Colston Bassett Blue
I received this cheese in a cheese hamper at Christmas and it was the clear favourite, picked up some more today whilst in Harrogate and it is now cemented as my favourite cheese, absolutely beautiful ?
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Earlier this evening I decided to use up a veg-pack that was bought to make up a beef stew, for what I originally wanted there were far too many carrots & swede, so, with a bit of imagination a veg...
View ArticleA Nightcap.
After a very good herbed chicken and a glass or two of crisp New Zealand white, I fancied something warming to finish off. In the back of a cupboard I found a Martini bottle containing the last drop of...
View ArticleWhich or what's your favourite sausage for....
........toad-in-the-hole? Tomorrow, after preparing the batter & deciding to use some frankfurters, I thought I'd give them a go. Normally I use either Cumberland or Irish recipe bangers. Nice to...
View ArticleToday's....
1st of March & Shrove Tuesday. Anyone up for leeks & pancakes here in Wales? Or maybe pancakes dipped into some cawl? Possibilities are endless.
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Sunday's lunch.
Prepared a very lean beef steak with some Chinese style marinade. Chilli, ginger, garlic & light soy sauce. Doing some hot & spicy roast potatoes to accompany the steak. While the oven is on I...
View ArticleDodgy dinners.
Prepared some rice noodles to have with a lightly curried mackerel for lunch tomorrow. The curry looked a bit dry & absorbed by the noodles so made an oyster sauce for a bit of added flavour to...
View ArticleWhat is an actual......
......Full English breakfast? In many various cafes & restaurants the contents of said breakfast varies significantly. IE hash browns for fried potatoes as an example, also plum tomatoes instead of...
View ArticleNew Microwave
Our microwave broke a few weeks ago and I finally had chance yesterday to choose a new one, deciding to go for a Panasonic again. Compared prices between John Lewis and Currys and found they were both...
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Onion Bhajis....recipes please.
I've "Googled" a few, tried them but authenticity isn't quite there. Any suggestive recipes I should look at for my own hand rolled?
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What are these?
Went for a walk and found these, I thought crab apples but they are tiny and bunched like no apples I have seen before, literally hundreds of them all along the road, are they any use for anything?
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The Autumn Glow
It's that time of year when we can bask in the Autumnal Glory of freshly made crab apple jelly . . .
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Barm brack.
First go at baking a barm brack. It could've carried a little more mixed fruit I think but lovely toasted and buttered. S.
View ArticleUsing a pressure cooker....a revelation!
A few years ago we were bought a pressure cooker as a present by my OH's mum who swears by them but to be honest it stood on the shelf in the kitchen utility room totally unused. We have just about...
View ArticleNFU Turkey Finder
For those wanting a high-quality, farm reared, fresh turkey this Christmas, and who don't have a good local butcher, NFU has produced a 'Turkey Finder' so you can source a local supplier. If you've not...
View ArticleHome economics
FAO EY_Tony (and anyone else interested). Following on from the discussion in the cost of living thread. This is what I had in mind to show the true cost of quick, easy, nutritional and cheap meals....
View ArticleThe perfect mulled wine recipe.
Just made some with what I had, wine, spices and orange juice, finely tuned with brown sugar, not bad, but it's got me wondering if there are any mulled wine maestro's on the forum with a secret recipe...
View ArticleYour favourite TV chefs
So who are your favourite TV chefs? As a kid I'd watch Keith Floyd, I still watch repeats of his TV shows today fondly/. He always struck me as a true gent with real passion when it came to food and...
View ArticleKitchen Gardening
Are any members growing anything for their kitchens this year? I've started with a number of herbs and some jalapeno chilis but plan on growing a lot more as the year progresses. The herb seeds were...
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Today your stomach had....?
Mine? No breakfast, just a small Dover sole, streamed with some chard then flashed in a hot pan with garlic, olive oil and lemon juice at 1pm. 6pm is a Thai based aubergine curry with no rice to screw...
View ArticleLIDL onion and sage Sausage Meat!
Well the weather is still below freezing here so I decided not to venture out. My partner has just started a new job in Social Services and was working from home today which is good as the roads aren't...
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Currant affairs
Picked a couple of kilos of currants over the weekend, a time consuming but quintessentially summery chore. I've planted a mixture of red and black currants, all cuttings from one parent bush of each...
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39-year-old vegan influencer dies of 'starvation and exhaustion': Report (msn.com)
View ArticleWe got a new air fryer for Christmas. What foods do you cook using your air...
One of my daughters arrived on Saturday afternoon with a joint present for us both in quite a large box, a Christmas present from both her and my other daughter. She has a subtle knack of getting...
View ArticleDamsons, bullaces and sloes.
Checking whether damson trees come true to variety from their stones ( which they do apparently) after enjoying our first small crop this year from our Merrryweather tree , six in all, I found an...
View ArticleBeer...........
High on my list of most enjoyable and unique things about the UK are pubs and beer. A new discovery for me last week in the Derbyshire Dales was Beavertown Brewery and their most excellent and glugable...
View ArticleChristmas is fast approaching
As it is December tomorrow I will confess to have already started the Christmas food preparations. A family favourite for the last ten years or so is the Purchase of an Iberico ham and every year we...
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Your favourite restaurant
Mine just closed, I used to live in Riverside when Madhav opened and have regularly called in ever since for samosas at lunch time and Thalis in the evening, Mrs... Your favourite restaurant
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Today your stomach had....?
Mine? No breakfast, just a small Dover sole, streamed with some chard then flashed in a hot pan with garlic, olive oil and lemon juice at 1pm. 6pm is a Thai based aubergine curry with no rice to screw...
View ArticleAh, the leftovers.
Well after 2 days of pleasant enjoyment & satisfaction of the tasty bird, tomorrow sees the advancement of producing a curry from the remnants. As per the old adage, the closer to the bone, the...
View ArticleCooking for one.
Well I'll be cooking for one for the next two and half weeks as just after midday my OH set off en route for a holiday in Shri Lanka with one of her relatives. It's probably the last time the relative...
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