Dehydrator is flat out dealing with the peaches unfortunately. But yeah maybe?

Yeah. I don’t have a unit or jars right now, but it’s on the agenda for next year. I feel like even if we didn’t eat them I could probably use the canned quince to make more quince paste.

It doesn’t come across as warm but maybe she was super busy at the time and it was all she could get down. But if the time doesn’t work for you you can just let her know that.

Our previous insurer stopped insuring any properties over a certain size a couple of years back. I’m pretty sure that was a way of getting rid of higher fire risk properties without directly saying that’s what they’re doing. You can’t really have everyone choose not to live in high fire danger areas here or there would be no farming and so no food. The specific area where we are is more lifestyle but still has significant orchards, nurseries, vineyards, fig trees etc through it.

BNO reporting on Twitter that three cats that have died in Texas were also confirmed to have bird flu. Hopefully people are able to keep their cats indoors and reduce risk.

Yeah that is one less step (two actually because I usually push it through a sieve - I might try it). My current one does whole quinces in the crockpot which means no peel or cut but needs puréeing then straining so is more time consuming

Very sad. I think a tsunami warning was issued for Japan and Phillipines as well.

Lol i occasionally see ads like this here and typically seem to be from different cultural backgrounds where I guess maybe hiring people is easier?

We have been crazily overwhelmed with fruit this year. Not that long ago and we could barely afford to eat fruit and veg and right now I’m wasting food because I can’t deal with it all (though still having to buy some stuff … need a dairy cow 😆) DH has a great supply of horse poo and the orchard has grown like crazy.

I’m intrigued. As in how you would do roast potatoes? I’m trying to stick to venison right now as it’s free and our food costs are insane with teens. But I’m imagining it might not work due to flavour strength and drying out. Lamb has come back a lot in price might manage to snag some.

I can’t imagine why anyone would wear nylon by choice! I have seen some bamboo ones advertised online that might give a similar feel?

So a few years ago DH developed a passion for quince paste. We were given two quince trees. They are now super productive and the quince paste passion has abated a bit now we know how much sugar is in it. I am really tired of making it because it’s a tonne of work. what else do I do with all these quinces? Help!!!

I will say I have chunks of my kids babyhoods that I don’t remember - I think purely due to sleep deprivation. How was his sleep? Edited to say I somewhat lean towards Covid or bipolar because of the fact symptoms resolved. The other issues don’t seem to have a possibility of resolution without medical intervention

Could be so many things… Covid brain fog, tumour, bipolar, some kind of vitamin shortage. Think there was a similar case here that was tapeworm or something like that though I’m vague about the details. Glad he’s getting it looked into anyway.

I definitely do not have the headspace for this… Im going to plant some more vegetables, order some masks, replace the sanitiser and hope it all goes away!!!

This is the thing. It’s all very reassuring about human to human spread etc. less reassuring for those who work closely with birds and livestock…

One has so many nicknames we have managed to convince some people we have more than one kid! Her main one came from my sister about a week after she’s born so that had staying power. Another came from playing with her middle name. Others are more random. One of my other kids nickname came from a cute misspelling of his name by my oldest at the time and has stuck. Oldest doesn’t really have one although his name occasionally gets lengthened.

Praying she is safe and gets the help she needs

The White Giraffe was my daughter’s favourite book for a long time. It’s one of the few books I ended up buying a copy of because she checked it out of the library often. That is a great book collection.

Australia… UK… and many others People are sick of hearing about viruses and cost of living pressures mean no one has mental space to deal. So I just hope H5N1 decides to go away or self limit

Thanks for starting a separate thread. The biggest worry is that many chunks of the world do not have the will or ability to deal with something else so soon after Covid.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nt-country-hour/chief-vet-nt-cattle-deaths-on-live-export-ship/103641020 looks like early indications are that it was botulism but not yet confirmed. Are cattle vulnerable to Covid? I’m assuming they can carry it if white tail deer can.

There was a live export cattle ship that left here that had a significantly higher than usual number of cattle deaths. No cause identified as yet as far as I know: we don’t seem to have much bird flu yet if any from what I’ve heard and our bio security is quite strict so it’s likely a coincidence but odd timing.

I would do an orange brown or red to break up the green a bit. Maybe sweet potato or roast capsicum. Maybe something with a bit of heat?

Yeah. The latest indication that it’s potentially transmitting in dairy cattle seems concerning. Even if not for affecting humans for affecting the food supply.