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Got any good recipes to share?

They don't have to be French, just make a post with a list of ingredients and method of cooking.

I will update this post as new ones are added, if it gets to big we could look at adding a sub board for recipes.

Basic Sausage Recipe - Fred.

BBQ Chicken Satay - Jen.

Versatile tomato sauce - Admiral.

Cheats Passata - Fred.

Basic Flan Recipe - Fred.

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For some unknown reason I seem to be able to grow veg - and sometimes too much of it.

I say unknown because before we came here myself and the saintly Madam Admiral didn't even grow vegetables. Hey....we lived in London. Nuff said.

Even though this year hasn't been brilliant I seem to have a glut of carrots and beetroot. We love beetroot cubed raw -yup RAW - in salads but there is a limit.

So can I freeze carrots and beetroot? And if so how do it I do it? Some feller told me to wash the carrots and freeze them whole. Surely the enzymes will carry on working and they will rot?

Should I pre-cook them? If so for how long etc etc.

All help greatly recieved.

Hello Everyone,
My other half and I arrived in France in 2007, having sold our house in the UK unexpectedly fast, we were suddenly put in a position of 'Oh Hell now where do we go?' So we quickly packed all our belongings, put them into storage, sold our second car (very begrudgingly)got our two dogs and cat injected and passports stamped, bought a big caravan, stuck it on the back of our car, and headed off to the port. We knew we were heading for France, and that it was going to be middle somewhere............. Arrived in Azat, stayed on a farm there for a while, with two smashing people, began looking around Isle Jourdain area, but as the weeks went on, the houses got worse. The house we eventually bought, we'd passed on numerous occasions, but didn't believe it would be in our price range, and not large enough either. But to our great surprise, it was in budget and two houses for the price of one.
After two months into the renovation, my husband got employment with a French company, a rarity by all accounts, but we now know why!!!!!
But cutting a very long story short, I'd recommend moving to France, but maybe not quite in the way we did..............
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Whilst not immediately due to take place I'm sure that this is going to have repercussions for those that use the AF/KLM organisation.

News Report

The annual Lathus producers market is back on Friday August 2. Kick-off is about 1800.

Usually a very busy affair possitively throbbing with stalls, a BBQ and the obiligatory bar.

In the past there have been indepentant producers travelling from far and wide peddling their wares ranging from smoked hams, to sausages I've never heard of, duck in all its various guises and, my favourite, a bloke who travels all the way from the Auvergne with the most glorious range of cheese.

So glorious in fact Madame Admiral had to drag me away before we took out a second mortgage.

For eats the trick is this; buy your food of choice, take it to the BBQ to be cooked, buy a box of frites, get a glass - or bottle - of your favourite slurp and retire to one of the numerous "picnic" table/benches and indulge in a little gastronomic feast whilst trying to converse in pidgin French.

Great fun. Just avoid the bloke running around with the microphone asking you questions in rapid-fire French that you didn't quite catch. Do you really want your reply broadcast to the waiting masses? Thought not.

Oh, and my neighbours tell me it won't rain this year. Ooppss...that's done it.

We are thinking of learning some French as we know very little and although we get by when on holiday it can sometimes be a little embarrassing.

Has anyone tried the Michel Thomas Total French Method and did it work?

Jen

Received an email from my insurer warning of potentially violet orages in the region. As I'm away from the house could anyone let me know if any were experienced around the area.

Location: Luchapt (86) around 30km SE of Monty

The L'Île aux serpents at La Trimouille is set to close on August 31st

The owners have told staff that they will not reopen, and put the closure down to decline in attendance and the economic situation.

With the UK warning people about the heatwave and the weather forecast for this area saying it's going to get hotter, I thought it would be a good idea to have some tips on how to survive a heatwave.

What you should do:

• Keep out of the sun from 11am – 3pm.
  
• Avoid coffee and alcohol.
  
• Avoid hot meals.
  
• Avoid protein-rich meals.
  
• Drink plenty of water.
  
• Eat plenty of fresh vegetables.
  
• Keep your shutters closed during the day.
  

• Visit public buildings with air conditioning.
  
• Downstairs is usually cooler than upstairs.
  
• Keep a spray bottle filled with cold water in the fridge.
  
• Take cool showers, and use moisturisers.
  
• Wear a sun hat.
  
• Wet towel or a bag of frozen peas can cool your head.
  

• Heat Cramps.
  
• Heat Rash/Bumps.
  
• Heat Exhaustion.
  
• Heat Stroke.
  
• If you feel sick, faint, weak, or nauseas get to a cool place, sip water and try to cool your body down.
  
• If your body stops sweating and you feel confused and lethargic, you should consider getting professional advice from a GP or Hospital.
  

• Rapid panting.
  
• Wide eyes.
  
• Lots of drooling.
  
• Hot skin.
  
• Twitching muscles.
  
• Vomiting.
  
• Dazed look.
  

If you use or want to find L'agence Pôle emploi de Montmorillon (Unemployment Office) from Monday, July 29th 2012 you will need to go to the new office at Rue Daniel-Cormier which I think is near the Funeral Directors just off Boulevard Du Terrier Blanc on the North Ring Road.

Lately I've been getting a lot of annoying phone calls, It's bad enough getting unwanted phone calls as it is but the ones I'm getting now are automated.

I pick the phone up and get an auto message telling me I have an important call, or it tells me to push 1 for this 2 for that etc.

Just wondered if anyone else is getting these as I have told freinds/family they will have to talk to my answerphone before I pick up, though the other day one of the automated calls started rabbiting on to my answerphone.



Any suggestions or solutions gratefully received.

Certainly of interest for those looking into visiting the area is 'what's the weather like?'

Well I see that for the rest of the week it looks nice...



But I may have you all beat for the rest of the week...

A friend told us you can park a motorhome for free overnight at any town in France

We currently have a caravan but are thinking of buying a motorhome and wondered if anyone could clarify that you can park for free in montmorilon and is it safe.

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We have just finished making 100 sausages from the left overs of a half a pig we purchased from the Ferme de la Vallée de la Brame and worked out we are paying around €1 per meal for excellent quality pork.

They are very friendly people and do speak a little English, they asked us how we wanted it cut up so you can get it cut to your liking. I got the skin and made some fantastic crackling, they even had a choice of sausage skin sizes. I'm thinking next time of buying a slicer as there was a nice piece that would make some great bacon.

The half a pig was just over 50Kg and cost €200 and we have got well over 200 portions. OK you have to lay that money out but in the long run if you can do it, you will save a huge amount on pork and the flavour is 1st class.

The number of speed cameras in France to be dramatically increased in number.

Although it's well known in certain areas to have them end up looking like this...

We are selling our cafe bar La Petite Fontaine in Le Dorat
This is a great going concern with 8 years trading
The price is very affordable its a turn key business up and trading
for further details contact us on 0555 602974