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Favourite thing

Take5

Hi everyone 

This is just for fun really but wondered if anyone wanted to share their own favourite things? My favourite thing and top of the list is bedtime, I don’t always sleep amazingly well but on the whole and as long as I stick to my bedtime ritual I do ok. 
 I have to have a hot water bottle, a pillow under my knees, a huge pillow on top of my body and my audio sleep mask on which I play natural sound for as long as I’m in bed. Those things have really helped me sleep better and I never deviate from my little routine now. 
I obviously have other things I love which include journaling, audiobooks, video games and pretty much anything to do with motorcycles and racing. 
My children tease me about loving bedtime so much and it’s a standing joke in our house but it’s the one place I feel the safest. 

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  • in reply to Take5

    Pickled onions are really easy to make, you don't need to grow your own, but they're probably better than shop bought ones. Get the recipe from your auntie whilst she's still around, it's this sort of thing that get lost when older relatives pass away.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    proper old fashioned pickled onions that blow your head off.

    Proper pickled onions are fabulous…. My auntie used to do them but she is too old now to grow and produce them but my goodness they were out of this world. The closest thing I can find shop brought is Garners pickled onions (other brands are available) but there is nothing like the real deal. Never heard of green tomato ketchup but I’ve never really had sauces through my life that much. 

  • in reply to Take5

    The cupboards are a bit depleted after giving jars away as presents, I do like surprising people with proper old fashioned pickled onions that blow your head off.

    I've got a few bottles of green tomato ketchup this year, something I've never made before, it's like a cross between brown sauce and tomato ketchup. Other years I've made damson ketchup, which is just the best brown sauce ever.

    Getting proper lables has become problematic the last couple of years, ever since Wilko shut down, I really miss that shop.