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How to Bend a Copper Pipe With and Without Plumbing Tools
There are several ways to bend copper pipes, but it is useful to know which are the best tools for your job and how to bend pipes without special tools. Every plumbing job made easy.
8 commentsLampe Berger or Berger Lamps
Lampe Berger or Berger Lamps are charming collectables with a history and even more attractive when made from the famous Limoges porcelain. The Berger lamp today is prized as an object of beauty and curiosity as usful to freshen and pefume the air. Add perfumed oils to the Berger lamp and you have the perfect gift.
0 commentsTagine Pot versus French Casserole for Cooking Chicken
Do you need a tajine pot to cook tajines? I tested the tagine and the French Casserole and as far as I could tell the food was the same. Where the tajine pot wins is in presentation, exoticism and romance.
1 commentLimousin Cattle in Limousin. World Famous French Beef Cattle Breeds
Limousin Bulls and cows are a beef cattle breed that is world famous for its wonderful meat. Limousin pastures are beatuiful and Limousin cattle are grass fed. Grass fed beef, especially Limousin grass fed beef, is a highly prized commodity. You only have to taste the beef prepared here in this rural region of S W France to know that this is something very special indeed.
12 commentsHow to make peach jam
Peach jam is a wonderful way to use that autumn glut of fruit. This delicious preserve is easy to make following this step by step illustrated guide.
2 commentsStale Bread Recipes - Recipe for Bread Pudding with a Limousin Twist
Use your stale bread and make this wonderful Bread Pudding. Sometimes called Bread and Butter Pudding, this is a wonderful recipe for using up that stale bread. This stale bread recipe is easy to make and delicious. I've been served it in good resaurants for Christmas dinner - laced with whiskey - gorgeous. Thrifty tips for reducing household bills and food waste!
12 commentsLimoges Porcelain Eggs for Easter
Limoges porcelain decorative eggs are the perfect gift for easter. The link between Limoges, Fabergé and eggs goes back to the 19th century. The tradition started when Czar Alexander III commissioned the Russian jewellers to make an Easter Egg as a gift for his wife, the Empress Maria.
12 commentsWhat is a Medlar?
The Medlar, (Mespilus), belongs to the Rosaceae family. There are two species, The Common Medlar (Mespilus germanica)and Stern's Medlar (Mespilus canescens. They are pretty, small trees with an attractive habit, beautiful flowers and attractive and tasty fruit. Medlars are unusual additions to the table and make wonderful preserves - medlar jelly, medlar jam and medlar cheese
6 commentsYour French Holiday: Southwest France, The Dordogne Region
A great holiday region, the Dordogne in southwest France offers castles, kayaking, canoeing, cooking courses, art, bicycling, camping, caves, cave drawings, outdoor markets,and much more. The living is good with lots of bed and breakfasts, inexpensive hotels, restaurants offering local foods from delicacies to delicious stews. Medieval cities in good repair like Sarlat and Domme are easy to visit as are the vineyards around Bergerac. Bordeaux with its magnificent vineyards and their chateaux is
9 commentsWhat is a Tagine, (or Tajine) Pot?
A tajine, or tagine pot is a north African clay cooking pot with an attractive and distinctive shape. Tajine pots were traditionally used by nomads to cook stews over charcoal fires. Should you buy a tajine pot or would an ordinary casserole do just as well?
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