just a note to remind myself how gorgeous this was – so gorgeous, in fact, that I have instructed Pete to save all the pea pods from his bag ‘o’ peas, and I will simmer them down with the rest of the chicken stock, and put it in the freezer. I’m sure frozen would be…
hard to find foods
May be found at www.hardtofindfoods.co.uk … providing, of course, you’re looking for what they sell. And if you don’t mind the spelling errors. But useful, nonetheless.
bureaucracy run amok (again)
A woman who baked a cake for a friend at a day centre was told it breached health and safety regulations. Elaine Richards, 75, from Braunton in north Devon, was told the Age Concern centre in Barnstaple only allowed people to eat bought cakes. More here …
what's in season?
Roots and sprouts available be Throughout Jan and February. Leeks, cauliflower and cabbage, too, Can be enjoyed ere winter’s through. Then colours come with March’s thaw: Rhubarb, carrots (and beets from store). But April’s menus are a riddle, As stored crops run out in the middle; Mere salads must your table dress With lettuces and…
our disappearing food
from today’s Indy comes this depressing article: Cromer crabs are the latest local delicacy to be threatened with extinction.All across the UK, our traditional dishes are dying out.Martin Hickman and Geneviève Roberts report more here.
must. pay. attention.
I prepped a big pot of goulash last evening, and left it in the oven on very low to cook overnight. This plan is fine, except you wake up tormented by ghoulash dreams, due to the smell wafting up the stairs. When I fetched it out of the oven, I had put not enough salt…
chocolate asparagus
I really can’t think of anything else to say. Link here.
Triple Chocolate Espresso Bean Cookies
seen on 101cookbooks.com Today’s recipe is for you coffee lovers. I had a bag of chocolate covered espresso beans on hand and thought it might be interesting to bake them into a cookie. A dark chocolate cookie. A dark chocolate cookie pumped full of lots of freshly ground espresso powder… makes my buzzy chocolate cake…
adopt an olive tree
“Adopt one of its 881 trees for a year and you’ll receive all the produce from your tree. Imagine dunking your bread in your own oil from your own tree 1,500 miles away on a hillside in Italy.” And only 60 quid! We do actually have an olive tree in a pot on our patio;…
alas, poor Rudolph
Reindeer paté, anyone?. From www.firebox.co.uk.