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help! i get a really good starter for my sourdough & my dough but when it comes to the baking i just get a doughy flat loaf, what else can i try

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I bought some ready to plant onions from b&q around march time as they were on offer for a pound. I threw them into the ground not expecting much but have noticed they now have shoots about four inches long. When should I harvest?

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friend saw onion squash being used on one of the shows. We can not find them any where do they have another name?

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i'm looking for a nettle beer recipe. i found one about a year ago that had lemons in it and now i can't find any nettle beer recipes. can anybody help me with info on wher to find it. thanks

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All the recipes I find for fruit vinegars call for sugar, but I can't have sugar. Can I just omit the sugar because the vinegar will preserve it? Or do I need to make some modification?

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Hi all, I'm about to try the recipe and was just wondering how many jars to get ready. It says it'll make 2kgs. How does that translate into mls, as all the jars say 700ml, etc.

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Hi all,

Has anyone used a proQ cold smoke generator to smoke sausages that are then air-dried? How long should the sausages be smoked for? My recipe calls for chestnut wood (which I gather is relatively strong-tasting) - does this make a difference?

The proQ generator can smoulder for 8hrs - having read recipes that call for 24hr smoking I was thinking I'd just give it the full 8 and see how smoky it is......'undersmoked' wouldn't be a disastrous result, but is there any risk that the sausages could be 'oversmoked' in this time?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,
Adam

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I have a very committed broody hen on eggs. She's in with the rest of the hens and cockerel but when I move her to a separate coop she refuses to go back to her eggs. I've shut her in with the eggs for 24 hours then opened the door to the pen attached but she rushes off and won't return to her eggs. If I let her, she goes straight back to the main hen house. She has been on the eggs for a week. Any suggestions about how to move her or should I give up?

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hi all, is there anybody selling fertilized broiler chicken eggs .

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Question for the River Cottage team

Having had clotted cream with scones and jam in Devon (and on other holydays in GB) I would like to be able to have it at home. In Denmark you kan not buy clottet cream in the corner shop. I have not found it for sale at all.

I know a farmers whife who is willing to try making it for me. All I need is a recipe.

How do you make clotted cream?

I want it to be pastorised. Does that make a difference to the recipe? Or the result?

Best regards
Rikke

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