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Steffiec

Steffiec

@steffiec.bsky.social

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You will find me in my garden,on my allotment,travelling when I can or having fun with friends in dance and gym classes 💃🥊 Or maybe curled up with 🐈‍⬛a gin and a good 📕😃😃

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Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 11h

👋 15 day tour of China ( well part of it - it’s a big place🤣🤣)
Fascinating
I rarely post on Twitter or Bluesky . All too time consuming
Are you on FB Guy? You can see my trip photos there.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 11h

My biggest regret of my China trip was not buying a jade bracelet at the Jade factory . The sales assistants were like leeches and wouldn’t let me think. I walked away and they followed. So pressurised I gave up. Really sad I didn’t get one ! Despite the price.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 1d

It certainly was. And the people delightful.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 1d

If you are in Terminal 1 look up and you will see my photo !

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed it is Hong Kong Terminal 1
We were only there for a few hours waiting for a connecting flight home.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 2d

China has been exhausting exhilarating fascinating. Our tour was Ancient China so we missed out some obvs things like pandas and a Yangtze cruise in favour of some more out of the way places. Luoyang , Pingyao Datong etc
I don’t post much on Twitter or B Sky , mainly on FB these days

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 2d

Harking back to Twitter fun times. Can you guess the airport @pmgilmartin.bsky.social
@organicbish.bsky.social

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 21d

🤣🤷‍♀️

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 21d

I have done that!

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 21d

I get that. But actually very little to do. Just long waiting periods in between kneads.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 21d

Took me forever to conquer sourdough. Easy as pie now 🤣🤣

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · 21d

Love my #sourdough. Look at the crumb😀👍
Slicing for freezer to use as needed #homemadebread
Benefits of bring stuck at home with a bug🤣😀and improving.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Sep 14

Just made. I was worried it would be fruity and/or sweet. It actually tastes like a green tea so very happy. Hope the supposed heath benefits are true !

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Sep 14

Haven’t tried it yet. I got bored slicing the berries so dried them whole which took longer of course. Now in a jar. Prob will try this afternoon. ( I need good Assam first thing in morning!)

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Sep 10

First time making hawthorn tea. Anyone made? Do you actually bother slicing the berries for the dehydrator? I have started but…
Such a lovely colour
#hawthorn
#tea
#wildtea
#homeapothecary

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Sep 1

#applejam
Is it nice. Worth the effort? I make lots of jams but never done with apples. But I am ( happily ) drowning in apples and gifted a big bag as well today. Already got puree in freezer & dehydrated some for winter.
Is ice cream do-able ?
#allotment
#gyo
#apples

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Aug 6

#allotments sitting having my lunch in cool wild part of my plot. And listen👂👂max volume! The faint noise of a plane , trees rustling and a bird and a faint bark. But otherwise silence 😍Mental peace. A few mins away from motorways and a high street. #saveallotments

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 28

Maybe. ….

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 27

#wildplums these are just a handful of the windfalls from a prolific wild yellow plum tree at plot. Never known what type 🤷‍♀️
#delicious #foodforfree #annualtreat

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 26

Am trying 👍 I think I understand. Thank you (you may be retired but you are still teaching 🤣🫢)

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 26

“Think “ I understand ( not having a scientific brain 😂)
Actually I was hoping the jelly would be whiter. But the pinkness came through.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 26

Whitecurrant jelly it was then. What’s the science behind it going this colour though? I had read it would. Why?
2 small jars for us and a jar of course to my plot friend who gifted the berries.

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 25

Been gifted some fabulously plump freshly picked #whitecurrants
Never sure how to interestingly use them.
Anyone made ice cream with them ? Or maybe a visually interesting version of “ redcurrant” jelly?

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 25

Very early !

Steffiec @steffiec.bsky.social · Jul 21

#zerofoodwaste
#freezerraid
left over egg whites, bit of foraged plum &2024 blackberries
=meringue with ice cream and blackberries
Yummy yum. No wonder I am not shifting weight though 🤣🙈