Berry Jam

A very good and easy recipe for jam which uses up the excess berries on the bushes and trees.

4 cups crushed berries (Mulberries are in season and very good)
4 cups sugar

To prepare fruit. Sort and wash berries. Crush the berries. Put very seedy berries through a sieve or food mill.

To make jam. Measure crushed berries into a pan or microwave proof dish. Add sugar and stir well. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly, to 9 degrees above the boiling point of water (221 degrees), or until the mixture thickens - if using microwave this will probably be about 25 minutes. Remove from heat; skim.

Fill and seal containers. This recipe yields 4 half-pint jars. To preserve for a longer period add a tablespoon of vodka or brandy to the finished jam.

Coconut and passion Fruit slices

Tea is a very old tradition in Zimbwe and this is a very good addition to the cucumber sandwiches and chocolate cake!

125 grams butter
210 grams caster sugar
1 egg
5 milligrams vanilla essence
60 grams flour
5 milligrams baking powder
pinch salt

Filling
4 eggs
200 grams sugar
80 grams decicated coconut
50 grams flour
375 milliliters cream
160 milliliters coconut milk
juice and zest of one lemon
125 milliliters passon fruit pulp

Preheat over to 180 degrees and grease and line a baking tray

Place butter and sugar in an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well. Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt.

Stir until combined and makes a sticky dough

Press the pastry evenly into the pan and bake for about 15 minutes

For the filling place the eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale - add the coconut, flour, cream , coconut milk. lemon juice and passion fruit. Stir to combine and pour the filling over the baked pastry case.

Bake for about 35 - 40 minutes until golden. Alow to cool in tin before cutting in slices.

PLEASE FORWARD... WE NEED TO STOP PEOPLE BURNING PLASTIC IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS.

PLEASE FORWARD... WE NEED TO STOP PEOPLE BURNING PLASTIC IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS.
A healthy person may suffer non-specific reactions from burnboxes or barrels including burning eyes, headaches, nausea, fatigue, dizziness and other symptoms. Some may develop an allergic hypersensitivity if the dose is high enough.
Acids and other chemicals emitted by trash fires can cause severe bronchio-constriction in asthmatics and can increase the breathing difficulty of those with emphysema. The irritation of the lungs can reduce the amount of oxygen available to the heart and lungs- and can be dangerous for elders and those with heart disease.
Acute effects from burning some wastes can be very serious. It takes only five ounces of burning PVC to give off enough hydrogen chloride gas to kill someone in an average-size room in just ten minutes.
Even if you do not suffer immediate effects, the damage to your health can be more serious the longer you are exposed to the smoke. The effects can include damage to your lungs, nervous system, kidneys and liver. Chronic diseases like bronchitis, emphysema and most cancer can take 20 years to develop and can be caused by low exposures to smoke and toxins which originally appeared harmless.
Children can be at much greater risk. Because of their body size, they inhale more air per pound of body mass than do adults, and can absorb a proportionately larger "dose" of toxins. Also, children's bodies are more susceptible to damage from the mercury, lead, cadmium and other heavy metals found in the smoke because their nervous systems are not fully developed.
Dioxin is one of the most hazardous chemical compounds to breathe and it causes cancer. It is almost always formed when burning garbage.
Toxicological studies on dioxin showed the potential for health risks within 26 feet of the source of open burning from just 15 minutes of burning. As the burning continues, the impact area widens. If people in your community insist on home burning, move the barrels (or pass an ordinance) so that they are 50 ft (or more) from houses. Locate burnboxes far away, and keep people from the dump during a burn.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT http://www.zendergroup.org/docs/health_effects_burning_trash.pdf

PLEASE FORWARD... WE NEED TO STOP PEOPLE BURNING PLASTIC IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS.

PLEASE FORWARD... WE NEED TO STOP PEOPLE BURNING PLASTIC IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS.
A healthy person may suffer non-specific reactions from burnboxes or barrels including burning eyes, headaches, nausea, fatigue, dizziness and other symptoms. Some may develop an allergic hypersensitivity if the dose is high enough.
Acids and other chemicals emitted by trash fires can cause severe bronchio-constriction in asthmatics and can increase the breathing difficulty of those with emphysema. The irritation of the lungs can reduce the amount of oxygen available to the heart and lungs- and can be dangerous for elders and those with heart disease.
Acute effects from burning some wastes can be very serious. It takes only five ounces of burning PVC to give off enough hydrogen chloride gas to kill someone in an average-size room in just ten minutes.
Even if you do not suffer immediate effects, the damage to your health can be more serious the longer you are exposed to the smoke. The effects can include damage to your lungs, nervous system, kidneys and liver. Chronic diseases like bronchitis, emphysema and most cancer can take 20 years to develop and can be caused by low exposures to smoke and toxins which originally appeared harmless.
Children can be at much greater risk. Because of their body size, they inhale more air per pound of body mass than do adults, and can absorb a proportionately larger "dose" of toxins. Also, children's bodies are more susceptible to damage from the mercury, lead, cadmium and other heavy metals found in the smoke because their nervous systems are not fully developed.
Dioxin is one of the most hazardous chemical compounds to breathe and it causes cancer. It is almost always formed when burning garbage.
Toxicological studies on dioxin showed the potential for health risks within 26 feet of the source of open burning from just 15 minutes of burning. As the burning continues, the impact area widens. If people in your community insist on home burning, move the barrels (or pass an ordinance) so that they are 50 ft (or more) from houses. Locate burnboxes far away, and keep people from the dump during a burn.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT http://www.zendergroup.org/docs/health_effects_burning_trash.pdf

APPLE CHUNKIES

These ar so good with your moning coffee!
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter (1/2 cube)
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped raw apples
1/2 cup coarsely broken walnuts

Sift flour, measure, then sift again with baking powder and salt. Melt butter in saucepan--remove from heat and stir in sugar. Cool slightly, then beat in egg thoroughly. Add vanilla. Fold in flour mixture. Stir in apples and nuts. Spread in 8x8 pan. Bake at 350 degrees 30 minutes.
Cut in 2x2 squares while still warm. Makes 16 cookies.