A friend of mine blogged yesterday that she was making cranberry chutney. “That’s a nice idea”, I thought; I’ve actually never made chutney before, so I asked her for the recipe, and bought some cranberries today. And got Pete to fetch down my preserving pan from the top of the cupboard. Of course, me being…
Tag: christmas
another year over
we had a very quiet festering season, which is exactly what we wanted. We collected kalunina from Temple Meads on Friday afternoon, and apart from a brief foray to North Street for veg and brunch on Saturday, we didn’t stir out of the house again* until we returned her to Bristol Parkway (why she used…
I said I wasn't much of a baker
But I’m quite pleased with this – it’ s a work in progress, but it’s coming along nicely. it has a sort of amateur charm, don’t you think?
Stepford Wife
Today, I have been mostly baking. I made a fabulous gruyere and cracked peppercorn bread. Or, at least, it would have been fabulous had I had a decent loaf tin instead of the ancient old things I use. It wasn’t quite cooked through, but we toasted it, and it was delicious. And I made some…
alas, poor Rudolph
Reindeer paté, anyone?. From www.firebox.co.uk.
christmas cake eggstravanza
Originally posted in my LiveJournal 19 dec 2005 So … I weighed out the ground almonds, the whole nuts (whizzed briefly in the food processor), the mixed tropical fruit, the sultanas, the blueberries and cranberries, the dried apricots. I rummaged in the back of the cupboard for Cointreau and Amaretto. I beat 225g of butter…