How does this sound for a bit of a mash up?

The main question to be answered is: is it edible?

 

Hang on ... you hate gardening, clue?????

 

Ooooo yes! There's that notch in a piece of wood of mine in January Clueless, remember? Oh, what the hell, forget the notch, you're on!

 

Not just edible, but edible and delicious, and on occasion, slightly medicinal in the sense that I know what ingredients work well to rectify various minor ailments.

Well spotted. I missed that one.

 

Blimey, Sheal! He didn't have to work hard for that now, did he?

 

Its usually the beard that wins em over. You know you can trust a man with a beard.

 

Brilliant!!! Can you advise me what I can eat/mix to avoid being bitten to a mass of weeping, itching, bulbous 'squito bites? My whole body is being eaten alive by the little perishers: to the point where my body is just a blob of 'squito bites/swellings/ne'er do wells

 

Now you know how much I hate cooking "M".

Sorry Clueless, it's not the beard, it's definitely the cooking!

 

Try something very rich in garlic. Include Rosemary to serve as an anti inflammatory for the skin and to subdue the smell of garlic sweat/breath. Go easy on the tomato or red peppers which are both common irritants and will make any skin ailments flare up worse.

 

I'm being bitten as well "M". For instant relief although it's not food based, soak a piece of cotton wool or similar in hot water.....and I mean as hot as you can stand it (burns your fingers) and then hold it on the bites, repeat two or three times, it'll give you relief for up to eight hours. My daughter told me the Canadians cut a lime and rub that on the bites, I tried it today but it only lasted a couple of hours.

 

Sounds a bit like a bread poltice. Pour boiling water onto bread to make it mushy, then as soon as its cooled enough to just withstand, slap it on the swollen skin and if necessary bandage it in place. As the bread dries it will suck the toxins out of the wound and seal it to prevent infection.

 

Can not beat STOVIES for a cheap quick meal
Diced potatoes, corned beef/beef sausages, and a bit of onion boiled down to a sludge

The real recipe is neck of lamb, diced potatoes and onion boiled down to a sludge
(ie the potatoes are still sort of a slushy diced potato)


Yummy and quick

Jack McH

 

Sorry FC, we hi-jacked your thread yesterday but Jack has brought us back on track.