svona.bsky.social
English by birth, Swiss by marriage, living in rural Alsace. Family historian (MSc Genealogical Studies; RQG), avid reader, amateur musician and crafter. https://www.angloswiss.site/ https://www.heatonsww1
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The Moon Game was one of my favourite books as a child, and to my delight I discovered that my Swiss husband still had his original French version
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I (Brit living in France) didn't realise that - wow.
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Among other produce, our local Leclerc sells beer from a micro brewery in the next village, cheese from a farm you can see from the supermarket, and (unsurprisingly!) vast quantities of Alsace wine.
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I still have the scars!
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Same here in France. I miss Mum's meat and potato pie with suet pastry crust, but at least I've found a good recipe for suetless mincemeat. (Mincemeat/mince pies also unknown here.)
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On the 1911 census she's Constance Edna M[ay] - there's also a birth reg. for her with mother Louise SMITH (father unnamed). The 1906 looks nothing like Constance though!
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Fratelli Vianelli, photographers to His Majesty the King of Italy and (?)His Royal Highness the Price of Wales.
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Northern Brit English for the last bit - literally the part of a cigarette you don't smoke.
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Even when you think you've planned well, there are invariably leftovers, and I'm not going to throw them away if I can avoid it! Veggie drawer remainders became soup today, along with focaccia using leftover cooked potatoes and the fag end of a piece of goat cheese.
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They look amazing!
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I make a veggie version of jambalaya with lentils and chick peas - husband asks for it regularly!
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Ooh, I've never made bean burgers - maybe I could fool the offspring still living with us to give them a try? Neither will touch beans (other than fresh green), lentils, etc, while husband and I love 'em!
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Definitely! Lentil lasagne is excellent.
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For 2: fry some onions, garlic, red pepper (and/or any veg you fancy) with chilli flakes to taste; add a small tin of chick peas, another of lentils, a handfull of basmati rice and enough veggie stock to cook the rice. Dead easy and super tasty as well as cheap and healthy
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Huge favourite with me and husband - I like a bit of onion and/or garlic with the lentils.
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Rural France: no express checkout in the local supermarket, and self service (2 tills) is for 10 items or less - no alcohol and no trolley. The self service is buggy at best - I avoid the closest normal till because the checkout person has to react to all the red lights. Real peeps for me!
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On my second time around with 20 month old grandson, so taking note of anything our 4 didn't try 25+ years ago...
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OH's keys were found (3 weeks later) in the umbrella stand; a half-eaten banana (regrettably late and thanks to a horrible smell) in the lift-up seat of toddler's baby walker. In the dog's bed?
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I don't know what was used to make the pages more legible, but either a reaction or a filter of some kind I guess?
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Parts of the 1861 census for the Manchester area were water-damaged during storage - this is one of the "recovered" and more or less readable sections, but others were unfortunately permanently lost.
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Lancashire/Cheshire border: never.
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64. No (and never have).
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I've never tried editing a file on 2 computers simultaneously, but I doubt that would work. I either use my PC or my laptop, but not both at once.
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I've set FTM up so that my files are saved to OneDrive, which can then be accessed and edited from any device. I'm no techie, but this works for me.
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Fair enough, I guess!
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Tartiflette was a bit disappointing tbh - I haven't come across Sauce Pommes Frites in our small local LeClerc, but Aoli is seriously good!
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Probably one of granddad's (politer) local expressions!
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Definition of bow-legged "Couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel".
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Tubular Bells: The Revenge.
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Surprisingly few in my own family, even those from rural areas, but plenty on my husband's side: small Swiss mountain communities which in the past were probably isolated for at least 6 months per year. There's one village where about 3/4 of the old PRs seem to feature the same 4 surnames!
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Adolescent me loved 10cc (fellow Stopfordians, btw) - granny me still does!
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I'm Spam and Smash instant mashed potatoes. (Hated both!)
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Enjoyed all except Death of a Salesman. Saw Shadow of a Gunman (one of O'Casey's Irish plays) at Manchester Library Theatre, and it was amazing. Most of my contemporaries in other schools studied Lord of the Flies - I read it, but disliked it intensely.