Supermarket shopping is all about visual display no smell in the fruit and veg section unless you unearth some rotten citrus at the bottom of the pile. Air conditioning has something to do with it too.
At least at theGC,it's always worth having a sniff. I always check out the pansies and petunias before I buy them. I even like the cat's pee smell of geraniums,chrysanthemums and tomatoes!
Hazel, honestly. I'm not young at all. That doesn't mean that you are extra, extra old, it just means that the tripe thing died out in different places at different times. No, indeed, some folk were still eating tripe when I discovering the joys of - gosh, I've forgotten the name of that completely taste and smell free substance that was so fashionable for a while - what was it? It was white, rubbery, and impossible to flavour no matter what you fried it in! Ah, those were the days. Mini skirts and high heeled shoes, wigs and all other things impossible to wear while digging a garden.
Hot bran mash reminds me of the other stuff they used to give to horses, which I never found out what it was. Perhaps you know Fairygirl? It looked a bit like very fibrous peat, but it was sticky and oily, and it tasted just like molasses - and I used to chew on it when nobody was looking.
It could be the haylage type food you mean Dinah. It was finely chopped hay with other bits and pieces added - including molasses - and was becoming commercially available as a feed when I was still doing the job. It had bulk, but very little nutritional value, so was ideal for ponies, or horses who weren't doing enough work to warrant high energy feeding.
We used to add treacle to the hot water we used for mashes though
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That sounds just like the stuff. I loved it. Sounds like the kind of diet I need at this time of year too. The taste was not unlike Christmas pudding if I recall rightly, so seasonal too. Thanks for that fairygirl.
Dinah, I can understand why you liked it - it had a really nice smell!
I take a gluten free cereal bar when I go walking - it's full of seeds and nuts. I make flapjacks quite often, and recently I've been using sunflower seeds and more fruit rather than sugar, to make them more like that bar. When I fed the birds one day, it occurred to me that I could use their food instead as it looks just like the flapjack mixture!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You are eating bird food bars now?? Well, I do know somebody who has occasionally.. only occasionally mind, dipped in for the odd peanut.
Watch out for the mealy worms they put in there though - cats seem to love them, they climb up onto my 7 foot high, fortified bird table to get them. But I'd say they were a bit exotic for most people's taste.
That's good. I wish I had the fortitude to go for long walks and healthy things like that. It's no good just being a gardener at this time of year. Putting seeds in little trays to stratify isn't enough exercise.
Housework is supposed to be OK for fitness, especially hoovering, but I've heard that most gardeners, like me, hate housework. That's probably a gardener's vice too. I'm sure it doesn't apply to all gardeners, but my husband mentioned that I could probably grow plants on my living room floor once.
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Supermarket shopping is all about visual display no smell in the fruit and veg section unless you unearth some rotten citrus at the bottom of the pile. Air conditioning has something to do with it too.
At least at theGC,it's always worth having a sniff. I always check out the pansies and petunias before I buy them. I even like the cat's pee smell of geraniums,chrysanthemums and tomatoes!
Hazel, honestly. I'm not young at all. That doesn't mean that you are extra, extra old, it just means that the tripe thing died out in different places at different times. No, indeed, some folk were still eating tripe when I discovering the joys of - gosh, I've forgotten the name of that completely taste and smell free substance that was so fashionable for a while - what was it? It was white, rubbery, and impossible to flavour no matter what you fried it in!
Ah, those were the days. Mini skirts and high heeled shoes, wigs and all other things impossible to wear while digging a garden.
The smell of bonemeal - I love it!
When I worked with horses, I loved the smell of burning hooves when the farrier put shoes on
and hot bran mash
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hot bran mash reminds me of the other stuff they used to give to horses, which I never found out what it was. Perhaps you know Fairygirl? It looked a bit like very fibrous peat, but it was sticky and oily, and it tasted just like molasses - and I used to chew on it when nobody was looking.
It could be the haylage type food you mean Dinah. It was finely chopped hay with other bits and pieces added - including molasses - and was becoming commercially available as a feed when I was still doing the job. It had bulk, but very little nutritional value, so was ideal for ponies, or horses who weren't doing enough work to warrant high energy feeding.
We used to add treacle to the hot water we used for mashes though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That sounds just like the stuff. I loved it. Sounds like the kind of diet I need at this time of year too. The taste was not unlike Christmas pudding if I recall rightly, so seasonal too. Thanks for that fairygirl.
Dinah, I can understand why you liked it - it had a really nice smell!
I take a gluten free cereal bar when I go walking - it's full of seeds and nuts. I make flapjacks quite often, and recently I've been using sunflower seeds and more fruit rather than sugar, to make them more like that bar. When I fed the birds one day, it occurred to me that I could use their food instead as it looks just like the flapjack mixture!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You are eating bird food bars now?? Well, I do know somebody who has occasionally.. only occasionally mind, dipped in for the odd peanut.
Watch out for the mealy worms they put in there though - cats seem to love them, they climb up onto my 7 foot high, fortified bird table to get them. But I'd say they were a bit exotic for most people's taste.
It's ok - I think I'll manage to resist the temptation Dinah....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's good. I wish I had the fortitude to go for long walks and healthy things like that. It's no good just being a gardener at this time of year. Putting seeds in little trays to stratify isn't enough exercise.
Housework is supposed to be OK for fitness, especially hoovering, but I've heard that most gardeners, like me, hate housework. That's probably a gardener's vice too. I'm sure it doesn't apply to all gardeners, but my husband mentioned that I could probably grow plants on my living room floor once.