Home Planet
On Tuesday I listened to a very interesting programme on BBC Radio 4 - Home Planet. The panellists discussed how fruit used to be preserved before the advent of refrigerators. In those days many homes had cold rooms which enabled the fresh fruit vegetables etc to remain at a cool enough temperature so as to stay fresh. Salt was used to pickle or preserve fresh fruit which was stored in glass jars. I remember my mother Bridget Mary doing just that. At the time my brother and I were small and all this seemed so interesting.What a pity that the practice of preserving fruit is rarely carried out nowadays. There are books and websites which explain how to do it but it is obvious that the vast majority of people for one reason or another don't practice this art. Perhaps it's similar to organic fruit / vegetable gardening - too much hard work I hear you shout! Well, sometimes 'hard work' is the vital ingredient to producing any task that is rewarding. the above website will shed light on this and other hard work methods and models of gardening.
This morning I heard the sad news that Luciano Pavrotti passed away in Modena, Italy. He was 71 years old. May he rest in peace. He will always be remembered for his beautiful tenor voice. He will be remembered for his involvement with The Three Tenors
Labels: Pavarotti, Preserving fruit, The Three Tenors
posted by Thomas @ 5:10 pm
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