143. Food Haul, Portable Electric and Kitchen Mayhem - Living Alone in Wales (October 2024)

[@wanda521]

Every woman watching this is screaming ‘SHUT THE DAMN FRIDGE DOOR!’ 😂

[@gaynorprior9864]

I was as well 😂

[@keving331]

Me too, and I currently self-identify as a non-breast-feeding person 😂.

[@ukaly1]

YES! I kept saying that!

[@janw1746]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍x

[@irenecharrois5199]

😂

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

whenever I see someone making a pie, I'm always reminded of the episode of Steptoe & Son. when the dad was making one and to crimp the pastry together he used his false teeth!!!!

[@janeburke147]

😂😂👍🏻

[@jennyhayler7553]

Lol

[@JaneVaughan-b1b]

I remember that episode, it was hilarious

[@mrsplumbridge4888]

😂

[@tommeltje1]

🥰😋😁

[@louisesiberry6289]

As a Canadian who lives in Ontario I can assure you the colours of the autumn leaves are as bright in person.

[@gabriellakadar]

The East Don Ravine is glorious this year. The reds are vibrant. I think because we've had a slowly evolving autumn. Nothing froze yet.

[@ReneeinVirginia]

Nothing like I've ever seen!

[@ukaly1]

Yes, I told Sean in a previous video that the colours are very vivid in the US and Canada because of the extremes in weather that we have.

[@eugeniebreida1583]

@@ukaly1 Particularly the Eastern /NorthEastern & Mountain areas, or wherever weather is not tempered by the great Pacific ocean’s moderating effects (Western Pac NW, Coastline, Puget Sound, Vancouver/BC etc), although we also have lovely Fall colors with more sensitive deciduous species… In Seattle Fall leaves are combined with new growth on many evergreen species and even hardier herbs, etc, as the humidity returns (later in year now, as the climate warms …). Somewhat a gardeners’ paradise, for those allergic to the real heat of the continent/East & SE US.

[@glennismossey6976]

Also, I absolutely am mesmerized by the Northern Lights. They are truly spectacular! Sad to hear him just dismiss them. 🇨🇦

[@sarahstrong7174]

Use your apple peelings to make tea with. You can add some spices. Just put everything in a jug, put a lid on, let it steep & then drink.

[@Pinkbubble702]

Yes, I do this, but I also add a thumb of ginger 🫚 very warming ❤

[@sarahstrong7174]

​@@Pinkbubble702Sounds good!

[@carolinecollett4349]

John Rogers mentioned a Sean James Cameron on his latest youtube walk from Crystal Palace via Penge. He mentioned your allotment, Sean, and Rusty the cat got a mention too.

[@jans1972]

I peel my apples, the skins have an unpleasant texture when eating the smooth cooked apples. A little flour on your rolling pin and board will stop the pastry sticking. That pie looks delicious, your face says it all. Love the tree decorations. Thank you Sean for another great vlog.

[@Soylatte-wg7vv]

Sean you make my day/night that pie looks delish…don’t need fancy gismos or tools,you did a great job i love watching what you get up to,you are a good adventurous cook right up my street xxx from Kay country Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🙀👍

[@cherylprice1790]

I love the pantry under the stairs.

[@justmenicole4842]

I live in Quebec Canada, in a part of the province, that people travel from around the world to see the leaves changing. They are as bright as the pictures show . It's really a sight to see 😊

[@seanjamescameron]

Only ever visited Toronto and loved it. Did consider moving to Canada at one stage.

[@eugeniebreida1583]

@@seanjamescameron You dodged a bullet as to $$ Toronto area, just another overgrown N.A. metropolis now.

[@justmenicole4842]

@@eugeniebreida1583 and getting worst. :(

[@debdonaghey4515]

I'm from the UK originally but have lived in Canada for many years now and I can assure you the colour of leaves in autumn are as bright and beautiful in person. They have to be seen to be believed! Also Aurora Borealis can be absolutely stunning and unbelievable, it very much depends on where you are seeing them from!

[@avivapotts2442]

Oh Sean! 🙈🙈🙈 yes, use flour on board and rolling pin. Damp edge before adding lid. Peel apples first and slice thinner. That all said I'm sure it'll probably taste ok! I forgot to say, i adore those Christmas ornnaments - ideal for a gardener! I was worried when you said the parcel had come from Sarah Raven i was hoping whatever the contents were they would be intact! You were brave ordering from there again!

[@bridgetsalter265]

morning Sean,I put all my veg in brown paper bags,cut down amazon bags ,or...brown lunch bags from bxm type shops. mushrooms ,cauliflower,lettuce last many many days.I also found putting a tea towel over my veg in fridge drawer collected any moisture. ......your welcome😂,we all love you on here,thankyou for the commitment ❤️

[@ReneeinVirginia]

Although the leaves here in Virginia are beautiful, when I first saw the bright leaves of Vermont and Canada, my jaw dropped open. Such gorgeous maples there.

[@chrisjones3901]

My mam had a green table cloth like that in the 70's. We were tiny kids then and used to make the table our den.Nice memory today for me Thank-you.

[@grumpy_poo]

Yes, we always had a green chenille tablecloth too... very homely

[@janeburke147]

My mam had one similar,I don’t know why it reminds me of a table someone would read tarot cards on lol ,probably just me 🤪

[@jennyhayler7553]

And sitting there platting the Tassels lol

[@grumpy_poo]

@@jennyhayler7553 😆

[@keving331]

Shouldn’t the pastry case be baked on its own first before being filled? Otherwise the base will end up soggy and uncooked?

[@seanjamescameron]

That makes sense.

[@Jen-ci1mp]

Appears sometimes one needs more than one boss in the kitchen.

[@ReneeinVirginia]

The mesmerizing, dancing, swirling green lights of the borealis in Alaska did not compare to the red tinge we are barely seeing with the naked eye elsewhere.

[@ljcreations6094]

You have some very generous viewers. You get beautiful gifts, you’re a lucky 🍀 man!

[@steveandsherilyn7543]

Fair play Sean, I admire your willingness to have a go at baking the pie. 😂 You can buy the sheets of pastry, I bought some the other day from ALDIs, although you don’t get much in a roll. I would suggest buying a grinder,like a small coffee grinder for example, you can use it to make your own caster sugar and icing sugar from regular granulated sugar, a lot cheaper! Plus you can grind lots of other things too, for example you can grind down your own spices which makes a huge difference to the taste, especially with things like curry.

[@Twizle1957]

I read an article a while back, and it said that when storing your food items, look where the supermarket put them in the shop. Are they in fridge's or shelves. Although some items may need to be kept in the fridge once opened.

[@heidirobinson8734]

We put decorations n tree up 10 days before christmas and remove 10days after .Christmas Eve,day time was always 'open house' n often meant looking after children who's parents needed t do last minute shopping etc...( was always well organised in those days!)....n I'd have modest gifts on the tree f folk t take when they left! Bonus t that arrangement was that own children were tired n worn out by " all day entertaining" so were well ready f bed,quite early! So I got t do what needed t do in prep f xmas feast...in calm,peaceful household...at own pace....I had the tradition of indulging self with french coffees...n major bubble- bath.....all ready f the happy bedlam of christmas morning! Worked a treat!

[@weavenut]

Careful with the cats amaryllis are poisness to them, one they have flowered I remove the flower stalk and allow the p,ant to continue, one the frost have gone I then put outside for the summer and then let it dry out around sept and let the leaves die back, and let it be dormant for a month or more, in a frost free shed, then o re pot and bring back in the house, I have kept my bulb for years, and it has had babies that I have given to others

[@anniemac3075]

I told him this a long time ago, he doesn't listen!

[@Mistydazzle]

My red blooming Amaryllis is over 30 years old. It always sits in soil, slightly protruding up, in a small ceramic pot with a drainage hole & saucer. It blooms every year, at least once. I just water the soil a bit once a week. It sits in a bright, sometimes sunny, windowsill, indoors, all year round - though I could put it out in the warm Summer months, probably not in direct sunshine, especially in the heat of day, though. When the leaves turn yellow, and dry up, off they go into the compost. News ones always come up & the plant reblooms! 🌹

[@ikeameltdown8012]

I love that!

[@emmafarr770]

I peel my apples because I choke on the skin.

[@deliataylor8937]

Me to and I have to cut up in pieces lol

[@HelenW-w3t]

AHH! I said the bulb would cost £15 and then you said £14-90. My guess was near enough. It's made my day.😂😊❤

[@susangrindle7426]

I thought just the same 😂😂

[@jeanhelliwell8160]

The plastic trays are good a cover for seedings to give them extra protection.

[@gigis.garden]

just a word of warning. Do not put that cloth in the washing machine ..... I did and the fluff all came off and totally blocked the machine and when I finally got iy open there was just netting left of the cloth!!!!

[@violetraal5383]

I decorate first weekend in December and take it down on 6th of January

[@maryansharm5296]

Oh Sean, you and that pie! Your sense of humour is right up my alley, as they say. You are funny. But that pie was, indeed, a pie to be proud of! All made by your own fair hands. A triumph!

[@doingmyownthing8616]

Ground Chili Powder, Cinnamon, Apple Pie Spice, Pumpkin Pie Spice, Garlic Powder, Italian Seasoning, Ground Paprika, Red Pepper Flakes, Parsley, Ground Sage, Ground Turmeric. These are my have to have basics along with Salt and Pepper.

[@sabinekoch3448]

Woolworth in Germany and Woolworths in South Africa are completely different stores. South Africa has excellent quality fruit, veg and meat and fish - and branch out in some stores into clothing and kitchen / bathroom ware. In Germany it has wrapping paper and bits and pieces…cables, ribbon etc. Thank you for a lovely video!

[@juliakneebone5742]

Love the new tablecloth!!!

[@marykappesser5145]

Treat your amaryllis as a houseplant in the spring, put it outside in summer. Let it rest in a dark, dry place in the autumn, and start watering it when you are wanting it to bloom. I have had one for about 10 years, it blooms every year, and has gotten about as big as a large grapefruit. It even has made "babies" that I have gifted to family members. I repot it every 2 or 3 years. Feed it monthly until October.

[@seanjamescameron]

Thank you.

[@shelaghrichardson1294]

LOVE the chenille tablecloth! It reminds me of the one my paternal Grandma had on her table in front of the window in the "parlour." She had a potted aspidistra centrally on it! Only very posh visitors were entertained in the parlour!😄🌴🇦🇮

[@mterrylane819]

yes it brings back alot of memories for me too

[@Angel-002]

Flour on yiur board & rolling pin to stop the pastry from sticking. You can buy the sheets & they are usually in a long thin box in the fridge (should be next to the one you bought). If you butter/grease your dish, the pastry doesn't stick & also egg wash the edges of the pastry base, it helps make the lid stick whilst cooking. Looked a bloonin good pie though....bet you enjoyed it

[@emmafarr770]

They are beautiful ornaments. She's smiling in heaven. She loves them any woman would. The day after in the United States Thanksgiving. That 's when I decorate my Christmas tree.😊

[@NickyDunn]

Love the scribble of Rusty on your wall. Hopefully. Just changing the washer in your tap will help. All herbs and spices are good for any kitchen. Nice pie.

[@ethelduplessis7809]

I suggest pealing apples unless they are organic. Apple skins, i understand are often significantly contaminated with pesticides. Ethel

[@margeblake8371]

Hi Sean, you can buy ready rolled sheets of pastry much easier and they freeze really well and don’t take long to defrost.

[@Annette825]

My favorite videos are in the kitchen just talking food and whatever else is going on at the time.

[@alisondwyer4154]

Sean slice the mushrooms and freeze them, thats what i do because sometimes i dont get to use them all before they spoil....😊

[@poppygirl76]

Sean, you said in a previous video that you want to make your house like your childhood home and your Gran's house. Could you talk more about that?

[@ruthadams2413]

I think you can turn the small freezer into a refrigerator since you already have the bigger one I hope that helps

[@celticdollface]

You don't have to keep Mushrooms in the fridge. if you didn't buy it out of a fridge it doesn't have to be stored in a fridge. The exception is anything in a tetra pack like UHT milk..once that's been opened it has to be rfrigerated. Keep Mushrooms, eggs potatoes and bread all in a dark place... a kitchen cabinet is fine, that isn't open often .. The pastry can also be frozen... as well as kept in the fridge.. Incidentally, The Woolworth in Australia is a seperate entity from FW Woolworth

[@angelalewis6706]

Hi Sean. Hilarious. Nice pie. To stretch out pastry just put a lid on it, roll thinner. Use flour. You need a basic cook book for your kitchen. Go to a charity shop and get a Delia smith one. Try making a crumble next. Using all those nuts in your cupboard, porridge oats. My recipe : 6oz plain or self rising flour 2oz porridge oats 20z chopped nuts, any 3oz butter 3oz sugar, demarera or any Cinamin Rub in method. Cook same as a pie. Or at 1st buy a packet mix so you get the feel of it. X

[@pamhoerner]

It's always a joy to start my mornings with you, Sean. I love a gloomy, putter around the house kind of day.

[@sixtysecondsofstephens2386]

I've seen those power banks used by vanlife people. They absolutely swear by them and run allsorts of them. I'm sure your find it super handy. You've inspired me further to add to my pots with spring flowering bulbs.

[@glenysgray8255]

You made me laugh with your pastry Sean 😆 The sheets of pastry are in a long box or pack.

[@sharonyoxall7553]

Wow - that power bank is a great piece of kit! (And a purrfect box for a black cat😊) Love your ornaments I remember our family trooping off to the bluebell wood each year to pick blackberries, into big square tin boxes that used to have loose biscuits in. Then it was blackberry & apple jam until you were sick of it 😂 I’d love some now, tho!

[@paulwilliams200]

I also had an aunt (first cousin, once removed) was a manager in a Christmas Decorations factory (somewhere between Ystrad and Porth if my memory is correct). I think it closed down in the 80's.

[@jennybullock4280]

Sean, ideally your bone broth is meant to be a stock for homemade soup. Just add a couple of pints of boiling water to it, some chopped carrots, onions, potatoes and swede etc. Boil and simmer for about 45 minutes. You can buy soup plastic freezer bags for the leftovers that stand on end. It will do you a few more nutritious meals and last you much longer. You just heat it up in your microwave with the bag open at the top a little.

[@susangrindle7426]

Sounds like you could do with a oodie, they're like an oversized sweatshirt but they are warm and have a hood and are just the thing for cold evenings. Ive got 2 one with green frogs on the other has smiley avocados but they come in all sorts of colours. Time to get with it 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@K4rmaRules]

Good to see you taking care of your gut health. I did the same just after the pandemic as the cost of living crisis played havoc with my health. I was hardly eating. You lose loads of weight on a gut health diet. It's fabulous. You also seem to be doing well with lots of vegetables also. Good to keep your fiber intake up.

[@jeanhelliwell8160]

Flour the board and pin, pastry should be brought out 10 minutes to acclimatize. It rolls better than way

[@Joan-gp4lc]

Here is what I found about apple skins: The majority of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients in apples are found in the peel. Apple skins contain exceptionally high concentrations of antioxidants. They also have compounds (triterpenoids) with significant anti-cancer capabilities. If you cook apples with the skins on, you can retain most of the fiber and some of the phytochemicals.

[@SuzanneU]

I wash my apples when I get them home, then let them sit in a bowl of water with a splash of apple cider vinegar for half an hour. Then I let them air dry. This removes a fair amount of pesticide and other contaminants. The apples keep well and taste fine! Like you, I like to eat the skins for the nutrients.

[@Etheldreda-]

Only if they’re organic though, skins accumulate the many pesticides

[@Barneysma]

Granulated sugar is cheaper than castor and is fine to use in things like pies and crumbles. I would be very interested to see how the power bank links up to the solar panel and how effective it is. Maybe something more of us are considering purchasing with the increase in power prices and possible power cuts.

[@paulwilliams200]

Here in Canada (and in US) our regular white sugar grains are about the same size as UK Caster sugar (which does not exist here).

[@susanelwood5794]

Mushrooms keep better in a paper bag 😊

[@susangrindle7426]

Glad you liked the things i sent. The magnet had been on my fridge for many years we got it out of a box of tea. It just reminded me of a certain someone 😂😂. My decorations go up around a week before. My tree is my pride and joy and i have a lot of disney ornaments and glass baubles but i also have a cat who thinks he's Edmund Hillary so i have to guard it like crazy and the more delicate ornaments have stopped in the box.😹😹😼

[@sabinekoch3448]

Bless Edmund Hilary❤😂

[@clairep8336]

Yes Woolworths is in Australia, it’s everywhere!

[@juliamaitland7160]

I don't bother pre cooking fruit for pies, crumbles etc. Straight into the dish with a couple of spoons of water, sugar and spice etc, top with the pastry or crumble mix and into the oven. Its always fine

[@debbies2966]

You could pop the bunching onions bottoms in a pot outside in your patio. A nice cut and come again crop for your salads, stir fry and soups. They’re very cold tolerant.

[@MarilynMorgan-pd7sm]

I would definitely recommend an air fryer. Quicker and cheaper than using the oven . Great for reheating as well.

[@irenecharrois5199]

Air fryers are the cats meow!👍

[@susangrindle7426]

When we went on holiday to Bridlington there was a Woolworths it always use to smell lovely as it had a large section full of loose lavender flowers that you could put into little hanging containers to hang in the wardrobe or put in your drawers . The smell filled the shop and mum had one in her wardrobe for many years 😊

[@MaxinePayne-vb9bf]

Morning Sean, I think you should do cooking more often it’s just brightened my morning with your kitchen antics and the pie turned out brilliant (much more fun way to cook) I loved it. I can remember when Woolies closed I was absolutely devastated, I was brought up with it you could get everything, fond memories of my nan’s Christmas decorations and pick and mix sweets, I kept that tradition with my daughter who is 25 shortly, so the last day we sat on the bench outside when they closed their doors for the last time.

[@simonmartin5284]

Wow my mum used to make that very same pie when we were younger. I could almost smell that from here in Kent. Great memories. I'll have to give that a go. I'm inspired and hungry, Cheers mate. See you soon. SI 👍😊.

[@hp-cs7mx]

I made wee tuile bags from an outgrown tutu which I use around my tomatoes here in Australia where we have Mediterranean fruit fly. Last summer I froze 8 kilo of tomatoes. Those bags work brilliantly.

[@jillychandler]

I saw those lovely Christmas decorations on the Sarah Raven web site - LOVE them, and hope they will survive being outside on your lovely little Christmas memorial tree. I am getting my pot grown Christmas tree that I have had in a pot in the garden for the last two years, into my house quite soon, as I want it to aclimitize to being inside, before I get the heating on in the sitting room. I will be decorating it before the 19th November, as this is my Birthday, and I have a friend coming over, as he does every year, to have a Birthday/Christmas meal with me on that day! It was lovely to see one of your beautiful black cats for the first time in the sitting room. Blessings from Jilly & Madge, and a missley morning here in West Devon, England. xxx

[@mariedeyo7399]

Wolworth is a american company a far as I know, with undercompanies like the Sanfranzisco musicbox company, wich I worked for when I was in the US and wolworth shops are still here in germany. You can put your piecrust in the freezer till you need it and just take it out the night bevor and put it in the fridge. Applepie ..yummy

[@Suly-cu2op]

A pie fit for Desperate Dan! My fav … fruit dessert! I can’t believe you didn’t cut me a slice! What about custard? Cream? “The pie whistler” BTW…LOVE disco fridge… ! I’m doing that now too! 🪩

[@susanelwood5794]

Amaryllis give me the creeps 😜. They can grow an inch in a hour -not for me

[@Linnet09]

Those power banks are increasing light and versatile. I've been carrying about a tiny one to charge my phone ever since a previous phone had a bad battery - it's still useful occasionally when I forget to charge my current phone. And I've got a larger one - not as big as yours - for emergencies if the power goes off.

[@kitchenworker446]

Slice up the mushrooms and bung them in the freezer...they are fine to cook with for eg, fry or make stew/cowl...oh and you can freeze the block of pastry...just get it out the day before you need it.

[@shelaghrichardson1294]

It's your pie, Sean! You prepare it how you want to. If someone from the town council comes by, peel the apples!❤😂🌴🇦🇮

[@seanjamescameron]

🤣

[@cherylprice1790]

Festive is open in Cwmbran. They have a factory outlet, which is seasonal open from October

[@barbdurban900]

You don't need pastry on the bottom. The top pastry will do. So funny, you are Sean.

[@ReneeinVirginia]

The look on your face when that pie came out. Priceless. Happiness is a beautiful pie! Very cute ornaments too.

[@sarahstrong7174]

I do like the Braeburn apples.

[@poppygirl76]

New table cloth looks lovely in your living room. All looking very cosy.

[@amethystjade405]

Woolworths is a supermarket here in Australia :)

[@clairep8336]

You should get little baskets or reuse some small boxes to store your vegetables.

[@smpbiker9233]

Here we leave them outside and they continue on but choose their natural cycle which means around the end of March for me in zone 9a.

[@kareneleighscott]

We have Woolworths in New Zealand 😊

[@cherylprice1790]

Cooking apple for a pie, I peel them but of course its up to you. The pie looks good

[@lynnpurfield9430]

Definitely get in some pumpkin spice Sean. I use it often now, not just for pumpkin pies. Nutritional yeast is another great one to have. It gives you your B vits and is easily added to stews and soups for a mild cheese flavour. 28:01

[@apace903]

Love love love bone broth! It is hard to find where I live. So I make my own. Beef bones are hard to find. I make quarts and quarts then can. Good video.

[@carolwhite6979]

you can buy soup bones from most butcher shops here. 🇨🇦

[@Jay-Leigh]

🤭 10/10 for the pie Sean. Well done 😊 thank you for another lovely visit to the little Walsh cottage ❤ J&J

[@mandydeane5824]

Sean, flour your board and rolling pin hun x haha 🙂

[@mandydeane5824]

Pie looks delicious some homemade custard, cream or ice cream yum yum for the tum

[@dianemcclure2334]

I get the ready rolled sheets of pastry .. works for me x My mum had an amyrilis every year from M&S .. she loved them x

[@lorellstoneman74]

Time saver....If you put a tray under whatever you bake, (that could boil over in oven)., you almost never have a mess to clean out of oven...

[@Claudi771]

Regarding “when do you decorate your Christmas tree?” I don’t because both my parents were German Jewish.😃My mother was born in Frankfurt Germany; my dad was from Laupheim a small town area in southern Germany.

[@DeirdreMorgan-f5o]

you can freeze mushroomms

[@kathypearson6886]

Great video! I peel the apples but don’t cook them before putting in a pie. If you don’t have castor sugar you can make your own by 40:30 adding a little molasses to white sugar. ❤🇨🇦🍁Yes- the leaves are as bright as the photos!

[@angelikameurer2005]

We still have Woolworth here in Germany ; ) and we can buy Amaryllis waxed all around in red , green or gold wax and they are beautiful. Lovely video again 😍 thanx a lot 🙏

[@sarahprice1375]

Sean if you get apples and blackcurrants you can always preprepare and freeze it in bags ready for a pie when you want one. Nature provides us so well doesnt it?

[@muman1659]

Got several dozen mushroom containers with holes in they've lasted several years in the garden for seedlings and small pots.☕🌻

[@maysloman5313]

Lovely seeing you settle in so well. The cottage looks really homely and welcoming. The power box is something I need to look into. By the way your looking very well.

[@Steve-Owens]

Great Baubles Sean.. just watched with Michele and Ricky.. very entertaining.. love to you buddy.. Rick's off to sort out his drawers.. 😂🩳

[@mrsmiggins6435]

Good morning Sean, it might be a good idea to put the eggs on the stop shelf just in case something falls on them, unless of course your sure they are safe on the bottom shelf. The Christmas decorations are beautiful! I think you may be thinking of filo pastry that comes in think sheets. Yes sprinkle some flour on the board and rolling pin😀. The smile on your face when you got the piece out was priceless 😃. Have a good week🤗

[@Francesca5147]

Glad your pie turned out well Sean and a good way of using the fresh fruit up😃👍

[@dixiedarr700]

We decorate for Christmas after Thanksgiving-end of November. In Denver, Colorado, we leave them up until after the National Western Stock Show in mid-January.

[@pamhoerner]

I'm in Denver, too, and that's the schedule I always followed! This year I may start decorating a bit earlier since Thanksgiving is quite late.

[@deniseconaway701]

Your face when that pie came out 🤣, I’m reckoning you thought that would be a disaster, but no, cracking job Sean.

[@richardhart7652]

The Sunday before Christmas and they stay up till the twelfth night then they come down if you forget to get them down they must stay up till next Christmas as it will be bad luck to take them down before ❤😊