Very pleased with how it turned out! Not the prettiest but goblin-y at least? My family member gave me lots of homemade goodies from her family, so I wanted to give something back. Pine needles infusing for 5 months, smells lovely now. Not for ingesting, just cleaning!
It was so good. So juicy, so soft, so crispy - all perfect. We are feeling v full and smug with our new purchase (money off it in FTT sale farnborough)
Got stock now going with the carcass and gizzards in the casserole on the stovetop. About to try a small loaf in our pumpkin casserole, and then a peach cobbler in our shallow casserole dish. If the bread goes well we’re gonna make soup tomorrow in the pumpkin. And flapjacks in one of our baking dishes. We’re trying it all out!
I’m genuinely in such a wonderful mood!
My partner and I have always wanted to use Le Creuset items cause they look lovely and family have said how long they last, and since we’ve started cutting down on our old, broken and Teflon items, we had a massive gap in our cooking hardware.
A lil sad they’re not doing the mystery boxes in the same way at the sale events, but honestly I’m thrilled anyway with these purchases. We saved over £450 (edit: over £600!) as well compared to full price. We weren’t fussy going in colour wise too which helped, as there wasn’t massive choice colour wise. I also saw a family with a v young baba win a mystery box and they were so happy it made my day
Did anyone else go to the FTT today in the UK, or planning to this weekend?
Partner and I have fertility concerns and doing our best to cut down on plastic. Some things have been a lot easier than others to switch out, and I’m not sure if we’re going overboard on not getting some things?
Things we’ve been able to switch fine
- meat (local butchers/butcher counter at local farm shop, a bit more expensive but can notice quality so fine trade off, and wrap in paper)
- milk and juice (getting deliveries in glass bottles, 2x as expensive, annoying but no other options near us)
- fruit and veg (getting small box deliveries, actually a great deal and no plastic and less waste overall, chuffed here)
- bread (harder than I thought, only local bakery or baguettes/bakery option in local supermarket come in paper not plastic and more expensive x3. Eating less bread haha)
Things we’re struggling with
- Fish (Even the fishmonger that comes once a week to the village wraps stuff in plastic. Next time we’ll try taking our own containers)
- SNACKS (everything in the supermarket or other shops is basically in plastic. Got some expensive choc as it was in a cardboard box, but no, still wrapped in plastic. Crisps and dips, even all glass dips have plastic in the lid. I’m so fed up lol)
- toothbrushes and toothpaste (I can’t stand the texture of any plastic free toothpastes and the electric toothbrushes that are plastic free are expensive! And the texture of wooden ones I’m hating, then I realised bristles were still plastic.)
- drinks when out. (Cans have the lining, glass bottles have the lid. Is glass better of two evils? Is this over dramatic?)
- women’s clothing (my partner, he has no issue finding 100% cotton clothing. Women’s stuff seems more expensive for worse quality?? So few are natural materials?!)
I can’t tell what we need to loosen up on - or if we actually need to do better still! It’s just all so expensive. I got rid of a third of my closet as it was all polyester (happy to, needed to cut down anyway) and natural fabrics and expensive.
For cold/room temp food items, are we okay to get stuff in plastic and it’s less of an issue? Apart from eating whole foods until the ends of time, I can’t work out how people are doing this. I found a single option in my local farm shop today for a sweet treat not in plastic - a less than 10cm choc teddy in a wooden box (?!) for £14.
Would love any thoughts from anyone else also going through this or gone through it ✨