Now i know winter is almost here
 

Well it was broth and dumplings tonight,,,thats the first sign of cold nasty nights...What tells you summer is over ?:(

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and have you seen the price of broth posies? they've gone up 20p robbing gets ...daddy paid £1 for one the other day

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I got my slow cooker out of summer storage ready to make some today but spent most of the day on here
You are better buying your own ingredients seperately - that way you know you arent getting raggy bug bitten bits they take off veg before sale

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The fact that it's getting cold:p

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Started wearing tights again .... :(

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The fact I've had to put my fire on and the condensation on the car windscreen, I like winter though especially just coming in out of the cold, fire on, brew and broth/soup.

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No it isn't ... 22c here in K-town ... nice and sunny, a little warmer tomorrow ... and warm and sunny for the rest of the week:D

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Would you PLEASE go away:)

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I second that Bernie, nowt like rubbing our noses in it Eric:)

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I know..it was all fresh veg chopped up in realy tiny pieces,,..the celery smelt lovely while it was cooking..The leeks are very dear just now though

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Well soon be time to make oudles of nice thick home made soup. Will stick to the ribs and I can feeze it. Even I cant eat a gallon of soup in one sitting.

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I'm one for making soup too Spug, just put my fire on its freezing tonight.

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Looking at my garden is the way I can tell Winter's on its way. My pampas grass has about 40 plumes, all white and fluffy, the pyrocanthas are full of red, yellow and orange berries and the virginia creepers are deep blood red. It all looks beautiful now but I know that in a few weeks the pampas plumes will be bedraggled and grey, the birds will have stripped off all the berries and the creepers will be a load of bare twigs on the fences. :(

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What sort of things do you make in it Margaret?

I have a slow cooker that I bought off Amazon when they had them really cheap. I used it a few times last year, but could never get anything really nice out of it. I tend to make stews/broths in a cast iron pot (Le Creuset, expensive but worth every penny) and then either freeze or refrigerate it, to eat over the next few days.

Any slow cooker recipes would be appreciated :)