tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post4897485922532154161..comments2024-03-19T08:35:01.699+00:00Comments on Love my life: Quiet Sunday inMeanqueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-89321932978102498622013-02-11T12:58:58.545+00:002013-02-11T12:58:58.545+00:00Hi Ilona, I too have followed the horsemeat scanda...Hi Ilona, I too have followed the horsemeat scandal from here in Spain. We eat meat too much really and given the choice I would prefer more vegetarian meals, however, I must say that the meat I buy here has travelled no more than about 25 km, the butcher is very knowledgeable and most of the meat comes from in or around the village. Our New Year Turkey came from the couple who live across the road from our house... we were even invited to come and choose which one. If everyone had to pick out their meat when it was alive there would be a lot more vegetarians!! I shamefully looked the other way and just asked the lady to pick us a nice one. Oh well, I am still a beginner at this homestead lark!! Love the pusscats. Mine are the best friends a girl could have at the moment while hubby is still working in the UK... and the dog too of course.Jane Le Galloudechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00517114561049964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-63885378103040020082013-02-11T09:28:40.917+00:002013-02-11T09:28:40.917+00:00Good morning Ilona, snow is in the air here in Ham...Good morning Ilona, snow is in the air here in Hampshire. From House fairy.<br />It is nice spending the days at home, I just wish home was at the seaside.I grew up by the sea and miss the beach.<br /><br />Glad you are getting on with your craft, all the cream colour made me thing of a harvest picture.<br /><br />I am near the end of knitting my blue cardie. Just the button band to do.<br />Yesterday, I had a sort out of my button box. I had them all over the floor. I put the buttons into sets. 4 or more I made into little tidy bracelets with some spare wool.Can't think why I did not do this before? so much easier to see what you have and how many in the set.<br /><br />Dinner was roast pork by request from husband.<br />Roast potatoes, Yorkshire puds, carrots, parsnips, leeks and cabbage.<br />Wile the oven was on, I baked x2 large fruit cakes with brandy in.<br />Since I found this cake recipe, the family love it. I heard both husband and daughter making comments of goodness at diffrent times.<br />Husband was in charge of finding tins for them when they cooled down. Bet we have the cutting ceremony today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-21792483598992765232013-02-11T09:02:41.603+00:002013-02-11T09:02:41.603+00:00Sometimes you really get what you pay for. If fol...Sometimes you really get what you pay for. If folk mostly want 10 burgers for a pound in Iceland etc what sort of 'meat' do they honestly think will be in them!! I would rather search high and low and get 'yellow stickered' good meat or meat from the local butcher for my Lovely Hubby than buy anything mass produced by machines in factorys containing I don't know what. Otherwise even he does without, you can't beat a good vegetarian meal.<br /><br />Your cats are all beautiful, and you simply can't beat a cosy day spent at home in the company of cats.<br /><br />Sue xxSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-2544191152767474852013-02-11T08:34:03.170+00:002013-02-11T08:34:03.170+00:00Your cats are gorgeous, I could sit and look at th...Your cats are gorgeous, I could sit and look at them all day. <br />The horsemeat scandal makes me very glad I've been a vegetarian for most of my life, it just seems to get worse. xVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-80042760253766621912013-02-11T08:01:17.261+00:002013-02-11T08:01:17.261+00:00Takes ages to get a decent puss photo, they will n...Takes ages to get a decent puss photo, they will not sit still, ha ha.Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-75951876741479174642013-02-11T07:59:45.384+00:002013-02-11T07:59:45.384+00:00Quite agree Janet. If people want to eat meat they...Quite agree Janet. If people want to eat meat they should be prepared to pay a bit more for it, get the best quality, and have it as a treat, not an every day food.Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-43567760407575748562013-02-11T07:57:13.601+00:002013-02-11T07:57:13.601+00:00Yes, my cats are lovely company. The two girls kee...Yes, my cats are lovely company. The two girls keep coming back to me throughout the day to check I am still around. Bugsy is laid back, a bit shy, but he has accepted the newer cats, no problem.Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-5178056762919708452013-02-11T07:52:39.352+00:002013-02-11T07:52:39.352+00:00Yes I am amazed too, some people don't give a ...Yes I am amazed too, some people don't give a second thought about what they are stuffing into their mouth. I know my diet isn't perfect, but at least I limit the amount of crap I eat. Some folks eat crap every single day. Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-7228337072053783022013-02-10T22:53:30.204+00:002013-02-10T22:53:30.204+00:00Love the pictures of your cats - they are lovely :...Love the pictures of your cats - they are lovely :-)<br /><br />Look forward to seeing your artwork when it's finished.<br /><br />I'm so glad I'm veggie. Your dinner looks yummy.<br /><br />Toni Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-78294249150489208862013-02-10T22:23:18.879+00:002013-02-10T22:23:18.879+00:00More reasons not to eat it! Love the puss photos.More reasons not to eat it! Love the puss photos.Campfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573797205145907726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-73331213386352574242013-02-10T22:17:37.836+00:002013-02-10T22:17:37.836+00:00You need to be friends with your butcher if you ea...You need to be friends with your butcher if you eat meat. My butcher slaughters his own meat from his own farm. He can point at a piece of meat on his stall and tell you when and where it came from. I wouldn't have it any other way, and there is no way I will ever buy any meat or processed food from a supermarket ever again.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147299200960914730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-19359879366419616832013-02-10T22:16:07.439+00:002013-02-10T22:16:07.439+00:00We had a lovely homemade spinach and ricotta lasag...We had a lovely homemade spinach and ricotta lasagna tonight with a herb salad. Requested by my DS16. He doesn't like to eat out much as he prefers his mummy's cooking. We eat veggie twice a week but he doesn't like beans or pulses of any kind. Not even the Heinz varitey. He's not keen on potato either so its hard keeping him filled up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730064750188919918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-41709733736383338272013-02-10T21:21:56.722+00:002013-02-10T21:21:56.722+00:00Heidi looks like my Beckham's twin puss-cat :0...Heidi looks like my Beckham's twin puss-cat :0)<br /><br />We aren't vegetarian but I try to make meals from scratch so I can see what is going into them. I wonder if this will shake people out of their complacency over the origin of their food any more than some of the Hugh FW and Jimmy's Farm type programmes? I remember watching one where they showed that ready made chicken Kievs and nuggets etc were made from pink goo - YACKKate Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325725955137255316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-90615636290417205452013-02-10T20:11:56.492+00:002013-02-10T20:11:56.492+00:00If you did nt laugh you d cry wouldnt you - it rem...If you did nt laugh you d cry wouldnt you - it reminds me of Upton Sinclair s The Jungle set in Chicago in the last century where sometimes actual people fell into the sausage making machines. I read that organized crime is behind this horsemeat thing and wonder if there is anything worse than horsemeat in the frozen blocks !!! <br />I buy what little meat and poultry I eat from a small family farm about fifty miles south of here.<br />Arent cats great to be indoors with when the weather is bad - so calm and patient, they never seem to get bored and they are so happy to be at home. Busgsy is the salt of the earth type is nt he.lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345707661431587475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-32123764150097205252013-02-10T19:10:28.517+00:002013-02-10T19:10:28.517+00:00Lovely cats you have there Ilona, Bugsy is my favo...Lovely cats you have there Ilona, Bugsy is my favourite I like his colouring. I've never owned a cat, dogs have been a constant companion throughout my life.<br /><br />I find it amazing that meat is being brought in from all over the world. Surely it makes sense to process meat reared in our own country. If it is a matter of economics, no wonder we don't know what we are getting. Blah. I made lovely burgers for our dinner yesterday, they were delicious and I knew exactly what was in them. Our local butcher told me once that although there are strict eu regulations on slaughtering and preparing animals, they are flouted in some countries, he saw it first hand when a group went on a fact finding mission. If it wasn't for my meat loving husband, I would make more vegetarian meals.Sals Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983803420404095685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-26080720900667429952013-02-10T18:56:56.842+00:002013-02-10T18:56:56.842+00:00We're having veg curry tonight too.It's an...We're having veg curry tonight too.It's another beautiful (but cold) sunny day today,but freezing rain moves in tonight(blech).<br />Kisses for the guysxxxxxxxxxx<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-58768139831246076702013-02-10T18:56:48.084+00:002013-02-10T18:56:48.084+00:00Good evening from Jan.Weather been pretty awful he...Good evening from Jan.Weather been pretty awful here all day aswell.As usual,got taken out on a constitutional by my 16year old dog.Animals are amazing aren't they?Such spirit and capacity to live life to the full,talking of which,your cats look brilliant.Little Heidi on the new cushion made me smile.The horsemeat scandal is pretty sickening but,like you,I don't eat meat(been vegi for over 30 years).Not out of anything to do with health really,just an animal lover.Your dinner looks yummy.Good to know exactly what we're eating isn't it?Maybe more people will think about what they are consuming in the light of the current scare.What some scoudrels will do for a profit is beyond belief,no concern for the effect it may have on anyones short or long term health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-26060292699156140352013-02-10T18:56:38.214+00:002013-02-10T18:56:38.214+00:00I heard this programme too. Like you I never eat m...I heard this programme too. Like you I never eat meat and very much hope this latest "scandal" will encourge others to consider becoming vegetarian. I have often wondered what must be in these cheap ready meals and am amazed that some people don't seem to care what they eat or to give a thought to animal welfare. BTW love your blog and have also had a quiet day accompanied by my cat.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982101684087783252noreply@blogger.com