Next Saturday Daintiness. Did lots of jams yesterday and just up early to finish off the Apple and elderberry jelly as well as the strawberry jam. Been soaking the strawberries over night. Not followed a recipe that does that with jam before so it may be off to the shops for more strawberries later!
On the song title front, I was going to go for a rose title, but I don't have enough roses left in the garden! So I'm going for Chick Chick Chick Chick Chicken (Lay a Little Egg for me). My dad has painted up a metal chicken and cut away the wire underneath so I can fill it with wet oasis and cover the body in cut flowers. I'm going to stage it on some turf, or straw, and put an egg next to it and a watch set to half past three. I have a vision, I just hope it works!
My mum has decided to enter one too and is going for either Green Green Grass of Home, or Tie a Yellow Ribbon.
Soaking the strawberries is meant to help keep them whole when they are boiled up, and intensify the flavour. There's a lot of juice so I think some pectin might be needed!
wooops! I'd not thought about it being a cockerel! How funny! My other half is rolling around with laughter! I'll just have to go with that artistic licence LesleyK suggest! Maybe I won't place the egg 'under' the cockerel though! Unless anyone knows a song title with 'cockerel' in it!!
Wow! I hope the udges are as impressed as we all are.This show seems to have taken over your lie and that of your family - so much effort has gone into it. Good luck! Hope you take lots of pictures to show us the finished articles.
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Very good Gardenmaiden, I just use the bung it all in method!
Love the 'spec savers' vase
When's the big day?
Next Saturday Daintiness. Did lots of jams yesterday and just up early to finish off the Apple and elderberry jelly as well as the strawberry jam. Been soaking the strawberries over night. Not followed a recipe that does that with jam before so it may be off to the shops for more strawberries later!
On the song title front, I was going to go for a rose title, but I don't have enough roses left in the garden! So I'm going for Chick Chick Chick Chick Chicken (Lay a Little Egg for me). My dad has painted up a metal chicken and cut away the wire underneath so I can fill it with wet oasis and cover the body in cut flowers. I'm going to stage it on some turf, or straw, and put an egg next to it and a watch set to half past three. I have a vision, I just hope it works!
My mum has decided to enter one too and is going for either Green Green Grass of Home, or Tie a Yellow Ribbon.
Wow what talent. I love the chicken!
A A Milne
Tootles , would like to see picture of finished chicken , let us known how you get on , best of luck
Wondered why soaked strawberrys over night ?
Pansy - it's called artistic licence
. Would love to see the finished result too Tootles
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Soaking the strawberries is meant to help keep them whole when they are boiled up, and intensify the flavour. There's a lot of juice so I think some pectin might be needed!
wooops! I'd not thought about it being a cockerel! How funny! My other half is rolling around with laughter! I'll just have to go with that artistic licence LesleyK suggest! Maybe I won't place the egg 'under' the cockerel though! Unless anyone knows a song title with 'cockerel' in it!!
Love the chicken.....er cockerel Tootles. Would love to see the finished entry too,
Wow! I hope the udges are as impressed as we all are.This show seems to have taken over your lie and that of your family - so much effort has gone into it. Good luck! Hope you take lots of pictures to show us the finished articles.