[LotuSeed]

I'm finally catching up on this lovely old series, I have the others on DVD but this one was never put out. At the 16:10 mark Ruth is shown demonstrating bottling with tin cans using a can sealer machine from the States. Thought it was pretty cool and rather neat since,while not as popular as canning with glass jars, sealing machines and cans are both readily available and still used today. I really wish they'd put this series on DVD but at least I've got the book! 

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Can sealer
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[Springlands]

A lovely series - thought Ruth was amazing.  . And we can learn so much about not wasting the produce that we grow.

[LotuSeed]

I love watching Ruth and Harry both  I started watching the different series on youtube and fell in love. So much fascinating and useful information. Most of the videos were taken off of youtube and since I wanted to see all of the episodes I ordered the box set from amazon UK (wasn't available in the States). I eventually got the books that went along with each series too. I think the next one I'll add to my collection is the one with Ruth Mott's favorite recipes. Boy do they help keep my spirits up during those dreary winter months when I can't garden!

[mumofstig]

Amazon now have the Victorian Kitchen Garden, the Victorian Flower Garden and the Victorian Kitchen all on one dvd - guess what is on my present list 

[LotuSeed]

Amazon now have the Victorian Kitchen Garden, the Victorian Flower Garden and the Victorian Kitchen all on one dvd - guess what is on my present list 

Definitely worth a top slot on that list!

[compostqueen]

I adored this series. Harry's voice was like melted chocolate     

My son bought me a book about veg growing in war time and there's some laugh out loud moments in it.  Frustration from housewives who hadn't enough pans as "they'd gone for bullets"! 

We don't know we're born 

[Springlands]

I adored this series. Harry's voice was like melted chocolate     

My son bought me a book about veg growing in war time and there's some laugh out loud moments in it.  Frustration from housewives who hadn't enough pans as "they'd gone for bullets"! 

We don't know we're born 

Very true CQ- there was no wastage of food in those days.

[muddled]

My nan wore the same apron as Ruth, had the same butter knives, enamel saucepan and dishes; the same cooker and still made the same recipes when I was a child in the early seventies.

That series is as comforting to me as a cuddle

[compostqueen]

Yes I can imagine  Aw how lovely.

I bought one of those aprons!  It's described as a "utility" apron  

[Asherweef]

Something to add to the Christmas list

[compostqueen]

Oh, I have an old butter knife too.  My mother used to work for James Dixon. It's the only one I have left and it's marked Mappin and Webb.  I love that knife. Bone handle    Strange how just one small item can conjure up so many memories.  I love it for starting off pastry and bread dough, the initial cutting the fat through. 

[LotuSeed]

Oh, I have an old butter knife too.  My mother used to work for James Dixon. It's the only one I have left and it's marked Mappin and Webb.  I love that knife. Bone handle    Strange how just one small item can conjure up so many memories.  I love it for starting off pastry and bread dough, the initial cutting the fat through.

Strange and so delightful! It's so nice to remember those pleasant memories while doing something relatively mundane. It can completely transform the experience! 

[Scribbler]

How far removed from today, and we've lost so much stuff on the way.

No food was wasted. Also, as a nation, our overall health was better after the war than it has ever been since. Well that's what they say anyway.