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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I have to say that I am one of the old school when it comes to cooking. I make meals from scratch using fresh ingredients where possible...though I do resort to some frozen veg at times......I use up left-overs.....but I won't go back to coal fires.
They are hard work......all that riddling and poking...and fetching buckets of coal down the backyard in the cold and rain isn't my bag at all.
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I'm with you on the frozen veg. There's hardly any difference nowadays and it is much quicker and simpler.
I buy all the cuts of meat from the butchers that no one else wants (such as breast of lamb) and as an upshot get some cracking deals. It wouldn't surprise me to see cuts of mutton reappearing in years to come.
As far as coal fires are concerned, I have a stove which is great for slow cooking casseroles, soups and broths and much easier to look after than an open fire. The heat is also much more even, although can get infernally hot even in deepest winter!