the contents and the pan I put then in the fridge and cranked it on full blast Not straight away, otherwise I'd be cleaning broken glass and stock out of the fridge at midnight. Not good.

I fished the more bulky stuff out with a slotted spoon and strained the rest though muslin cloth. I then reduced it by 2/3rds and filled some ice cube bags with it and froze them. Some of the bags burst so I think it might be worth investing in some ice cube racks instead. Enough for 2 or 3 litres.

Threw the bones away. No this is where having pigs would be useful as I'd simply shred the carcasses and give them to the pigs. At the moment, all I can do isjust throw them away. Seems a waste.

Monday

Start of a new week.

I was in the shop 6:10 for my bread and milk.

Had breakfast and did some gardening.

I mixed up another batch of Roundup and gave the Knotweed another going over. Seems to be working. You have pale sickly looking Knotweed plants surrounded by total botanic devastation, like a miniature Skaros. I'm now able to get at plant further towards the centre of the clump and give them a taste of Liquid Doom! Muhahahaha.. Where was I? Ah, yes gardening.

I did about an hour with the strimmer on the side lawn so as to compare with Scything. Took about the same time but look different.

Went to Körmend to get a backpack. I thought Tescos would be likely but couldn't find anything there. Got some Guinness though, so not a total loss!

I remembered I need some stuff for my chicken stock so I stopped off at the co-op on the old square and got some bits and pieces.

Made myself a chili and made a start on the chicken stock.

Stout again

Sampled some of the stout and it was incredibly sweet. I'll take another reading to check but its undrinkable at the moment.

Stout

Today I was trying to go to Szentgotthard but as it was time to check on the state of my beer I dropped the hydrometer in the fermenter. Spot on 1000 so time to rack it off. Filled the barrel and one bottle which I give to one of the locals on Friday.

I heard that Keith Floyd died yesterday so I bought a bottle of red wine to commemorate him