tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52922665960848243212024-03-13T08:01:57.907-07:00The Big StoveTwo Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-74557983618877755392011-05-08T08:26:00.001-07:002011-05-08T09:04:48.484-07:00Strawberries and Cream<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44929511@N05/5698893579/" title="Untitled by Mrs:B, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/5698893579_763fb36ee8.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thought I would share these! They are a celebration of the last day of our holidays and the wonderful month of <a href="http://www.eattheseasons.co.uk/">MAY</a>! (click to be linked to the fabulous Eat the Seasons site)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cupcakes-Primrose-Bakery-Martha-Swift/dp/1856268470/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304868530&sr=8-1">Primrose Bakery Cupcakes Recipe Book</a> and stupendously easy to make!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); line-height: 20px; font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:14px;"><ul style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; "><li style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 102, 102); ">110g (4oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature</span></li><li style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 102, 102); ">225g (8oz) caster sugar, preferably golden </span></li><li style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 102, 102); ">2 large eggs, free-range or organic </span></li><li style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 102, 102); ">150g (5½oz) self-raising flour, sifted </span></li><li style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 102, 102); ">125g (4½oz) plain flour, sifted </span></li><li style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 102, 102); ">120ml (4fl oz) semi-skimmed milk, at room temperature </span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 102, 102); ">1tsp good-quality vanilla extract</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#E06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20px; font-family:Bentham;"><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(180, 95, 6); ">Method</span></span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div style="text-align: center; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Preheat the oven to 180C/160C (fan)/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tray or 3 x 12-hole mini muffin trays with cupcake cases. </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until the mixture is pale and smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing for a few minutes after each addition. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a separate bowl, combine the two flours. Put the milk into a jug and add the vanilla extract. Add one third of the flour to the creamed mixture and beat well. Pour in one third of the milk and beat again. Repeat these steps until all the flour and milk have been added. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases, filling them to about two thirds full. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes (regular size) or 15 minutes (mini size) until slightly raised and golden brown. To check they are cooked, insert a skewer in the centre of one of the cakes - it should come out clean. </span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44929511@N05/5698895251/" title="Untitled by Mrs:B, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3503/5698895251_4a338462be.jpg" width="380" height="500" alt="" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 15px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Once cool, make a small hole in each (I used the end of a teaspoon) and spoon in a 1 tsp of strawberry jam. Warming the jam, makes this easier.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*I swirled a dollop of shop bought vanilla frosting on top and a sliced (dried off) strawberry. But they would be wonderful with a good splodge of whipped cream if you were serving immediately. Summer treat bliss!*</span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44929511@N05/5699038839/" title="Untitled by Mrs:B, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/5699038839_52a1984c0d.jpg" width="409" height="500" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20px; font-family:Bentham;font-size:14px;">Perfect with your afternoon cup of tea in your May garden</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20px; font-family:Bentham;font-size:14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20px; font-family:Bentham;font-size:14px;">x</span></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cupcakes-Primrose-Bakery-Martha-Swift/dp/1856268470/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304868530&sr=8-1"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-71940721988153626632011-03-03T08:50:00.000-08:002011-03-03T09:04:10.747-08:00Wholemeal Honey Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklVlj9eiCN-3FMBb8_Z46UIQYMOQGO5BFJkv3Srhj8n_cVbF4IF1sdvGABYgbKRfGh4pivViiCfs4oNHeF1EDmAIOIN8DifX7a9e90cigAD9WMo5ffsARQ-nO8zqMihV-ehpEsdBI7y0/s1600/homey2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklVlj9eiCN-3FMBb8_Z46UIQYMOQGO5BFJkv3Srhj8n_cVbF4IF1sdvGABYgbKRfGh4pivViiCfs4oNHeF1EDmAIOIN8DifX7a9e90cigAD9WMo5ffsARQ-nO8zqMihV-ehpEsdBI7y0/s400/homey2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579898151334046002" border="0" /></a>Just the title of this cake made me happy. It spoke to me of warm, reliable comforts of home, of sweet respite from a days work, a perfect something to have with a cup of tea. A little wholesome, filling and rich, with a hint of sunshiney sweetness. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9v94_zIOxD464G4Flt-pe4MrNXoEaToJz0eqSS__Xce8nezikTqtYmEOAfUhv6jiHyesUmeJje-dKqNqDdsUrbLrq7XB88FFYQ_fTHpZQmdYahWVO_Vf4N9vgLWrI9scI-Ds-Dp8kbY/s1600/homey3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9v94_zIOxD464G4Flt-pe4MrNXoEaToJz0eqSS__Xce8nezikTqtYmEOAfUhv6jiHyesUmeJje-dKqNqDdsUrbLrq7XB88FFYQ_fTHpZQmdYahWVO_Vf4N9vgLWrI9scI-Ds-Dp8kbY/s400/homey3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579898151998317218" border="0" /></a><div>Make it and '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF9900;"><b>bee</b></span>' happy!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4Zo3QZmGl2mdGEFaEPJRmqMRBCMOGYi-ye7vNhFuinI1kU5GGa_jU8bUgNUnAsq7F9fveyjteta_QNl02G3uiRhU0jihwasxKL-tHoE_EUmKvaDskiWwulG1dOT1z0OBvEOcVVz1r1k/s1600/homey4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4Zo3QZmGl2mdGEFaEPJRmqMRBCMOGYi-ye7vNhFuinI1kU5GGa_jU8bUgNUnAsq7F9fveyjteta_QNl02G3uiRhU0jihwasxKL-tHoE_EUmKvaDskiWwulG1dOT1z0OBvEOcVVz1r1k/s400/homey4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579898157039046626" border="0" /></a></div><div>300g unsalted butter, softened<br />250g unrefined caster sugar<br />4 organic eggs<br />150g ground almonds<br />150g wholemeal self-raising flour<br />1 tsp baking powder<br />50g flaked almonds<br />3-4 tbsp runny honey<br /><br />Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/ gas mark 3. Grease a 23cm diameter, springform cake tin with a little of the butter and line the base with baking parchment.<br /><br />Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, and cream them together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Fold in the ground almonds, then sift in the flour and baking powder and gently fold these in, too.<br /><br />Scrape the mixture into the prepared tin, scatter the flaked almonds over the top, and bake for 45 minutes, or until a knife pushed into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and, while it's still hot, evenly drizzle all over with honey. Place the tin on a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or cold.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">This is bee-utiful with a dollop of greek yoghurt!</span><br />x<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-22108661361608376142010-07-08T09:46:00.000-07:002010-07-08T10:01:34.874-07:00Pick Your Own..... Make your own.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv4ias9zZC2FIHkZRlIO7cdgyCVbjvxoNTtKBDLX4ZTYDEZn75Oxyoo-_aDvCiLcrveFZe-c7j0q59fPRqXx7bU157Q7bMUgzFUODbJ3ZSVmsQOmo7slN-xYMhCGHhtFyJj-7cjC4Xxs/s1600/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491579519940595394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv4ias9zZC2FIHkZRlIO7cdgyCVbjvxoNTtKBDLX4ZTYDEZn75Oxyoo-_aDvCiLcrveFZe-c7j0q59fPRqXx7bU157Q7bMUgzFUODbJ3ZSVmsQOmo7slN-xYMhCGHhtFyJj-7cjC4Xxs/s400/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+024.JPG" /></a> I am thinking that this blog post needs little, if any, commentary??<br />What in the world can come close to the joy of Picking Ones Own soft fruit? - Look at that face of pure excitement? Children are really good at this job....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSoQFcuRUs1Y0ENP81FYJO_tFTzv4sHdJAS8IRpWPrhR485IvSpdjZkcq7e4Pror2u82v7nTkSeZtjIyQdm2Fw6Q0c5m5-WvpJNwqFUCN-jGGsCvqY6l5qeUO_9T9sCvQRiswbXVIWkbI/s1600/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491579513480979266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSoQFcuRUs1Y0ENP81FYJO_tFTzv4sHdJAS8IRpWPrhR485IvSpdjZkcq7e4Pror2u82v7nTkSeZtjIyQdm2Fw6Q0c5m5-WvpJNwqFUCN-jGGsCvqY6l5qeUO_9T9sCvQRiswbXVIWkbI/s400/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+027.JPG" /></a> Mummy's little Scarecrow all ready for the challenge of the Raspberry Rows. We took a friend each so we could have a good ole natter whilst picking. I am equally as happy to pick my own, alone... so to speak. But it is good to have company too.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpuZ72nfd7yETudp73q93xU6NIM4GOMvGUfmXIZw7_45X9TkCaWe_ggCodNIsmKoU6EwSKUx-2-zZ_N3jXCNWAlqW4r52yQYoemym7toUBQsmEdCInfKaL0xH80HUjoJsz3pcBFUiufo/s1600/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491578900510154994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpuZ72nfd7yETudp73q93xU6NIM4GOMvGUfmXIZw7_45X9TkCaWe_ggCodNIsmKoU6EwSKUx-2-zZ_N3jXCNWAlqW4r52yQYoemym7toUBQsmEdCInfKaL0xH80HUjoJsz3pcBFUiufo/s400/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+030.JPG" /></a> These years are, so far, small... but there were plenty left to come back to in a week or so.</div><div>I was disappointed my local farm has stopped the PYO strawberries but every year they were less and less successful.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXp0gE0VIJ2ZJYT91XrfDO11m5HBaimgpZg5LgNbP_TOmpDYu8lXs5mA5aqSWeO-pEgIs43KVriZ0OHhqr8Hy9UEXXDN1n2zwEgaCt1895AW-LbzReFpf4WSfvc9FtSQ67h69UtUUR33Y/s1600/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491578895906478786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXp0gE0VIJ2ZJYT91XrfDO11m5HBaimgpZg5LgNbP_TOmpDYu8lXs5mA5aqSWeO-pEgIs43KVriZ0OHhqr8Hy9UEXXDN1n2zwEgaCt1895AW-LbzReFpf4WSfvc9FtSQ67h69UtUUR33Y/s400/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+034.JPG" /></a><br />I only had to tell my Little One off 3 times for eating punnets of these fruits - it would have been more if they'd been strawbs i feel....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHMkKxr7QzbEQxsF3wlH_fsl0Kmv_QcRdL2EPZQS4mR8G5iIsXaAnsVOhF1q2EQ4lkuAxqdNnSC0I2xd-IXNy42dJGkQmF9VQyjdZ4Btj6kLb5JuuOS2DCUg9asIbRiyKkMN4tSuU_Pg/s1600/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491578888999245058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHMkKxr7QzbEQxsF3wlH_fsl0Kmv_QcRdL2EPZQS4mR8G5iIsXaAnsVOhF1q2EQ4lkuAxqdNnSC0I2xd-IXNy42dJGkQmF9VQyjdZ4Btj6kLb5JuuOS2DCUg9asIbRiyKkMN4tSuU_Pg/s400/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+032.JPG" /></a> Joy of fruit.</div><div>Joy of being outdoors. and being active.</div><div>Joy at the excitement and the *potential*......<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozhwP4kNhACl8yYTxL32ABboPYFCSnBsG0btbceVq98CC41Zx73ZyjsZ7GOs0pjuaN0FuF3PQ75WOEd2Ds5ql7oBFMkNAjmI8n4nrBM3V-Gqh-Ito2eW4UTtVD2z7JWDYTqWic4-FY3M/s1600/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491578886802352418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozhwP4kNhACl8yYTxL32ABboPYFCSnBsG0btbceVq98CC41Zx73ZyjsZ7GOs0pjuaN0FuF3PQ75WOEd2Ds5ql7oBFMkNAjmI8n4nrBM3V-Gqh-Ito2eW4UTtVD2z7JWDYTqWic4-FY3M/s400/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+038.JPG" /></a>COME ON people..... what do you take me for??? i didn't *only* make Raspberry Gin and Raspberry Vodka. Shame on your low opinion of me.</div><div>There were a couple left to make Rasberry Vinegar for later pickles and i froze some to make ice-cream with... to eat with my vodka.....<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKstBuAtZMAzgqjvgmd8MUZTsCtRKkotf09xYgAOLPQCOeU6pqbLBz-W5sSrelaAVb7eDVFGF8wYWNvqSk5l7nAH190YvJ7cVjUaV_BhAEHBM-MDp1XhCNCFPGYmCju3iPV2hyphenhyphenIrFBXJM/s1600/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491578871732305954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKstBuAtZMAzgqjvgmd8MUZTsCtRKkotf09xYgAOLPQCOeU6pqbLBz-W5sSrelaAVb7eDVFGF8wYWNvqSk5l7nAH190YvJ7cVjUaV_BhAEHBM-MDp1XhCNCFPGYmCju3iPV2hyphenhyphenIrFBXJM/s400/elderflower,raspberrys,july10+039.JPG" /></a> JOY i tell you. </div><div>Pure Joy x<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-12045656142368708102010-06-29T06:01:00.000-07:002010-06-29T06:21:11.294-07:00Thankyou Little Blossom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HXTxIX6RjurnG6GA5VMsxhjOtSlebe0qiWsgZSa-9ok84V4JvoZbNwRCx8lYszatlFohboL9lPQXK84zM4s0DIJyVzvNHLE4prYkr8JKRggfpa_HDngfJ65FE5GFFqSjdTYu449lcAQ/s1600/elder4.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HXTxIX6RjurnG6GA5VMsxhjOtSlebe0qiWsgZSa-9ok84V4JvoZbNwRCx8lYszatlFohboL9lPQXK84zM4s0DIJyVzvNHLE4prYkr8JKRggfpa_HDngfJ65FE5GFFqSjdTYu449lcAQ/s1600/elder4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HXTxIX6RjurnG6GA5VMsxhjOtSlebe0qiWsgZSa-9ok84V4JvoZbNwRCx8lYszatlFohboL9lPQXK84zM4s0DIJyVzvNHLE4prYkr8JKRggfpa_HDngfJ65FE5GFFqSjdTYu449lcAQ/s320/elder4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488181720281075906" border="0" /></a>Such a perfect little thing! So English, so Summery, so prolific! It is weighing the hedgerows down! I watched it swoosh past the train on Sunday and just wanted to jump off and start gathering!<div><div><div><br /></div><div>So on to the tale of the Elderflower!<br /><br />I always miss it....always! I talk about it endlessly and then never quite get there! Well Mr B and I had a bit of a barny.....one where we didn't make up before sleep....grrrrrr! He left very early for work (5am) so it was not till I opened the door at 6pm did I see him again! There he was all green with pollen, random bits of shrubbery sticking out of his beard, a big satisfied grin on his face and a plastic bag held outright! Full of Elderflowers! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWjoTUCbWRj06iJWON1QtT0HbNKaspXd6IDqbUwUzqAau47-slwCbrfi3iC4ZtiGynXr78sD-lbg7wmVuToahTjziG-qKjNZcsRCqNYRk1cJU3uASTF2yl7q3csIZRoSQCvij0Jfwakc/s1600/elder1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWjoTUCbWRj06iJWON1QtT0HbNKaspXd6IDqbUwUzqAau47-slwCbrfi3iC4ZtiGynXr78sD-lbg7wmVuToahTjziG-qKjNZcsRCqNYRk1cJU3uASTF2yl7q3csIZRoSQCvij0Jfwakc/s320/elder1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488182601328491778" border="0" /></a></div><div>Now that, that is L.O.V.E. x</div><div><br /></div><div>So I followed Hugh F.W.'s recipe for <a href="http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/elderflower-champagne-recipe_p_1.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Elderflower Champagne</span></span></a>!<br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><strong>Makes about 6 litres</strong></p> <div class="insert size4"> <h3 style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Ingredients</h3> <ul class="bullet"><li>4 litres hot water</li><li>700g sugar</li><li>Juice and zest of four lemons</li><li>2 tablespoons white wine vinegar</li><li>About 15 elderflower heads, in full bloom</li><li>A pinch of dried yeast (you may not need this) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I did...perhaps this is due to when it was picked as I think that does affect natural yeasts that are needed to get the fermentation going?</span><br /></li></ul> </div>It is not a classy process and if like me you had it in the kitchen, it is a little unsightly...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhLcTePo9s30zH6zWN2njKgF0Ovb7qpvoooejyK_sMIMH17-DSBhwF6kbeBk_NSv4pR0IAWDV4ozyfosyyQ_IQA-7LtiZh99Ky5Fi97s4zjnbnSeBNRku8Ms1whd3ZIkNiytfF95uCTQ/s1600/elder5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhLcTePo9s30zH6zWN2njKgF0Ovb7qpvoooejyK_sMIMH17-DSBhwF6kbeBk_NSv4pR0IAWDV4ozyfosyyQ_IQA-7LtiZh99Ky5Fi97s4zjnbnSeBNRku8Ms1whd3ZIkNiytfF95uCTQ/s320/elder5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488182615685189826" border="0" /></a>...however look at what we have now!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCVbICCJK8HnxLr6SOiCrzcpfO4heXrp2CQdKTKk1jfbUuHI1pUUIl1MB6jcCK2LojOMAKnU1ltZORWd-jRYAgtpVF-I-hfqEE3zqdZxnUumJNnv5qtGHzTF9Rr1Op1ZSPW4zbtMKUQE/s1600/elder2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCVbICCJK8HnxLr6SOiCrzcpfO4heXrp2CQdKTKk1jfbUuHI1pUUIl1MB6jcCK2LojOMAKnU1ltZORWd-jRYAgtpVF-I-hfqEE3zqdZxnUumJNnv5qtGHzTF9Rr1Op1ZSPW4zbtMKUQE/s320/elder2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488182608481399938" border="0" /></a></div><div>Bottles of flowery, sprightly, Summery Bubbles! Pop one in your basket, with a punnet of fat June strawberries, a loaf of lemon cake and your tartan blanket! Picnic Bliss!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvkzgpw82CrgVmrSMjcRnxqS1_RCn7qVKOqMD1jsE9WJN0tFl3zxwoFwfev60PbMRAuEqm_c2uJcvTwAHq-UirUWGEoCKir3WOgH8_VZwrSVgLTVoUaE5fIyOxdWNJG3UA2MaXXFsBAo/s1600/elder8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvkzgpw82CrgVmrSMjcRnxqS1_RCn7qVKOqMD1jsE9WJN0tFl3zxwoFwfev60PbMRAuEqm_c2uJcvTwAHq-UirUWGEoCKir3WOgH8_VZwrSVgLTVoUaE5fIyOxdWNJG3UA2MaXXFsBAo/s400/elder8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488182885531920226" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >Tip</span>:<br /><br />M&S have lovely vintage style, nostalgic <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">'<span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Pop</span>'</span> bottles! Save these up and they are just perfectly pretty labelled up with your Vintage in!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZ3sKvTP1Y_QP6_z32skXwMQCF0ysd-JfsWoTAaSkR-9NRdzZDHqwNw9mSBWOds-nxO6nnDSqxSTpLs4y5eRzjqRs-GCxREahVg4fsRrayiASVanVVnXulpQZmvZ5rSXvYZCKIvraJ9k/s1600/elder3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZ3sKvTP1Y_QP6_z32skXwMQCF0ysd-JfsWoTAaSkR-9NRdzZDHqwNw9mSBWOds-nxO6nnDSqxSTpLs4y5eRzjqRs-GCxREahVg4fsRrayiASVanVVnXulpQZmvZ5rSXvYZCKIvraJ9k/s320/elder3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488182608079334338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Cheers</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >MrB</span> x<br /></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-44726626974831563592010-06-02T11:54:00.000-07:002010-06-02T12:11:46.565-07:00First.... French Onion Soup...I did, indeed, promise you Molly's "Bouchon Au Thon".... i have it ready to talk about. But i wanted to mention the French Onion Soup i made for dinner.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvl1iGduioC6mhhgCvTmO10v8Q7EfxMkypizE_O40qtm9TwcGU2QJAEbNPLX-yV_kKXlq-QB-enXWMiB1NJDBWKqYaplzrHBZi1-2FY6V9pSpK_AYV7M7sTbv6gifAkzJKX5gcWd5pda0/s1600/wed+club+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478252758592839890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvl1iGduioC6mhhgCvTmO10v8Q7EfxMkypizE_O40qtm9TwcGU2QJAEbNPLX-yV_kKXlq-QB-enXWMiB1NJDBWKqYaplzrHBZi1-2FY6V9pSpK_AYV7M7sTbv6gifAkzJKX5gcWd5pda0/s320/wed+club+011.JPG" /></a> The French Onion Soup was great as a Summer Supper. The weather was so hot here today. I had made the soup in the afternoon, prior to going out for a few hours. This proved a good idea as it only needed heating through and finishing off on our return. It was also 'hearty' to have soup but being 'French Onion' - it was light and quite refreshing.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivd3x3HJHUe8dEl9LlbLyjz8XENsle10lmUnGB5Dd0fD7gPSWzpJMcsfVmnAS4oXB62qeRf9F_n9mYhb8poPUnNOzr_xdEbuMPYvXrqvSzERyoMrsFoMMmLjiJh2tJIBfYtSqT5wbOALs/s1600/wed+club+003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478252751393541490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivd3x3HJHUe8dEl9LlbLyjz8XENsle10lmUnGB5Dd0fD7gPSWzpJMcsfVmnAS4oXB62qeRf9F_n9mYhb8poPUnNOzr_xdEbuMPYvXrqvSzERyoMrsFoMMmLjiJh2tJIBfYtSqT5wbOALs/s320/wed+club+003.JPG" /></a> I used Sophie Dahls recipe. Which was 'okay', but.... it needed all sorts adding to it that wasn't suggested by my friend (my friend being Sophie - ya know.....) I'd never made this soup before but i remember it clearly from my pre-vegetarian days from hoilday restaurants. It is something i have wanted to make for ages.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBomGrmdnY0NNhfb2G8R1nFWKNWsbWWSso-rhEvGJkT1zi58nFw4JxkN7qSpR6GEAMX1ckvMROwO9cjyteGG0GVOjizxExTDGyA46Oyap3zW4PDKwRYuKDXzUlz9JJIZs8nNH26kwrGnA/s1600/wed+club+004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478252743699760834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBomGrmdnY0NNhfb2G8R1nFWKNWsbWWSso-rhEvGJkT1zi58nFw4JxkN7qSpR6GEAMX1ckvMROwO9cjyteGG0GVOjizxExTDGyA46Oyap3zW4PDKwRYuKDXzUlz9JJIZs8nNH26kwrGnA/s320/wed+club+004.JPG" /></a> I won't repeat the recipe, i'm sure you have her book / can google it, whatever you want.</div><div>The important things i wanted to share was that it was very quick and easy and satisfying. My daughter loved it too which is always a bonus.<br />I added Marmite to it (yes, Marmite, for those who are dubious to the intentions of Marmite during cooking) and SoySauce too. It didn't have the great depth of deep deep flavour that i wanted - so if anyone has other suggestions to add, i am listening....</div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdv9x2u4vVsrLuL1VLw-1uf29ay57x0qU192pcdoFc5VFQyEhZ7l95pN9ViTSsQxARYFRR0nxQSShGQg5C469pBPq-Rm95VcxbSOMc1hbFrGzv8fn15invNlhoYinbSHs6OcT5DNViXY/s1600/wed+club+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478252739874161298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdv9x2u4vVsrLuL1VLw-1uf29ay57x0qU192pcdoFc5VFQyEhZ7l95pN9ViTSsQxARYFRR0nxQSShGQg5C469pBPq-Rm95VcxbSOMc1hbFrGzv8fn15invNlhoYinbSHs6OcT5DNViXY/s320/wed+club+005.JPG" /></a> The other GREAT thing i did was, that i toasted quartered slices of the Foccacia bread that was left over from yesterdays menu. I floated a large piece on top of each soup bowl, and i scattered the cheese on top of that. It was a great finish to, an otherwise average looking, bowl of soup.</div><div> </div><div>Also, i had no Gruyere cheese left as i scoffed it all yesterday, so i substituted that for a bit of strong Cheddar. It worked well - so something to bear in mind if needs must?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_hTBrZkAmAVnAWxx1MMQ-tHAOOJDBCsiEHh94XGIgr4lc86dSFxUR4NSnP_Qkv9NfVLo913-1RMf9NKpCVDwck4PFG4Jb1EfcoJ4TPbnNBtxShltPvaZDAM-I2slmQ7DVOjpT0kjCKc/s1600/wed+club+018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478252731871124130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_hTBrZkAmAVnAWxx1MMQ-tHAOOJDBCsiEHh94XGIgr4lc86dSFxUR4NSnP_Qkv9NfVLo913-1RMf9NKpCVDwck4PFG4Jb1EfcoJ4TPbnNBtxShltPvaZDAM-I2slmQ7DVOjpT0kjCKc/s320/wed+club+018.JPG" /></a> I was hungry, so forgot to photograph the soup.... but this last photo was amusing. SmallFish feeding the dog half of her Breadstick.... using her mouth.</div><div>Aaaaahhh, it's all fun and games here. We eat well but hygiene might slip down the list of priorities on occasion.<br /><div></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-12594845301366049652010-05-26T10:59:00.000-07:002010-05-26T11:27:27.221-07:00Forgive me THIGHS for i have sinned....See her.... that woman there.... the one stuffing her face with freshly baked Brioche and homemade chocolate spread.....? That's me that is.<br />Forgive me Thighs, Stomach, Bottom = for today i ate like a King!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmp8lj6Da6enqdRUPrr2JMJTUxxq_3slsXy0rkohGeomMmYlEO3OUHQyX8HzJu612-28LLEvNlxITvofomn55Lh-72Nb24om754E6SfctvdfIAjsnmrOBg92WCcgW5bd4QWegLVKgGjE/s1600/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475641047401571794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmp8lj6Da6enqdRUPrr2JMJTUxxq_3slsXy0rkohGeomMmYlEO3OUHQyX8HzJu612-28LLEvNlxITvofomn55Lh-72Nb24om754E6SfctvdfIAjsnmrOBg92WCcgW5bd4QWegLVKgGjE/s320/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+017.JPG" /></a> In terms of food, i have a great deal to talk about. Mainly in conjunction with my new love of <a href="http://orangette.blogspot.com/">Molly</a> *swoon* (see previous post) but rather than overwhelm with you my full days menu - i'll spoon feed you the MACAROONS for now and spare you the gluttony i indulged in.<br />These babies:::::::>>>> are Coconut Macaroons! Baking in the oven. Oh yum.... And i don't even 'like' coconut. Well, i didn't until today.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl1RL-pH6KUNVfvOqGDjO16y-UqKy4Hd6QtVENXFY8LK3FRUSbLTIM-8Wyzp_smA26ao-URs6oEJ677jM3EcjtLAW3eCOq438sEDsKJF71NttAjm61LkPOA_u8BAnFiuDPyVJeF6mYPE/s1600/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475641040142213714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl1RL-pH6KUNVfvOqGDjO16y-UqKy4Hd6QtVENXFY8LK3FRUSbLTIM-8Wyzp_smA26ao-URs6oEJ677jM3EcjtLAW3eCOq438sEDsKJF71NttAjm61LkPOA_u8BAnFiuDPyVJeF6mYPE/s320/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+010.JPG" /></a> I was up early today and had a Brioche loaf baking by 6am - (ready in 3 hours or so) so i started my day with Tea and Fresh Pineapple whilst standing idle over the stove and the beginnings of the Macaroons.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxFWvTiweis_vwOaogr9Ty1kqAFwNEmJ7HyzM3-wMtoOQyu7xKt2hiA2jnA4WRM7OLZn7GW6yERsQqhcjKeNj4ARgGlZJ4gT6xWkb-geRzkDoy8K8-RpQmD0s87PK-o9SGv7HjIl49Ek/s1600/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475641032684537762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxFWvTiweis_vwOaogr9Ty1kqAFwNEmJ7HyzM3-wMtoOQyu7xKt2hiA2jnA4WRM7OLZn7GW6yERsQqhcjKeNj4ARgGlZJ4gT6xWkb-geRzkDoy8K8-RpQmD0s87PK-o9SGv7HjIl49Ek/s320/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+011.JPG" /></a> By fortuity (or great sense of smell) by parents happend to be passing my home at 8.30am and wanted breakfast! luckily there were 5 egg yolks looking for a home as i had just used the 5 egg whites in my Macaroons. So they were treated to Scrambled Egg on toast. (i am slowly feeling smug and self satisfied at my domestic economics)<br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aIIrchcj1zRLaNJEc_9FoUHhgrsuagSImNeQ45a74mzR4I8faXrPG0smdV8aUtO478uVWcQNOLYhIeW9hugOO81NOedg-RfYuKd5yiKdWFok4x4D7XWMXN9l2UcvDUP-gE4BYwm1j_4/s1600/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475641025972269842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aIIrchcj1zRLaNJEc_9FoUHhgrsuagSImNeQ45a74mzR4I8faXrPG0smdV8aUtO478uVWcQNOLYhIeW9hugOO81NOedg-RfYuKd5yiKdWFok4x4D7XWMXN9l2UcvDUP-gE4BYwm1j_4/s320/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+013.JPG" /></a>By 10am, my parents long gone, the Brioche was ready. And, like the pig that i am, i ate great slabs of it smothered in Chocolate Ganache that was left over from covering the Macaroons. Honestly, i almost turned into a French Native, it was such an extravagant breakfast.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfRpnjmLzNvpivTSpag9eAn5l5L7OE3ogkvSPfxU-oip7Xe2kQbtDW82ZOcEiMAGZgVYB786KuP2_ej6JMGDjXzklQKFNy1K3Agrr7K06Wej_NIwXkGTUM6o_EaBqHezhR6ZTyDMgiao/s1600/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475641022043351282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfRpnjmLzNvpivTSpag9eAn5l5L7OE3ogkvSPfxU-oip7Xe2kQbtDW82ZOcEiMAGZgVYB786KuP2_ej6JMGDjXzklQKFNy1K3Agrr7K06Wej_NIwXkGTUM6o_EaBqHezhR6ZTyDMgiao/s320/bouchons,macaroons,brioche,feltbutton,maisie+019.JPG" /></a> Then i needed to taste the amazing Macaroons. They were a joy! and i love a recipe that i can adapt. As i was making these this morning i had a few different variations forming in my head. They didn't need the chocolate in my opinion. So my next batch will omit the Ganache topping and i am going to add finely chopped dried Cranberries or dried Sour Cherries.... great for kids snack packs.... the ideas are endless.....</div><div> </div><div>Later, i ate "Bouchons au Thon" also courtesy of Molly Wizenberg with a salad of toasted Brioche croutons, blue cheese and masses of chopped tomatos, all on a bed of Rocket leaves.</div><div>Forgive me nothing my friends - who wants to be skinny when you can eat like this!?</div><div>And, if you are nice to me, i will share the recipe for the Bouchons x</div></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-36671185312822302192010-05-25T13:33:00.000-07:002010-05-25T13:51:13.251-07:00Salivating over Molly's Book...I think it would be fair to say, i have "treated" myself of late. 2010 has, so far, proven to be a pretty nasty year in all. It is only May however and there might be a few months yet to reprieve. I have indulged, with a ting of guilt, in a few treats for myself in attempt to keep spirits from divebombing.......<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFnrmhPo7zFELt_f9DJFHrqAKaMk0o_SA0Jirxq5zdT5ELLVQ3a0-AEDqasiFkY7GqLFxuXaRA6WKXPxzzgZdZF3Gf1smywMzoVp_gIEhIqqkkNuacsVgLHrNqgJigW_p0WF4bdTX-4w/s1600/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475309482538232706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFnrmhPo7zFELt_f9DJFHrqAKaMk0o_SA0Jirxq5zdT5ELLVQ3a0-AEDqasiFkY7GqLFxuXaRA6WKXPxzzgZdZF3Gf1smywMzoVp_gIEhIqqkkNuacsVgLHrNqgJigW_p0WF4bdTX-4w/s320/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+005.JPG" /></a> I bought this book on whim - A HOMEMADE LIFE by Molly Wizenberg. It developed from a blog <a href="http://orangette.blogspot.com/">ORANGETTE</a> (which i have yet to check out myself)<br />I bought the book thinking it was pricey at £11.99 - but with the hope that it would be filled with glorious photographs and crafty ideas..... that anticipation was so far from what i received.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsCdDm0jFHNIs-iJ-V5-7G1uA0OLWGgwTMId1sKO4j8FIBTQ8uvNFxy9okgA8WdllmG1Kb2Wn9SEWAdS6O80L-3_krU1h3IFnAmf-adivs_LT04Z701gP06KjgqQPVjRoUFiim926LYY/s1600/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475309474038344546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsCdDm0jFHNIs-iJ-V5-7G1uA0OLWGgwTMId1sKO4j8FIBTQ8uvNFxy9okgA8WdllmG1Kb2Wn9SEWAdS6O80L-3_krU1h3IFnAmf-adivs_LT04Z701gP06KjgqQPVjRoUFiim926LYY/s320/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+006.JPG" /></a> But what i did discover was an entire book of magical new recipes and engaging writing. Quite honestly, i am HOOKED on Molly. This book is pure joy. </div><div>I am falling into bed at present, sooooo tired from what each day is launching at me, and i reach for Molly and slowly read a chapter before sleep. I don't do this with other books - i race through them all in one sitting. Not Molly's Book. It needs savouring....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BwAqD2U61h6EQdYJO2-HFxS1qHpxJLCrzwBg1_KrVNwNfvHCP7OyHU3z1_8afbzP3p1rZoAzfyuJBq-6BVTzo1J7iUcQIsN-VFCDdTDaopLMVwKf3jDDbGmaMp4xgXSNjZ85UQurm7M/s1600/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475309470670040498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BwAqD2U61h6EQdYJO2-HFxS1qHpxJLCrzwBg1_KrVNwNfvHCP7OyHU3z1_8afbzP3p1rZoAzfyuJBq-6BVTzo1J7iUcQIsN-VFCDdTDaopLMVwKf3jDDbGmaMp4xgXSNjZ85UQurm7M/s320/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+007.JPG" /></a> The above recipe, i did actually buy the ingredients for today. I am hoping to make these tomorrow morning but i'll see how i get on with getting up and dressed first! There are so many great recipes in here and i can't wait to try these out.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLT4zjJOWgxB03ebmO8c2sClRxV6B5suZACf0gqiDyCWKxglUIBlrUFjhYO-WQs5fpnSL4wVdxxX3_qMoT41vDyDzPBz1Wl42NdBUGIJM91Vjbh1G20mXwSamMjwsHsSR8-UhtweOa9hk/s1600/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475309468550880914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLT4zjJOWgxB03ebmO8c2sClRxV6B5suZACf0gqiDyCWKxglUIBlrUFjhYO-WQs5fpnSL4wVdxxX3_qMoT41vDyDzPBz1Wl42NdBUGIJM91Vjbh1G20mXwSamMjwsHsSR8-UhtweOa9hk/s320/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+011.JPG" /></a><br />AAaaaahh, there she is - Molly. On the back page of her book. She looks quite slim huh? How does that happen when you eat such great food all the time? (Note to self: Cook well, Eat well, Move more)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpf1pbIIzEb2z2jipDICPuYM39XOb7npBMJYMIRsBDSnxEvI5-ualwfsfvuM7FZt6btrA755fs66iO-4cEwYgNfpBkmGwniuCnScpVGO-eBB_B-nUw94qr50kZyWyqyXmTTxh-cqWiHg/s1600/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475309457959115650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpf1pbIIzEb2z2jipDICPuYM39XOb7npBMJYMIRsBDSnxEvI5-ualwfsfvuM7FZt6btrA755fs66iO-4cEwYgNfpBkmGwniuCnScpVGO-eBB_B-nUw94qr50kZyWyqyXmTTxh-cqWiHg/s320/polkadot+ribbons,may2010+013.JPG" /></a> In the absence of having something good to cook and eat right at this moment, i shall lick the book. I am so needy right now, it's pathetic - but at least i can come back to cookery. The nurturing, soothing, comfort of Making, Baking and Eating xxx</div><div>Buy the book - or better still, order it from the library. It is so good!</div></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-43435690270552775202010-04-30T07:59:00.000-07:002010-04-30T08:12:04.959-07:00Sugar Rush... Cinnamon Bagel Doughnut!Everybody needs a breakfast like this, once in a while....?<br />Now, i admit - i haven't posted much on our glorious food blog of late and i apologise.<br />I am on a small-ish diet (although you wouldn't know it from this) and i have huge plans to tell you about the yummy recipes i've been trying.<br />THIS was a treat for my Girl and Me, who needed a sugar rush for a late Brunch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN3PoijuJB1ZFRiyDE_5wJOG4GvA4VgRM874AwihcbpaQHku-qtjoYdgaVI-E-CmsmAqYcbievfp5P09UxNpHUbpns0xUzt3w9Ww0NhjtIUDxNeYB8TZTejGJNq3MLT0Zs0bHzt8JWW0/s1600/owls+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465946416143940994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN3PoijuJB1ZFRiyDE_5wJOG4GvA4VgRM874AwihcbpaQHku-qtjoYdgaVI-E-CmsmAqYcbievfp5P09UxNpHUbpns0xUzt3w9Ww0NhjtIUDxNeYB8TZTejGJNq3MLT0Zs0bHzt8JWW0/s320/owls+011.JPG" /></a> Chop the bagels in half.<br />Whisk up 2 eggs with some milk - soak the bagels in the eggy mix for about 5 mins each side.<br />Fry them up in a bit of butter.<br />When they are gently cooked on both sides - pop them on a plate that is covered in sugar and cinnamon (add what you like really)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyyQPANbz77ZmxPg9MRok7FngLku28-3RxdgA0q8J40aSKJTw04ZUsRsg-lyUOmBVXaoI3Jt6gLlrSyTf7ACodbhXejxutoOn1_Iyu-P9F3M88a16sX9u2O_m3Nxf9IA3kw8rckToetk/s1600/owls+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465946186736907570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyyQPANbz77ZmxPg9MRok7FngLku28-3RxdgA0q8J40aSKJTw04ZUsRsg-lyUOmBVXaoI3Jt6gLlrSyTf7ACodbhXejxutoOn1_Iyu-P9F3M88a16sX9u2O_m3Nxf9IA3kw8rckToetk/s320/owls+005.JPG" /></a> Sugar, Cinnamon, comfort rush - ahhhh, the joy - accompanied with a large pot of tea!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyA2ak3hNCVPb7vXaP38Dh1LInBlG2HT9ZVSvT5Wf8QunFjaLx5l8eu58ePZ6jdDocBY9V8xnL8c23hd88qCe2xuELtVS8wLamyoYYuxHa8wbTPFR-LqK9uX8QMRCp9SEdLiCEAguoeg/s1600/owls+007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465945691169851682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyA2ak3hNCVPb7vXaP38Dh1LInBlG2HT9ZVSvT5Wf8QunFjaLx5l8eu58ePZ6jdDocBY9V8xnL8c23hd88qCe2xuELtVS8wLamyoYYuxHa8wbTPFR-LqK9uX8QMRCp9SEdLiCEAguoeg/s320/owls+007.JPG" /></a> You can do the above with eggs and cheese to have an eggy cheesy bagel doughnut - just OMIT the sugar stage!!</div><div>*note to self* share my new recipes for Sweet Potato Pancakes & Potato-less Fish Cakes.</div><div>.....somebody peel me off the wall, iam ZINGING!<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-28284878921068740802010-04-28T05:05:00.000-07:002010-04-28T05:34:41.934-07:00I am an Addict!Oh my goodness....<br /><br />Mr B will vouch for this! I am addicted to....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIjRLpDn6wbZVVUYvW-b3WA_g0iI63aqnc9zk-spmpbV6w24ovHqa7IReUZw2PWmyZGGDEBIng7YpQupDA-R1hakS_9VsRQqbNh2wDbocBWN-ySZE33XdK0S-1vQKHomBtI-GwGIEQeI/s1600/asp1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIjRLpDn6wbZVVUYvW-b3WA_g0iI63aqnc9zk-spmpbV6w24ovHqa7IReUZw2PWmyZGGDEBIng7YpQupDA-R1hakS_9VsRQqbNh2wDbocBWN-ySZE33XdK0S-1vQKHomBtI-GwGIEQeI/s320/asp1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163696523567682" border="0" /></a>Asparagus!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXyZ9zAFn3xyeG5MEy2UyEEpl0QX6SVPWZQ5SfJVa7VlgwOAl4k97ikDSVQJeehqZxkIWgb4cycxlSuFCBqc-Ntw5l7r5WGusX0DS_bFhVBmVJY3QxZD3OCr1J1zIGIQa4KlJYMYnaJg/s1600/asp3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXyZ9zAFn3xyeG5MEy2UyEEpl0QX6SVPWZQ5SfJVa7VlgwOAl4k97ikDSVQJeehqZxkIWgb4cycxlSuFCBqc-Ntw5l7r5WGusX0DS_bFhVBmVJY3QxZD3OCr1J1zIGIQa4KlJYMYnaJg/s320/asp3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163707808873154" border="0" /></a>Last year, it was almost a daily treat, like a pregnancy craving for a whole month! I was known to send Mr B out on special spears expeditions! Go, Man, hunt/gather the pointy green stuff!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Asparagus</span></span>, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Asparagus</span></span>, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:arial;" >Asparagus</span></span>!<br /><br />It seems a bit early but there is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >British</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-style: italic;">seasonal</span> Asparagus in the shops now! In this case the lovely M&S again! 2 packets of the lovely stuff for £3!<br /><br />I say once more, it is not that I have squillions of pounds....like most homes with small children we live on one salary....but I reason in my head:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Asparagus</span> OR <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Marie Claire</span>?<br /><br />Hmmmmmmmmmm.....well I don't if this is a sad admission, but asparagus wins every time!<br /><br />This was my <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >lunch time bliss</span> today!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-xtbwuHsU0RbhbNHQni1yA9uw9OChDf9S5zprfre1c5uwq_2EVf5u0EMMA2I01ynGgv4gpo1t6gTS0bd6VzjeaaCbEtVMOPoevlXhR9DNORzzub550CXF-Ru_Odz7Vfm69yDKvniLlg/s1600/asp8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-xtbwuHsU0RbhbNHQni1yA9uw9OChDf9S5zprfre1c5uwq_2EVf5u0EMMA2I01ynGgv4gpo1t6gTS0bd6VzjeaaCbEtVMOPoevlXhR9DNORzzub550CXF-Ru_Odz7Vfm69yDKvniLlg/s320/asp8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163900327726514" border="0" /></a>Grab a steamer or a pan of water (you can boil them together), get water boiling.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyiiNI5p2b4UShQDuzVDSBztI9TxdXFGu2ZsJKMUNS_rLmsA_UUiv6VnoPpBXIGuTUPznbKOyzbdWYE7kx2baQIWjTqeUjzBDyM-EgrIIaaMy7pQL_6kZb7p2Kx1hNGY4ovL7bnPsSWs/s1600/asp9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyiiNI5p2b4UShQDuzVDSBztI9TxdXFGu2ZsJKMUNS_rLmsA_UUiv6VnoPpBXIGuTUPznbKOyzbdWYE7kx2baQIWjTqeUjzBDyM-EgrIIaaMy7pQL_6kZb7p2Kx1hNGY4ovL7bnPsSWs/s320/asp9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163904059009330" border="0" /></a>Note time.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1ZOdiVVh8XmrXaFKJdZ-ZSvj8HelZON07suRJTGBBupYEL4hOCjZZ297NekgVIB55LyKwNNDI-3S0l0T68A9DMc5cVCeKEl8g1S4R6QuZu9sX0X71HYYUbs4VxCKm-TvUBfgkDadaDs/s1600/asp6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1ZOdiVVh8XmrXaFKJdZ-ZSvj8HelZON07suRJTGBBupYEL4hOCjZZ297NekgVIB55LyKwNNDI-3S0l0T68A9DMc5cVCeKEl8g1S4R6QuZu9sX0X71HYYUbs4VxCKm-TvUBfgkDadaDs/s320/asp6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163891918875746" border="0" /></a>Place room temperature egg in water, pop on steamer, chuck in your asparagus (fibrous ends snapped off....if you are a glutton like me, you eat those too, raw!).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoOOEG4s9WSEMEB7C8FocNJFwEHyCa_EcSBGWRmZz0yKz8mGXBYpCchjq422PQuxOmE2lbyO_bo1-9fnW1s61UYK5cnoyC2C2BPua7X_N7YXyQ8z8vk72WuywUaB_NTXMI__aIGVgm3I/s1600/asp7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoOOEG4s9WSEMEB7C8FocNJFwEHyCa_EcSBGWRmZz0yKz8mGXBYpCchjq422PQuxOmE2lbyO_bo1-9fnW1s61UYK5cnoyC2C2BPua7X_N7YXyQ8z8vk72WuywUaB_NTXMI__aIGVgm3I/s320/asp7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163895185763570" border="0" /></a>Time it! 4minutes!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwovXutQ6hW8Cisy5YHYajzTmnDqIRRw0BHhHqm4eBsXqeETwPgCwiPwcVy6UHMq5FQlZ869QGxeq65NtwtwMPMqWED1IDOoadCltTTPLX4cSnhNk1AJIbPcNGctyWhp3_E24Ve20P4w/s1600/asp5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwovXutQ6hW8Cisy5YHYajzTmnDqIRRw0BHhHqm4eBsXqeETwPgCwiPwcVy6UHMq5FQlZ869QGxeq65NtwtwMPMqWED1IDOoadCltTTPLX4cSnhNk1AJIbPcNGctyWhp3_E24Ve20P4w/s320/asp5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163714777233970" border="0" /></a>Egg soft boiled to perfection, al dente asparagus (drop in a knob of butter and shake about in the steamer top)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYv8t7eUg2oAMUR9AldCBQmm54PhTQTS9rJ0fS0y1Qn9r3Fwar2buFW55EXC6aOVv6wS_VmAJRI0Go6DGtfseraXVwl2nJwYJ6mJgG9mwq5zptY4uJv7LWVmfu9q0KwGzWDaGTI_7vf8E/s1600/asp4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYv8t7eUg2oAMUR9AldCBQmm54PhTQTS9rJ0fS0y1Qn9r3Fwar2buFW55EXC6aOVv6wS_VmAJRI0Go6DGtfseraXVwl2nJwYJ6mJgG9mwq5zptY4uJv7LWVmfu9q0KwGzWDaGTI_7vf8E/s320/asp4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163710737449794" border="0" /></a>Kitchen surface to your tummy in under five minutes!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWD5XVKvc4FHUmmnfoEqheodQZR0CUCOY0JAJuME4_YrslUlovVKrKi2xyclF27CLfrrDxxa0TZW9qVsV8ge8d9wdgqLqpHOYTKKvW7CNtaeaTUZUUQgdxf2hPRAPd29p-bi7GYt-HsU/s1600/asp2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWD5XVKvc4FHUmmnfoEqheodQZR0CUCOY0JAJuME4_YrslUlovVKrKi2xyclF27CLfrrDxxa0TZW9qVsV8ge8d9wdgqLqpHOYTKKvW7CNtaeaTUZUUQgdxf2hPRAPd29p-bi7GYt-HsU/s320/asp2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163703718162898" border="0" /></a>Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!<br /><br />xTwo Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-24015546173235221812010-04-21T06:08:00.000-07:002010-04-21T06:40:15.093-07:00NigellApp....Quick Recipe Collection<a href="http://www.nigellaquickcollection.com/"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">http://www.nigellaquickcollection.com</span></span></a><br /><br />A <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >lovely friend</span> of mine, who is waiting patiently for a long over due letter from me (.....I promise it is on its way!) sent me an email link to this <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">fabulous bit of kit</span>!<br /><br />Now it does unfortunately rely on you having an iphone! Perhaps you were debating upgrading to one, or were 'shall I, shan't I' -ing about one and another phone! Well if you are, in anyway as <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >in love</span> with <span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" >Nigella</span>, as I am, then this could be the post that sways you!<br /><br />Nigella has a new App, that she is terming the <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">NigellApp</span></span>! It contains a collection of quick recipes, videos (brilliant, what can be better than Nigella in your pocket?!) and a shopping list option connected to all the recipes. It is a <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >joy</span>!<br /><br />It is like having one of her cookery books in your bag/ pocket! It is just as <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">pretty</span>, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">retro</span></span>, <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >homey</span> but <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >elegant</span>. Not only is it gorgeous to look at but the recipes are wonderful too. I was watching the videos while waiting for parents meeting and debating what to make as a late supper for me and MrB. Genius!<br /><br />When alone yesterday, smallest B napping, I had a to make a quick lunch before getting back to work. I choose another fabulous, super quick recipe - <span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Mushroom Steak Sandwich</span></span>!<br /><br />Marks and Spencers currently have huge <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Portobello</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Mushrooms</span>, picked daily, on offer! They are mahoosive and of course, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">delicious</span></span>!<br /><br />Place your mushroom in a roasting tin,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7Yu0WRPjK7dcmOA_MrY26rr5odziyuSNyAZNdJwQa29i6kkXOFH7ZS0YJzjYD2cmLM4RfGcwMiqptQsJR4JKxatqrxZOYSaT_U0RmxYkMHLgXTfC0lxpzGq_JqIJrikVKJXTqtv53nc/s1600/DSC_1680.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7Yu0WRPjK7dcmOA_MrY26rr5odziyuSNyAZNdJwQa29i6kkXOFH7ZS0YJzjYD2cmLM4RfGcwMiqptQsJR4JKxatqrxZOYSaT_U0RmxYkMHLgXTfC0lxpzGq_JqIJrikVKJXTqtv53nc/s320/DSC_1680.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583665212253538" border="0" /></a> dot with butter, sprinkle on a little handful of fresh parsley<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTAFWfHxNl6v_nuKMKKM3Fb1WbUj1CoCHwuTFWo8qq5rLaVtLhtGOLwfNs7f_nar3df0fCO2NeU1a4RY_DsdhzcusHnivoUcMALFuL6qXb-ROQg65YRn_03zh6kE3hCPr1zzB3ajjKkY/s1600/DSC_1651.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTAFWfHxNl6v_nuKMKKM3Fb1WbUj1CoCHwuTFWo8qq5rLaVtLhtGOLwfNs7f_nar3df0fCO2NeU1a4RY_DsdhzcusHnivoUcMALFuL6qXb-ROQg65YRn_03zh6kE3hCPr1zzB3ajjKkY/s320/DSC_1651.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583670542395746" border="0" /></a> and a finely chopped garlic clove. Roast in a hot oven (200c). This doesn't take long, for it to soften and start oozing black juices.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkkQ_VhUGKH8yFMDFUxgu_tocAJ9vlrTLnyu-dA0mpp7_M3CLrlIWHpwxGpHUFZOWY48YNVCOdm8wyKymHEiW2DocTNCdMOIfqriIVBc18hQZBL4YpfkmOMv8Qmb1CqRoqhQGPeillp8/s1600/DSC_1682.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkkQ_VhUGKH8yFMDFUxgu_tocAJ9vlrTLnyu-dA0mpp7_M3CLrlIWHpwxGpHUFZOWY48YNVCOdm8wyKymHEiW2DocTNCdMOIfqriIVBc18hQZBL4YpfkmOMv8Qmb1CqRoqhQGPeillp8/s320/DSC_1682.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583669731433410" border="0" /></a>Split a ciabatta roll, place face down in the roasting tin to soak up any of the juice, smooth on a layer of Dijon mustard. Place your mushroom on top, scatter some salt on top and a squeeze of lemon juice. I then stuffed mine with some baby spinach! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiTqKpOXuG3ypDxNL2P5ZtqjRWIECQsaW3D22HY3cibY-hJoSqOrUP3L7SUOeCQZf229JA9eA4vZXEwdtH3LRQoA-6313TUKVCQ4NUKY9IJx9qX4LxMPONqAcywjnEakjyvbIlkn-NJo/s1600/mushroom2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiTqKpOXuG3ypDxNL2P5ZtqjRWIECQsaW3D22HY3cibY-hJoSqOrUP3L7SUOeCQZf229JA9eA4vZXEwdtH3LRQoA-6313TUKVCQ4NUKY9IJx9qX4LxMPONqAcywjnEakjyvbIlkn-NJo/s320/mushroom2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583653783636210" border="0" /></a>A simply perfect interlude to the day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm74QtFsdIeLPbsM4RqRlKntWbJ5wOmYZa_MbfhPvcNbJPsaab5Wj0vCRyAI4G03Q3oydQWogjxiuvYZvtHbq2m-8S-HBgCZDgLM1WTg2N2EF6B7YbaOI3nMNgZsipkjXRaKqSi8r8OM/s1600/mushroom1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm74QtFsdIeLPbsM4RqRlKntWbJ5wOmYZa_MbfhPvcNbJPsaab5Wj0vCRyAI4G03Q3oydQWogjxiuvYZvtHbq2m-8S-HBgCZDgLM1WTg2N2EF6B7YbaOI3nMNgZsipkjXRaKqSi8r8OM/s320/mushroom1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583652470195074" border="0" /></a> Warm buttery, garlicy sustenance, in under 20 mins <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">+</span> trashy magazine <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">+</span> silent house <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">=</span> lunchtime bliss<br /><br />xTwo Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-1491777525101298852010-04-14T05:55:00.000-07:002010-04-14T06:05:30.460-07:00A Little Tradition on Your Breakfast Table<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySRnyQD7uZa71MVpq599d-TUl9Zn6KyETlGGpzzmr1ZNvNGQivkdykq2StilDuJElVeTZAyRkLbt48JXoufEGZF93v0_gkaK_W0hTgPhBf1-A3fqCqnhk6XYq8Z32uMmwn_pPO0sV0_U/s1600/milk2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySRnyQD7uZa71MVpq599d-TUl9Zn6KyETlGGpzzmr1ZNvNGQivkdykq2StilDuJElVeTZAyRkLbt48JXoufEGZF93v0_gkaK_W0hTgPhBf1-A3fqCqnhk6XYq8Z32uMmwn_pPO0sV0_U/s320/milk2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459978019025149330" border="0" /></a>We are all interested in shopping local, to have food that has traveled the smallest distance to reach our tables. It is not all convenience and cheapness anymore. Food and how we buy it has a connection to our communities, our families as well as to our traditions and memories.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mNSog8g1lRGTIh7qDxdzOC7bi0eaCWng-JQiSvtkvXELweB3T-_bQCUh78LuJ2hU79z8ffLwzce804lCoEMViPOjsRZqIZ2oDppBmKvInU5inhcDhcdET43HCZ6RjA-zbSSQUY07IDQ/s1600/milk6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mNSog8g1lRGTIh7qDxdzOC7bi0eaCWng-JQiSvtkvXELweB3T-_bQCUh78LuJ2hU79z8ffLwzce804lCoEMViPOjsRZqIZ2oDppBmKvInU5inhcDhcdET43HCZ6RjA-zbSSQUY07IDQ/s320/milk6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459978034702445474" border="0" /></a>This is an easy, convenient, only pennies more, simply joyous way of doing this.<br /><br />Get yourself a milkman!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqrYoRqILYhLO_fqh0iF-BY_YA-_Q5_ZSstt74_-lPxZLX8KqFblo6BdyKWId1cl6zzmmGoSUBhAIJd3WpQUM-vXEnmZJDtteqhP-RG6mBQR4LLxDRcKSPqUrK33thMZdVgjHarDRJYM/s1600/milk4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqrYoRqILYhLO_fqh0iF-BY_YA-_Q5_ZSstt74_-lPxZLX8KqFblo6BdyKWId1cl6zzmmGoSUBhAIJd3WpQUM-vXEnmZJDtteqhP-RG6mBQR4LLxDRcKSPqUrK33thMZdVgjHarDRJYM/s320/milk4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459978029080206818" border="0" /></a>Such simple pleasure to be had in opening the door and finding your fresh milk on the doorstep.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75nqGMlvqpA-RQ6GGlxo1dXXI6l3rczCJyn0wgvDGIrr4f00Q7umVWhzVAwmkE9seildEm90sEGVNjkAQnTmcho0Rsl8XeQZI9m9cLtuUm8BDNzAdCa_NaR1ssd2UdA73_2rK_B5-a70/s1600/milk7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75nqGMlvqpA-RQ6GGlxo1dXXI6l3rczCJyn0wgvDGIrr4f00Q7umVWhzVAwmkE9seildEm90sEGVNjkAQnTmcho0Rsl8XeQZI9m9cLtuUm8BDNzAdCa_NaR1ssd2UdA73_2rK_B5-a70/s320/milk7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459978032795038674" border="0" /></a> Such convenience in a new swizzy email supported ordering process...you can change your delivery right up to nine o'clock the night before! Such variety....milk, eggs, juice, fruit boxes and even pet food! Such a sense of tradition, a pride in supporting millkman and not the local GIANT!<br /><br />Recycle the last of your plastic bottles and have a peep at these lovely folks website<br /><br /><a href="http://www.milkandmore.co.uk/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?minisite=10040&site=&respid=22372">http://www.milkandmore.co.uk/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?minisite=10040&site=&respid=22372</a><br /><br />I am loving it!<br /></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-51363949253132698792010-03-30T03:18:00.000-07:002010-03-30T04:17:12.504-07:00Still loving "Miss Dahl"...So.... i bought <span style="color:#ff6666;">her</span> book.<br />You expected it of me, right? she is now my new best best friend, in my head.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagmLSrun0xoQ53Ws8UuDcP_rRN8Js3XOZv5qmOp2R8l7G8Vnge8bj5v8VStTOIPuEpwawwrqzH7bF3HGO4ihlhIG80AcE4gn3jcnT1gfFUB9gDjfE53XO45veDH_l02kNh14n0T903rI/s1600/365-23,eastercake,dahl+003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454371584414570546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagmLSrun0xoQ53Ws8UuDcP_rRN8Js3XOZv5qmOp2R8l7G8Vnge8bj5v8VStTOIPuEpwawwrqzH7bF3HGO4ihlhIG80AcE4gn3jcnT1gfFUB9gDjfE53XO45veDH_l02kNh14n0T903rI/s320/365-23,eastercake,dahl+003.JPG" /></a> The book was worth it to me, just for reading all the personal stories of her life. I can believe it to be true - the travel, the modelling, the weight debate....<br />Mostly i love her book as it really is close to how i eat. Miss Dahl is a vegetarian and a food lover, like my good self. But she also appreciates (and cooks) good quality meat for those that she loves. So the recipes were all how i would cook.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69WDrDzW4KLu1n6ub1Mk_kK65VyuytkyR5dXLe91yQo4HC0r_sRg04qjA8aM_NkgRWa6u66Sa6M5uW3pSAlL62t-nkn-xiXEu7w-YoMOrbqnFu4swAtMuEDYrYUBA0t0gveIkJ6S9sd0/s1600/365-23,eastercake,dahl+002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454370334821471794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69WDrDzW4KLu1n6ub1Mk_kK65VyuytkyR5dXLe91yQo4HC0r_sRg04qjA8aM_NkgRWa6u66Sa6M5uW3pSAlL62t-nkn-xiXEu7w-YoMOrbqnFu4swAtMuEDYrYUBA0t0gveIkJ6S9sd0/s320/365-23,eastercake,dahl+002.JPG" /></a> MOST-est and BEST-est of all though, Sophie Dahl completely understands food in all its goodness:</div><div>Have you EVER cried when reading a cookbook? (not you MrsB, it is inevitable you have my gorgeous, soft hearted Love) imagine me in bed last night, reading this:</div><div> </div><div align="left"> <span style="color:#ff6666;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"> "...cooking and eating can be so simple, yet both can be a far reaching expression of love and humanity that is universal.... </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"> ...The last supper, conjured after someone has died or left, that you play over again in your head: What did we talk about? What did we eat? How could we not have known that this was going to be it? Grasping the bones of the mundane and holding them close and dear"</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000000;">"Grasping the bones of the mundane" writes Miss Dahl, "and holding them close and dear" this is exactly what cookery does for me. She says it so much better than I. And, when i find myself in a horrible dark place, that comes and goes - cookery is that precious mundanity that helps anchor me.</span><br /></span></div></span><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPA9kxK1_-UWkcZ-f8t7eVeS0-sLLDdQKYLPtLvrVjEd3vA5K_7-L8jvrhdENfL96FcoxkQHwRZsz6DY5UOLQ9ujdi2tfvhH2ycZsz8ASO7o0CBGkbC2x67isKoue94VOXmw5-KQu_K2k/s1600/365-23,eastercake,dahl+006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454370331033357442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPA9kxK1_-UWkcZ-f8t7eVeS0-sLLDdQKYLPtLvrVjEd3vA5K_7-L8jvrhdENfL96FcoxkQHwRZsz6DY5UOLQ9ujdi2tfvhH2ycZsz8ASO7o0CBGkbC2x67isKoue94VOXmw5-KQu_K2k/s320/365-23,eastercake,dahl+006.JPG" /></a> This morning i found myself alone and in need, so i made a batch of Easter Marzipan Cakes (from the wonderfully Motherly Nigella) and, for breakfast, some of Sophie's "Indian sweet potato Pancakes" pg.30 of the book<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnV5uu7KObqEDd2kcmvUX5di16ygs9QPxvRIDuEpZeRiw5c5BTZ1Jv9zoZ1vQMAzoyegkDacma59mUPh5V_Z5WpNh6_zaYtCYGu2wcaEwbeYL3uYWB30Kpb7bXGYLw-H6N3OLaaR2-14/s1600/365-23,eastercake,dahl+007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454370325816723186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnV5uu7KObqEDd2kcmvUX5di16ygs9QPxvRIDuEpZeRiw5c5BTZ1Jv9zoZ1vQMAzoyegkDacma59mUPh5V_Z5WpNh6_zaYtCYGu2wcaEwbeYL3uYWB30Kpb7bXGYLw-H6N3OLaaR2-14/s320/365-23,eastercake,dahl+007.JPG" /></a> Some of you may squint at the idea of something curry-ish for breakfast, but i am made of hearty stuff! and i like the thought of a challenge... </div><div>I made these this morning and only deviated 'slightly' from the recipe by adding crushed corriander seeds - my dads voice in my head "why can't you follow the recipe as it is? why go adding bits it might not need?" well, it's not as if corriander is so far off the Indian / Asian Palette is it?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qiH-6RsipRxY5ZbuIw956EiZA6VZ1kGAo0f_kgPzFmU3zdFRunHqPJ8drILXix0ewF5Zo-KdYqxFFKkNilqFBPtUS2cuuKXUVXV3y19n4haQQtkNMAuGDV9GLUt0rcQfLfX0iq7cYmo/s1600/365-23,eastercake,dahl+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454370318202283602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qiH-6RsipRxY5ZbuIw956EiZA6VZ1kGAo0f_kgPzFmU3zdFRunHqPJ8drILXix0ewF5Zo-KdYqxFFKkNilqFBPtUS2cuuKXUVXV3y19n4haQQtkNMAuGDV9GLUt0rcQfLfX0iq7cYmo/s320/365-23,eastercake,dahl+009.JPG" /></a>They were fresh and tasty - good for you and low in fats etc... as i am beginning to expect of Miss Dahl. But, you know me. They were a little bit too healthy so i added a generous soft slope of Cambozola blue brie on the side....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB6jrlhaJ2bGZoDnIXlIer2OSnIoUkChePzfN_fZx1PLGHOegs906lDAXl1nVef4GBRMRbpO9IyWzzmF9HL8td9oQIpEa3W8LDMN2I4vIFjZUh7RzmOiCXAUJXCL3-7h9Xc5sPB6WIP4/s1600/365-23,eastercake,dahl+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454370310951518850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB6jrlhaJ2bGZoDnIXlIer2OSnIoUkChePzfN_fZx1PLGHOegs906lDAXl1nVef4GBRMRbpO9IyWzzmF9HL8td9oQIpEa3W8LDMN2I4vIFjZUh7RzmOiCXAUJXCL3-7h9Xc5sPB6WIP4/s320/365-23,eastercake,dahl+011.JPG" /></a> Taste = heaven!!</div><div>With a breakfast like that under my belt, i am either:</div><div>a) set up for a good couple of well fuelled hours...... or .....</div><div>b) salivating over what's for lunch!</div><div> </div><div>I shall be watching her, tonight, 8.30pm, BBC2 (and Holby City on i-player later)</div></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-71380337151538063912010-03-29T05:49:00.000-07:002010-03-29T05:57:07.235-07:00FlapJacks....I love to eat them.<br />I love them moist and caramel-y with some sort of fruit in them....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yhdJMvLv3KQD-3AWt8rSfi-QSdM15mdyFZeSaP3pI8DMWs1_uZjudZ97AzO8HeYvz2vyj4-_VogAz9_FlQqN4CTnrvPvqruOTqmh-PDB20cEIDVU96EC7MW4Ij28NuMVG15nbuXRm5U/s1600/flapjack+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454037940363984370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yhdJMvLv3KQD-3AWt8rSfi-QSdM15mdyFZeSaP3pI8DMWs1_uZjudZ97AzO8HeYvz2vyj4-_VogAz9_FlQqN4CTnrvPvqruOTqmh-PDB20cEIDVU96EC7MW4Ij28NuMVG15nbuXRm5U/s320/flapjack+001.JPG" /></a> And i have been making them since i was child (necking half the mixture before it was cooked) and playing 'cookery programmes' with my friend Debbie.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ8-JPNVGy1VN99OpPH0UbWJfee91jmyaTtUI_L-tyOvUMyihleE5aElUFOv3VQUP7Yj1Pd-D6RUe2DYPNBwD_asGvRRiXepOwJ-gK8zQYFCSVHGUXQMQyfAoLeMKacw5jJFkQXihXSA/s1600/flapjack+002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454037937034932482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ8-JPNVGy1VN99OpPH0UbWJfee91jmyaTtUI_L-tyOvUMyihleE5aElUFOv3VQUP7Yj1Pd-D6RUe2DYPNBwD_asGvRRiXepOwJ-gK8zQYFCSVHGUXQMQyfAoLeMKacw5jJFkQXihXSA/s320/flapjack+002.JPG" /></a> So, why, Oh why, Oh why, Oh why do i still muck them every single time??</div><div>Care to give me your recipe and method? for whichever i use - i am damned.....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8glBrXJcD1TnpefQTy8dnSWzgnDqzp30cn1LnhAgeamv0YFqt8Kynw5s8iF-HLZFkl53PJ_oiVLvOLhvqvNo_h3vJR3DM6Z_tWy89NgNz-SkKRuX5a7lLng6rr7BAgPyvropdOcin39Q/s1600/flapjack+004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454037934954895698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8glBrXJcD1TnpefQTy8dnSWzgnDqzp30cn1LnhAgeamv0YFqt8Kynw5s8iF-HLZFkl53PJ_oiVLvOLhvqvNo_h3vJR3DM6Z_tWy89NgNz-SkKRuX5a7lLng6rr7BAgPyvropdOcin39Q/s320/flapjack+004.JPG" /></a> Answers via the comments / on your blogs / via the heavens, however you please.... but PLEASE, help me!?<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-44577065122380933912010-03-24T12:44:00.000-07:002010-03-24T13:01:34.376-07:00So, what did we think of 'the Delicious miss Dahl' then??I read a book last year - - - it was massively long and such slloooooww reading. Nothing really happend in it at all, it never 'got' anywhere... and i couldn't decide how i felt about the characters... and it was a gripping and fascinating book.<br />I just couldn't form an opinion on it and i found that really frustrating... i OFTEN have an opinion.... on most things...!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 439px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://s.wsj.net/media/dahlhires_HV_20100301173944.jpg" />I now have an opinion on Sophie Dahl: <div>I was ready to hate her - i promise i was. There was no room in my life for yet another staged celeb cook..... but i gave her a chance. I blanked my mind completely and i watched <em>The Delicious Miss Dahl </em>with a free and easy mind.</div><div>I loved it. </div><div>I loved the settings and the recipes. I loved her face and her talking. And most importantly of all, over everything - I wanted to eat the food she was making.</div><div>I cannot say fairer than that.</div><div>So, if you watched the show - and had one of those terrifying moments where you couldn't find your own opinion, please feel free to borrow mine...</div><div>I loved it - *fans this way purlease* xxx</div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-51606916405667810582010-03-15T12:57:00.000-07:002010-03-15T14:03:33.142-07:00Spanish Omlette by Senora B!Mr B informed me today that it has been nine years since we, young, footloose and fancy free, hot footed it around Morocco and the Med, on trains, planes and automobiles....well mainly on Shanks' Pony!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyrEuXoHl2ltDcMOdSFsr40JAUZ5_EdMUsO7UpMRWYTB9iJxQtRphbPucgsIzsbKdOGhGV18vGvdr0eSb4yyX_WgXb2zlKJXgfN_bPRaLlkkDGH7kAchHP3DERt2NKLkDj16EKx6BPHI/s1600-h/DSC_0491.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyrEuXoHl2ltDcMOdSFsr40JAUZ5_EdMUsO7UpMRWYTB9iJxQtRphbPucgsIzsbKdOGhGV18vGvdr0eSb4yyX_WgXb2zlKJXgfN_bPRaLlkkDGH7kAchHP3DERt2NKLkDj16EKx6BPHI/s320/DSC_0491.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448966854926738642" border="0" /></a>Some of the things that we ate on our travels, remain close to our hearts and tummies - shared memories!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLdI4lLiRHe07s28bhv-JsCDunwT7jzshu25LSjB7T4jWGMxVhPyXvTKxvn0ZrGV38VgCo7glPX-NdRiPjg0YtamMW3OOJQWiNV71FbVLp_5wpfZOvLS1qnQVZQUOKpjSr_FIZCBCbrE/s1600-h/DSC_0490.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLdI4lLiRHe07s28bhv-JsCDunwT7jzshu25LSjB7T4jWGMxVhPyXvTKxvn0ZrGV38VgCo7glPX-NdRiPjg0YtamMW3OOJQWiNV71FbVLp_5wpfZOvLS1qnQVZQUOKpjSr_FIZCBCbrE/s320/DSC_0490.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448966864924715474" border="0" /></a>One of these wonderful things was Tortilla Espanola - Spanish Omlette. We ate it for breakfast, it was sold on train buffet cars in a hunk of crusty bread, with mayonnaise (inexplicably named a Bikini?!) and of course as one of the ubiquitous tapas...perfect beer food!<br /><br />So of course, once back in Ole Blighty, I went about trying to recreate it, time and time again, to no avail! It just never even came close. Until that is, I happened upon a lovely Spanish (important!!) girls directions! I have made it this way ever since! It tastes exactly as it should and even a little better than most that is served up in the Tapas places along the high street (if I do say so myself...hee hee!)<br /><br />I serve it up for picnics, summer lunches, it is great, cheap party food and goes a long way. Delicious! I have found my own way of cooking it, that has taken the hassle right out of the whole procedure! So here, in prep for the sunny weather and hopes for our own homegrown "Med" dinners, is Senora B's version of Tortilla Espanola!<br /><br />Ingredients (serves 6 as a lunch)<br /><br />1kg bag of waxy potatoes (use all, two thirds, half....according to how you like it...I tend to use all)<br />5 - 6 eggs<br />1 tsp of salt<br />3 tbls of olive oil<br />1 large white onion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj219iZw8w13acb_Mpz91r44_gH_jmaP1g2_OxhsQSqi4w_zVngnUn1RtdB8lP77xXEcqp14esY6aMw7gFk7K0kZn80qBFqLhu2p_OkCx_FjYZIF2VF42j8isS7Xezph4_cQ97g68rl7G4/s1600-h/DSC_0423.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj219iZw8w13acb_Mpz91r44_gH_jmaP1g2_OxhsQSqi4w_zVngnUn1RtdB8lP77xXEcqp14esY6aMw7gFk7K0kZn80qBFqLhu2p_OkCx_FjYZIF2VF42j8isS7Xezph4_cQ97g68rl7G4/s320/DSC_0423.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448966870791577378" border="0" /></a>Slice the potatoes (leaving the skins on, much better for you and keeps your potato slices nice and solid) into 1cm thick rounds, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPtauBePVViDTZH3tnxVAS5wJ7QsWL_Z9HY0qeahPZxGOlFCZ26hiilcDtj_FR0YdvhTufvKHfejtIL_TJEWm6sJMbQdZmRGXEeG9RtnQ5q0sMU8Uz4L8RvZq-42Ytx0X0mGfpGngf0A/s1600-h/DSC_0422.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPtauBePVViDTZH3tnxVAS5wJ7QsWL_Z9HY0qeahPZxGOlFCZ26hiilcDtj_FR0YdvhTufvKHfejtIL_TJEWm6sJMbQdZmRGXEeG9RtnQ5q0sMU8Uz4L8RvZq-42Ytx0X0mGfpGngf0A/s320/DSC_0422.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448966868461587954" border="0" /></a> half and slice up the onion. Into a large pan with a lid, glug in the oil,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDq7uVfHkzrfn3jj5rRxL9eBBASwH6xrVGJdbCq4yZEnZkc77qQtjS6P1A_mSjmtGZ4NwxPUPCCYy4HpMnG98pPszZx7v4w4btvAd7qtXNddVbYSOFm0xpbAV1hPUFjJR-qJpxO_ZytA/s1600-h/DSC_0425.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDq7uVfHkzrfn3jj5rRxL9eBBASwH6xrVGJdbCq4yZEnZkc77qQtjS6P1A_mSjmtGZ4NwxPUPCCYy4HpMnG98pPszZx7v4w4btvAd7qtXNddVbYSOFm0xpbAV1hPUFjJR-qJpxO_ZytA/s320/DSC_0425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448967570327743058" border="0" /></a> chuck in your salt (the salt is key to authentic flavour)!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnompMWYUSxIxSSqwZXr05guCGvt7B8_UBSVTOtollNOCfPhGW6ko5TpN1NoJbpx31jfH3F8F2UKfJqGJBVmZb3V-V7pExf5EtJgWsRYaL53aJOcQqEr53rRpJ2lpdsi1rwUF_GZMy7c/s1600-h/DSC_0426.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnompMWYUSxIxSSqwZXr05guCGvt7B8_UBSVTOtollNOCfPhGW6ko5TpN1NoJbpx31jfH3F8F2UKfJqGJBVmZb3V-V7pExf5EtJgWsRYaL53aJOcQqEr53rRpJ2lpdsi1rwUF_GZMy7c/s320/DSC_0426.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448967579939615250" border="0" /></a> It seems a lot I know....I balk everytime, but you will be draining it off later and the oil adds flavour and prevents sticking! In go onions and potatoes. Coat in oil, then turn down the heat to low, put the lid on and allow everything to slow cook, checking every so often to ensure it isn't sticking and welding itself to your lovely pan! When a slice of potato will squish under your spoon, take off the heat and drain everything in a colander.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHJw38Rne8jSEHLuOvxchjWBwYxNSMBJvmXRrWc1vRspghFl7uU4ETBmWm9PQLFYzp5UwrZpzsODcSViR3nyI4QPfJ3VW6pmrG2CSqUwp3KdAvnL5R2S4-FLCx0y4OsJ4_q5Yl8zR0DM/s1600-h/DSC_0427.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHJw38Rne8jSEHLuOvxchjWBwYxNSMBJvmXRrWc1vRspghFl7uU4ETBmWm9PQLFYzp5UwrZpzsODcSViR3nyI4QPfJ3VW6pmrG2CSqUwp3KdAvnL5R2S4-FLCx0y4OsJ4_q5Yl8zR0DM/s320/DSC_0427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448967586087695106" border="0" /></a> Now whisk up your eggs. This is the point at which Senora B takes a sharp left hand turn away from convention! You can pour your eggs in, with spuds and onion and cook base on stove top and then finish in the oven....if you have a fabby pan, with good dimensions, small enough to make your omlette nice and thick (in my experience and opinion it should be at the very least be 4cm deep)! I don't. So I take this simply perfect detour! Take a cake tin (23cm?) in go the potatoes, onions and eggs!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNBVfix8MmVShorwSgANNO1IqyXjUObnv1JcWHKyqqWLhRry2iIt1ER9L0uM_A5RiRJHTODVY-9voVYJkF4ZOG8vG0x3ItM1uLmMFMT_Rr4hZDzIgRUEDnIuPtCR-yJ7LgWOPOJvTwCg/s1600-h/DSC_0428.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNBVfix8MmVShorwSgANNO1IqyXjUObnv1JcWHKyqqWLhRry2iIt1ER9L0uM_A5RiRJHTODVY-9voVYJkF4ZOG8vG0x3ItM1uLmMFMT_Rr4hZDzIgRUEDnIuPtCR-yJ7LgWOPOJvTwCg/s320/DSC_0428.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448967563532356722" border="0" /></a> Cook in a moderate oven! Cook till golden! De nada!<br /><br />I have a springform tin so I can pop it out and cut into cubes for picnic and wedges for lunches!<br /><br />Easy peasy! If you closed your eyes, you could be at the bar, drinking cerveza and munching tapas, while the Med heat makes your soul smile!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpbKBsVTuLWaR5SPPj6ZseQHvk83Ear38zw-Dyalsi2Erixg9D3dfECv29ZAGFUiR4PmvoDLjMnQAIGsJPgpH9e60i9G9u8RIhg8h-8wlvWvst97qGyI_GnVVdxIBMeS9RTn43LMYg6I/s1600-h/DSC_0493.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpbKBsVTuLWaR5SPPj6ZseQHvk83Ear38zw-Dyalsi2Erixg9D3dfECv29ZAGFUiR4PmvoDLjMnQAIGsJPgpH9e60i9G9u8RIhg8h-8wlvWvst97qGyI_GnVVdxIBMeS9RTn43LMYg6I/s320/DSC_0493.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448966854291162546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />xTwo Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-69638697841976801872010-03-08T23:49:00.000-08:002010-03-09T00:15:57.730-08:00Food for Friendship... *warning: this post contains Grief*Hello MrsB *waves*<br />This is my better half, sat in Carluccios Manchester. Meeting up with <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">FRIENDS</span> for Afternoon Tea / Late lunch / Hot Chocolate, who knows what else.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9u33IQ9Xbd2fcbboa_3lvWRuqENwEFk7P57lnV5qxH8hAHIexdp0h8skg0Fpvm6i8kwJR_qOCkhUTMIamwy3qtKCSovW35VKkSMm04meJ8qmZ1JZGjlve6cgMx-lUXDlRr8z9BW2i18s/s1600-h/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446539653862247842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9u33IQ9Xbd2fcbboa_3lvWRuqENwEFk7P57lnV5qxH8hAHIexdp0h8skg0Fpvm6i8kwJR_qOCkhUTMIamwy3qtKCSovW35VKkSMm04meJ8qmZ1JZGjlve6cgMx-lUXDlRr8z9BW2i18s/s320/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+015.JPG" border="0" /></a> I find a lump in my throat, when i say - i have barely cooked a thing for the past few weeks.<br />My daughter commented "we haven't seen the Greengrocer Lady for a while"... i suppose because we haven't needed any fresh food.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGtkd8oZZXEUO_XkdKkYYzOxbfQwP_L8ocsWYXMysPcRi52sXPD999Qz-kv6QkK4npZq5KiuVWd_2h0yrjvZEYgUk8gkGY94K6TqZ3HATCpTknzIY9yPLtwZBofeuH9vnlDGEjuWk-dk/s1600-h/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446539648473366946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGtkd8oZZXEUO_XkdKkYYzOxbfQwP_L8ocsWYXMysPcRi52sXPD999Qz-kv6QkK4npZq5KiuVWd_2h0yrjvZEYgUk8gkGY94K6TqZ3HATCpTknzIY9yPLtwZBofeuH9vnlDGEjuWk-dk/s320/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I feel griefstricken when i think that, all my cooking efforts (it hasn't been an 'effort' but a delight) of these early weeks in 2010, have involved my Nanna. </div><div><span style="color:#cc9933;">The Lemon Cheese</span>.... <span style="color:#ffcc00;">The Marmalade</span>.... <span style="color:#663300;">The Lemon Drizzle Cake</span>... The place where she sat when i cooked a Birthday Dinner for my dad.... who knew i would miss her this much?</div><div>I was making her Chicken Soup, that never made that journey. My food comforted her but i couldn't sustain her.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqmItldhvW9VnVD4NH-oOMcnqs7-7n5L4q7ayUw23DMb52PdQ2ECkSSadM84P2LlTFdRNNtXr3iEc3fFUXPx-L0eHL3ea5imx4KYfklNWWkEe2ZAHVNN6z1jAF_tQvvcVXShW0dtIblc/s1600-h/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446539647729624594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqmItldhvW9VnVD4NH-oOMcnqs7-7n5L4q7ayUw23DMb52PdQ2ECkSSadM84P2LlTFdRNNtXr3iEc3fFUXPx-L0eHL3ea5imx4KYfklNWWkEe2ZAHVNN6z1jAF_tQvvcVXShW0dtIblc/s320/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> I think our regular BIG STOVE readers, will giggle with me when they know: the last thing my Nanna ate was my Lemon Drizzle Cake... and we had a big plate of it served served at her 'parade party' (as my daughter beautifully named the Wake)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsttfC-HoJzGqvLs2eAXRfdaqP9egWUOXlHW0yCRgfHE5wyX9KfEJRYfMentACtSfpWSq4vAmknx8qqp28Lu0lKecCZ9cG8bwpYeE7D9bCsNOjIrmY7hDAN7DtFF7B9oFS3vt_WR1Ir8/s1600-h/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446539639527356786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsttfC-HoJzGqvLs2eAXRfdaqP9egWUOXlHW0yCRgfHE5wyX9KfEJRYfMentACtSfpWSq4vAmknx8qqp28Lu0lKecCZ9cG8bwpYeE7D9bCsNOjIrmY7hDAN7DtFF7B9oFS3vt_WR1Ir8/s320/manchester,march2010,spt,fridge,vintage+006.JPG" border="0" /></a> I didn't cook for a while after her leaving me :( </div><div>And then i went to stay with my <span style="color:#ffcc00;">friend</span>, who met me at her door with ribbons and cupcakes. We met with other friends for food and chatting and later we made a big curry dinner together. It sort of broke the Grief Spell. </div><div>I think i can cook again now, but i might have to leave the Lemon Drizzle Cake to one side for a little while yet xxx</div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-31504524974267802762010-02-25T04:57:00.000-08:002010-02-25T06:06:49.686-08:00Rosemary for Rememberance..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXM_WBO0HcdVl28UTw_JU9zOpxY5GBWQx5LDZ3WUY6sza3w4JfRc7QuUW_S8SrJaYY5U0F6KqGj_Hl02gi9t1MoCw_vhIuBgwkK4hIUTjc4J0jR323cZYABVZEjJPn0C6VOXT9y-605cE/s1600-h/Life.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXM_WBO0HcdVl28UTw_JU9zOpxY5GBWQx5LDZ3WUY6sza3w4JfRc7QuUW_S8SrJaYY5U0F6KqGj_Hl02gi9t1MoCw_vhIuBgwkK4hIUTjc4J0jR323cZYABVZEjJPn0C6VOXT9y-605cE/s320/Life.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442168927387291010" border="0" /></a>MsFish and I have had to say some final goodbyes to two much loved women, this month. They leave behind many folk, whose hearts are heavy with a sadness that cannot really be healed, but also with unique, precious memories. I hold dear to this concept. It is a comfort, when confronted with the stark, staring, numbness of loss. No one is truly gone, while they are remembered, while stories are told and memories of them are shared. They simply find a new place...within us. A robin bobbing past, the smell of Chanel, a passed on string of pearls...and there they are! <span style="font-family:georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;"><!--stanza 6; BMC--></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XpoWfOZRAAygqdDz2dNWiUnci3p7D6Co4fluavdVqANf8rBxdeh6RxnALot7USHHxZTOdGqq5S2tvkjHn8YUW_DCFZNG4175bvk6or28EkerZte4zH5MNVgsaxcyfVX4wHtmW8fyFr0/s1600-h/DSC_9764.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XpoWfOZRAAygqdDz2dNWiUnci3p7D6Co4fluavdVqANf8rBxdeh6RxnALot7USHHxZTOdGqq5S2tvkjHn8YUW_DCFZNG4175bvk6or28EkerZte4zH5MNVgsaxcyfVX4wHtmW8fyFr0/s320/DSC_9764.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442168589021296546" border="0" /></a>As always the lovely Nigella has something to turn, something for every occasion. This is a cake to be made for someone, who needs some care, love and a friend...<br /><br />Or in remembrance of someone, who was a friend. <br /><br />It is also the most soothing of cakes to make. The chopping of an apple (reminds me of my nana who, despite my mothers insistence, would peel an apple with a knife, in one long curl, because I suddenly couldn't bear the skin. I think of this every time I peel one!), the aromas of rosemary and lemons (one soothing, the other uplifting) and the simplest sponge recipe (hands busy, mind unchallenged, wandering)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPN7id5OQ9lAT1mIYbCOJ3mfMgHWWUdwwRXGU51N1mKDd3s0snjHU2Paz11lORCnm1kZig0BlMu8ff86ydhxXvSlIdAvyeSixUF54O6HU47oY_ofS_x_G6J5wPbHXjPdpsJVPFAHiVLzI/s1600-h/DSC_9766.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPN7id5OQ9lAT1mIYbCOJ3mfMgHWWUdwwRXGU51N1mKDd3s0snjHU2Paz11lORCnm1kZig0BlMu8ff86ydhxXvSlIdAvyeSixUF54O6HU47oY_ofS_x_G6J5wPbHXjPdpsJVPFAHiVLzI/s320/DSC_9766.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442168594352551746" border="0" /></a>For an extra few grams of comfort, I sprinkled the top of mine with homemade vanilla sugar.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhm_ASUibH5ecBh1RwKmtvRTt9GJkOwmSYJKWU_J7AFVmRUeG_qoGoRVhfHmKgsFc7H2K28VsxL_KekrKH8dxcBSKPGX9KSYC5TpqwXVC2A0GG_cT8EWeWtxS4Xp06VfqL9IyFIaXpso/s1600-h/DSC_9799.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhm_ASUibH5ecBh1RwKmtvRTt9GJkOwmSYJKWU_J7AFVmRUeG_qoGoRVhfHmKgsFc7H2K28VsxL_KekrKH8dxcBSKPGX9KSYC5TpqwXVC2A0GG_cT8EWeWtxS4Xp06VfqL9IyFIaXpso/s320/DSC_9799.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442168925373766994" border="0" /></a>It looks beautiful and as you lay your rosemary along the cake top, you feel good...a ritual followed, a companion remembered.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7GN_SgL4HKxfObGtLoD-iMA0XEmoHZejkAyIJomlfbZOM4-RP7sKWX88tVUUF6QRNxyQaWlgrg7NH3CjjMHV2Vmzi5CVIXsj4kd-Ncd04c5XLg7SFaIqJe0-ZH1FdugvNOCUMIOTQnM/s1600-h/DSC_9803.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7GN_SgL4HKxfObGtLoD-iMA0XEmoHZejkAyIJomlfbZOM4-RP7sKWX88tVUUF6QRNxyQaWlgrg7NH3CjjMHV2Vmzi5CVIXsj4kd-Ncd04c5XLg7SFaIqJe0-ZH1FdugvNOCUMIOTQnM/s320/DSC_9803.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442168929011406594" border="0" /></a>...and of course there is a spoon to lick, a little childlike nurture for you!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSTIUk6cWnQT7w0YwPQG4C6t4WNgMJGu3Iz7tIZLzoCUVnH0GOrcHyGvqeMYvqY4k00mAKGLHqbUugg-5gwq2izXEFitVmMHCVXHPsI2Ey9zG3av6A9BpzB2wDXQKIB8-OyRuUWdRRVw/s1600-h/DSC_9793.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSTIUk6cWnQT7w0YwPQG4C6t4WNgMJGu3Iz7tIZLzoCUVnH0GOrcHyGvqeMYvqY4k00mAKGLHqbUugg-5gwq2izXEFitVmMHCVXHPsI2Ey9zG3av6A9BpzB2wDXQKIB8-OyRuUWdRRVw/s320/DSC_9793.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442168605346244610" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-style: italic;font-family:georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;font-size:130%;" >To live in hearts we leave behind<br />Is not to die.<br />~Thomas Campbell, "Hallowed Ground"</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nigella.com/recipe/recipe_detail.aspx?key=R&rid=204"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">Rosemary Remembrance Cake</span></span> (click for link to recipe)</a>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-57514876154679910372010-02-12T14:14:00.000-08:002010-02-12T15:21:57.697-08:00A Little Love Bun For You...xValentine's Day...love it...hate it?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisdVkeICm5z8F8Vy22k01u5O9qRAtT3cnh-98NTR1tCHC_3H1A2xwAp2X4UzhKn6Q0f0o2LG6jxqqGchgoIIpRJW0f_Z3iukKl1hLFh-pEIB6Vh5omY6VXYXIF3gWQPV3AJ40FEr8yRA/s1600-h/DSC_9480.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisdVkeICm5z8F8Vy22k01u5O9qRAtT3cnh-98NTR1tCHC_3H1A2xwAp2X4UzhKn6Q0f0o2LG6jxqqGchgoIIpRJW0f_Z3iukKl1hLFh-pEIB6Vh5omY6VXYXIF3gWQPV3AJ40FEr8yRA/s320/DSC_9480.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437484878609309154" border="0" /></a> For what its worth...<br /><br />I love <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Valentine's</span></span>. I love that there is a <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">"festival"</span> day in these bleak last days of winter. I love an excuse to cook a smidgen, to bake a dash, to treat those I love with a little pinch of sweetness.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kL2IuMxXMoJp7UhYEvKzVVd6rmtHoB1Nagf7LQI8XGGtE04y8xr2JCemdawf6aJuFxlFC8ElUpJDerti7XZZT9B9DlYNmkZmYcljRAtIOaZHX67uUFbT8HK63wJzst78wZ3OAzFj8PE/s1600-h/DSC_9525.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kL2IuMxXMoJp7UhYEvKzVVd6rmtHoB1Nagf7LQI8XGGtE04y8xr2JCemdawf6aJuFxlFC8ElUpJDerti7XZZT9B9DlYNmkZmYcljRAtIOaZHX67uUFbT8HK63wJzst78wZ3OAzFj8PE/s320/DSC_9525.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437500976399709266" border="0" /></a> So melt some chocolate and spread a little bakey love....to your man, woman, children, lovely friends, neighbours! It is a good, good thing to be tell folk you love them!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin30hKuAwuYt-HlKD5erSrorcz-IzNcKv4FHWmphzpp7JfMArgSXahYTigxXUa3i2jkuUfwQY9V2c9Fyh9EwBiilPgNn3agp1-ASwstVPUzTji14w2Qmtmny7eRC12PZTeexhNnZkyJos/s1600-h/DSC_9523.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin30hKuAwuYt-HlKD5erSrorcz-IzNcKv4FHWmphzpp7JfMArgSXahYTigxXUa3i2jkuUfwQY9V2c9Fyh9EwBiilPgNn3agp1-ASwstVPUzTji14w2Qmtmny7eRC12PZTeexhNnZkyJos/s320/DSC_9523.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437485956670013906" border="0" /></a><br />Now the chocolate cupcakes I made were from a recipe from <a href="http://http//www.amazon.co.uk/Cupcakes-Primrose-Bakery-Martha-Swift/dp/1856268470/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266016651&sr=1-1"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">"</span>Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery"</span></a>. They were absolutely gorgeous, light, moist....x However there was much of this....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGWrh5nAZA_nSmjk4F5cIUknq0ArY5Ff_buZvORK3eySGMwiJmLph7w66TOTZcdFrL0B2XSm8lWuBty3vJUhVMKH45lfWldAogqRFi1_zQJ7lEoslY90Tl9yoLjwWwt7LrmTCIIv7RO4/s1600-h/DSC_9515.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGWrh5nAZA_nSmjk4F5cIUknq0ArY5Ff_buZvORK3eySGMwiJmLph7w66TOTZcdFrL0B2XSm8lWuBty3vJUhVMKH45lfWldAogqRFi1_zQJ7lEoslY90Tl9yoLjwWwt7LrmTCIIv7RO4/s320/DSC_9515.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437484880828611138" border="0" /></a>and egg white beating and the use of the above spoons for the random 3/4 tsp measurements. It was complicated....worth it...but complicated! So here for your sanity and enjoyment is my traybake recipe that works unfailingly and is light, delicious and importantly fast! If you have someone to spoil though, go with the Primrose Bakery cupcake...you will be adored!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Mrs B's TrayBake to Cupcake Recipe...</span><br /></span><br />4oz soft margarine<br />4oz caster sugar<br />5oz self-raising flour<br />1tsp baking powder<br />2 eggs<br />1 tbsp milk<br />A few drops of Pure Vanilla Extract<br /><br />If you want to make it chocolatey, replace a tbls of flour with a tbls of good quality cocoa.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyHXjpVBoPFN5fUxByr5ZCu9JQVeltKz16h9i8E7OF6g5FtF73dXwh5KT7Cu_JUY3DI14F1moTGzJbMWku2QzWwObSoLlHuul_3TzEJ1gjehTQhviTM6fnESCW1K6SnelonpPGZWcCSI/s1600-h/DSC_9526.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyHXjpVBoPFN5fUxByr5ZCu9JQVeltKz16h9i8E7OF6g5FtF73dXwh5KT7Cu_JUY3DI14F1moTGzJbMWku2QzWwObSoLlHuul_3TzEJ1gjehTQhviTM6fnESCW1K6SnelonpPGZWcCSI/s320/DSC_9526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437484898819444306" border="0" /></a><br />Delicious...either recipe!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K6dii3Ak1HiGS-FbjKkCrQyxu-k5aSaBRYT9sFNzrGFZIrmFB4zOt0EdagJ9t3hszkQYU0mNBdysL5umxy4O-77mtnzwAoBzvJtrCYkkB0p1-7BXe4JLRQU4cr9lLyER9qf_NzIxmzg/s1600-h/DSC_9529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K6dii3Ak1HiGS-FbjKkCrQyxu-k5aSaBRYT9sFNzrGFZIrmFB4zOt0EdagJ9t3hszkQYU0mNBdysL5umxy4O-77mtnzwAoBzvJtrCYkkB0p1-7BXe4JLRQU4cr9lLyER9qf_NzIxmzg/s320/DSC_9529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437485963598257058" border="0" /></a>Traybake always works, Primrose Bakery of course work a treat!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPPTbu_fYhTa73vSg8A683jDcieL33XMFebTZZqru2RlgHBUMwpVnzxyNFuuJyvWM8IiYq9aM8DyzOLh47ZRojq-MMhEzvZtj3rhJMjlc4nh50s3z8zmpH4Bviit8-AMV634g0Heuw_c/s1600-h/DSC_9549.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPPTbu_fYhTa73vSg8A683jDcieL33XMFebTZZqru2RlgHBUMwpVnzxyNFuuJyvWM8IiYq9aM8DyzOLh47ZRojq-MMhEzvZtj3rhJMjlc4nh50s3z8zmpH4Bviit8-AMV634g0Heuw_c/s320/DSC_9549.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437485965114105730" border="0" /></a>Now the fun begins! Anything heart shaped, glittery, pretty, sweet....express your love! I used chocolate buttercream, <a href="http://www.splatcooking.com/"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">edible glitte</span></a>r and little heart dragees!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqChn8XLeu-8F05csnJEzsz6Yh1_7Verll7eafKwS37sj7SStmkd-oMpYHkHnGEGM-ICflSpfOjhuAWM7BR3QmFSHHWi5jcCI-yHSnK-5TfkSWtjnwn6-FUzt10NCn_OMyMXIFLdbFVDQ/s1600-h/DSC_9566.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqChn8XLeu-8F05csnJEzsz6Yh1_7Verll7eafKwS37sj7SStmkd-oMpYHkHnGEGM-ICflSpfOjhuAWM7BR3QmFSHHWi5jcCI-yHSnK-5TfkSWtjnwn6-FUzt10NCn_OMyMXIFLdbFVDQ/s320/DSC_9566.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437485969299965490" border="0" /></a>Then make a cup of tea, draw breath, scribble, dream....with a freshly cooked chocolate cupcake. A little bakey love to you! x<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Chocolate Buttercream</span></span><br /><br />175g 70% good quality chocolate<br />225g butter<br />1 tbls milk<br />250g icing sugar<br /><br />Melt the chocolate. Beat the milk, butter and icing sugar together (this is easier and less time consuming with an electric hand whisk). Then add the melted chocolate and continue to beat until you have a thick, spreadable, glossy consistency. If still too runny etc just keep beating. It will improve in consistency and thickness the longer you whisk it....hence an electric whisk (it will be soooooo worth it!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiJkftzSUn4S0lcJqth1caLIxWZzMSzw3hup2Rv-lRfTNjJUhXgWlwnNRrUnXuVd5-1KQUpzltM33bcFkR1mXE72Frhd_LEow28V_bHaRELw4Z0fqaCrrhv0fBM2lxpESelzkck9FX8M/s1600-h/DSC_9563.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiJkftzSUn4S0lcJqth1caLIxWZzMSzw3hup2Rv-lRfTNjJUhXgWlwnNRrUnXuVd5-1KQUpzltM33bcFkR1mXE72Frhd_LEow28V_bHaRELw4Z0fqaCrrhv0fBM2lxpESelzkck9FX8M/s320/DSC_9563.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437500980006598130" border="0" /></a>Happy Valentines Lovely Folk!<br /><br />xTwo Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-690586147428091872010-02-09T05:47:00.001-08:002010-02-09T06:11:57.688-08:00MMmmm It's all about CHAI right now!This is a sight that warms my Mothering Soul: a vintage Peter Rabbit mug filled with sweet warm Chai. And a Jammy Heart shortbread biscuit to dunk.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvP5_ebhdaP2oq5CDIRrv3khqHaKe4Sw1OGT_AqxXD5Ui6eTYwQ7O6o8fYgekyM2WxSMRXUSl4K1M5-fnqn5KuDo5aNmoM4fyc93_DhgKrYNmKdDQPFe5CbPylBy8hyphenhyphenuiWSu6AmxeXDoc/s1600-h/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436241694385372162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvP5_ebhdaP2oq5CDIRrv3khqHaKe4Sw1OGT_AqxXD5Ui6eTYwQ7O6o8fYgekyM2WxSMRXUSl4K1M5-fnqn5KuDo5aNmoM4fyc93_DhgKrYNmKdDQPFe5CbPylBy8hyphenhyphenuiWSu6AmxeXDoc/s320/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+018.JPG" border="0" /></a> It's ALL about the Chai for me right now.<br />Strangely enough, i hate sweet milky tea so it is with amazement that i have made, drunk and will talk about this at all. But Chai has this effect....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3icpW0v0N4YvgVzPBE3ldqKpAyVXHT-44J8Evkc-NIEpYc1eM9yxZwqt3qJpT6YWYgfSZvxxhwMIy0C3ZnfqDJyT353LPeAuIfceQKO8BUuZEyeQ-Tk0d559oitOtPOihQEJTwk8EW-Q/s1600-h/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436241685885152738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3icpW0v0N4YvgVzPBE3ldqKpAyVXHT-44J8Evkc-NIEpYc1eM9yxZwqt3qJpT6YWYgfSZvxxhwMIy0C3ZnfqDJyT353LPeAuIfceQKO8BUuZEyeQ-Tk0d559oitOtPOihQEJTwk8EW-Q/s320/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+013.JPG" border="0" /></a> This Chai recipe, as far as i can tell, is very American. Of course, Chai means 'Tea'. And this method of making / drinking 'Chai' is a highly overcomplicated 'messing around' with our Nations Greatest Love - The humble cup of tea.... </div><div>I know, it doesn't need messing with. It is already perfect, however you take it. However YOU make it. It is perfect. But this is perfect in it's own unique way too.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx02AuluXN6QFiAMbjET-Ro-DdJLQtVLyYY78jeYJ0qJdmFJC4rT1-RpEpwoMb95APDOe7p1x1z0fgWCMGCsqvGLKudRQ7LxZiKSmddQidYBesjJYSwz0Jyjsm7TQ_Q-j-iQjXdSGik1E/s1600-h/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436241681685952578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx02AuluXN6QFiAMbjET-Ro-DdJLQtVLyYY78jeYJ0qJdmFJC4rT1-RpEpwoMb95APDOe7p1x1z0fgWCMGCsqvGLKudRQ7LxZiKSmddQidYBesjJYSwz0Jyjsm7TQ_Q-j-iQjXdSGik1E/s320/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+012.JPG" border="0" /></a> A simple jar filled with a can of Condensed Milk (forgive me for buying Nestle? i was blinded by the task of "must buy condensed milk" and temporarily forgot my scruples)</div><div>Now: add want you like.... I added: </div><div>2 teaspoons of All Spice</div><div>2 Star Anise</div><div>2 teaspoons Vanilla Essence</div><div>1 broken Cinnamon Stick</div><div>Grated Nutmeg</div><div>(add extra sugar at this stage if you like sweet tea)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLjyy1PcZ40TSLTZYa1AOEjhwuZu2E5DGKqdi7Lj9UH_RalqEubHMt_80EIk4lhy7hYO7B_OaRY32bYFusjghmhGP-8V0IzG32DNTwR4KMbBjcdQnqYGSMGNA9vTvhm_8YMOFmQKGZHo/s1600-h/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436241670791715698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLjyy1PcZ40TSLTZYa1AOEjhwuZu2E5DGKqdi7Lj9UH_RalqEubHMt_80EIk4lhy7hYO7B_OaRY32bYFusjghmhGP-8V0IzG32DNTwR4KMbBjcdQnqYGSMGNA9vTvhm_8YMOFmQKGZHo/s320/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+014.JPG" border="0" /></a> And this lot sits in the jar, in the fridge, waiting to be used whenever you want. No need for milk or sugar - perfect for when you need a morning cuppa and no-one remembered to buy milk!</div><div> </div><div>You can add however many spoonfuls you want to make your perfect beverage. I use one small spoon as i want my tea strong and not too sweet or milky.</div><div> </div><div>This is best served with a really good quality strong tea - i use Assam.</div><div>I make it with loose leaf tea in my little pot. If, like me, you love tea then you might really like how the subtle chai flavours mix with the flavour of the fresh Assam (It makes me want a cup right now)</div><div>Once i have used this 'One Pot' teapot i fill it again with hot water and leave it to steep ready for my second cup.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpU7Gm5zlD8vm9HcAKO3Uk4tmPh7E_rkipdW0NGxwzt_ptI2-G6B-tacYDf97v_zuHLwW4Lr8gFdtIjYnYUQThofX3lM5p3tdPMciFzLhVsdJTEzvyInj3NKqNPBOdFmyBDFjsfarsaJw/s1600-h/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436241662351756898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpU7Gm5zlD8vm9HcAKO3Uk4tmPh7E_rkipdW0NGxwzt_ptI2-G6B-tacYDf97v_zuHLwW4Lr8gFdtIjYnYUQThofX3lM5p3tdPMciFzLhVsdJTEzvyInj3NKqNPBOdFmyBDFjsfarsaJw/s320/chai,matroyshka,pillow,owl,dollface,boots,feb2010+015.JPG" border="0" /></a> It is strangely addictive and far more 'soothing' than my old cuppa.</div><div>I am sure the addiction will pass - but right now.... it is ALL about the Chai x</div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-66750730317190054762010-02-06T07:02:00.000-08:002010-02-06T07:21:43.697-08:00Marmalade 2 - the revisit....Batch no.2.<br />After research, discussion, tips from here :) i made a second batch of Marmalde. Please don't make the assumption that i *think* about anything before i go ahead and try it - the Marmalade being a prime example.... so i tried a completely different method.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0h-qSn2mHY2nPu1VGjQsDth0FMsod1PZY6wkiqCNjLBOdbBggZmr3GhRPSLBsV2XsGZp5lvBQmPJvFEdQmbhKd64tKaQKeUd4sNSyYC7vkAEBjHmRF6rz5cQDwTQHw4f4ShXdu1DwwY/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435147370984949586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0h-qSn2mHY2nPu1VGjQsDth0FMsod1PZY6wkiqCNjLBOdbBggZmr3GhRPSLBsV2XsGZp5lvBQmPJvFEdQmbhKd64tKaQKeUd4sNSyYC7vkAEBjHmRF6rz5cQDwTQHw4f4ShXdu1DwwY/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+040.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is alot cleaner and clearer than before. Sunshiney and bright with some peel included and the odd Star Anise in each jar. The little black specs are vanilla pod seeds....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOzE44VJJetCozA-vF2qN52GmhLnMu25YXlRSXJWhMQ3wVXoyU_RsuXXTlQSl1RsNdSlVvc06-Zus6gxARxRx2TpxBGPOoAWTNkwsRjQB7WozstsTxa3zZa8cFSevl8sflXmeuWwEhNw/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435147363790570386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOzE44VJJetCozA-vF2qN52GmhLnMu25YXlRSXJWhMQ3wVXoyU_RsuXXTlQSl1RsNdSlVvc06-Zus6gxARxRx2TpxBGPOoAWTNkwsRjQB7WozstsTxa3zZa8cFSevl8sflXmeuWwEhNw/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+041.JPG" border="0" /></a> I boiled up about 7 Seville Oranges and 1 normal in a big ole chutney pan.</div><div>Covered the fruit with about 2 litres of water and simmer for 1.5 hours or there-on.</div><div>I ADDED to the water, with the fruit, before boiling:</div><div>1 Vanilla Pod</div><div>A large cube chopped ginger</div><div>3 Star Anise</div><div>1 Broken Cinnamon Stick</div><div>10 - 15 Cloves<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedA_FgNVqB0AGKL715nGOQdlHVFt0nmrBcEsJbw36gpgT6ZoeSAP9l2QLvccSORLOwwRlv2xpIFh9Fl5wWOJaHFur8io_kNdBH51O7tfm0_EG1I25Feqruo67DfrMsyl-xauz6G07YyY/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435147359289053090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedA_FgNVqB0AGKL715nGOQdlHVFt0nmrBcEsJbw36gpgT6ZoeSAP9l2QLvccSORLOwwRlv2xpIFh9Fl5wWOJaHFur8io_kNdBH51O7tfm0_EG1I25Feqruo67DfrMsyl-xauz6G07YyY/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+039.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then - i strained the liquid and only put the items BACK into the mix, that i wanted to keep, so:</div><div>Scraped out flesh of the oranges to put back in.</div><div>Chopped some peel - so nice and soft now they had been boiled and placed back in the pan.</div><div>Star Anise back in the pan.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZD_O_DxzusepQJekXBU5Fgdg8viyMBPSZKNDFMWjp8nUbSezysjNd3V__CBTY2ZEpTxigiS1AHOIGMrW6FKWgdk-ifArwBC5clz1tejp4jkL4tIUoygf6Ir1Rw8CHjC12Dj7p0zBE7zo/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435147354118124754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZD_O_DxzusepQJekXBU5Fgdg8viyMBPSZKNDFMWjp8nUbSezysjNd3V__CBTY2ZEpTxigiS1AHOIGMrW6FKWgdk-ifArwBC5clz1tejp4jkL4tIUoygf6Ir1Rw8CHjC12Dj7p0zBE7zo/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It was a quicker and easier method by far and retained so much of the flavour of my little extras - especially the vanilla. I was scared the soft vanilla taste would get drowned in Seville Orange bittreness but it warms through sensationally.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0LDfaHudQB9_SSNnUU81ZDMQHG5mgHJr0UCYYoFIY9z0OOB8OPq23-qMp9EKFppp-UscmbCqYY-MpyzaEHn_q0roAOJg_pGa0hJIBIzyg2w2jCtUzpQlDQYpc1za0qpygmUjzqsaPm4/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435147338781659074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0LDfaHudQB9_SSNnUU81ZDMQHG5mgHJr0UCYYoFIY9z0OOB8OPq23-qMp9EKFppp-UscmbCqYY-MpyzaEHn_q0roAOJg_pGa0hJIBIzyg2w2jCtUzpQlDQYpc1za0qpygmUjzqsaPm4/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+037.JPG" border="0" /></a> All the liquid was then boiled up for 20 mins or so? i kept a Jam thermometer in the pan to check. I boiled it up with 1kg of sugar - granulated, as the added pectin in Jam Sugar was uneneccasry for these fruits.</div><div></div><div>TASTE - done</div><div>LOOK - happy with</div><div>CONSISTENCY - still a little runny and more sugar would have helped make this thicker but i didn't want the flavour any sweeter.</div><div>Friends and family decided they could live with the runnier consistency as opposed to a wobbly jelly type. I caught someone spooning the stuff into their mouth direct from the fridge... i think that was a seal of approval?</div><div>Thanks for all your help peoples xxx</div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-91576015925404134242010-02-04T07:29:00.000-08:002010-02-04T07:40:25.099-08:00Noodle Soup....The Mrs and I (that is, MrsB and I) don't even really talk about what we are going to blog about... we like to surprise each other...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_ZZkoeKdH4wBLEI6e3G-RuEI0DIpFAIXagbUl2Mpqp_XmJiZq5jE9wFX3jJyzwDTAE1IOZe4R4KZMVzpZBDlkAeH5tN4a7xiMzkC3FFEOgdVXBbdhciEuWaydXcAGzPcH2lZieNZB7E/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434411772572907266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_ZZkoeKdH4wBLEI6e3G-RuEI0DIpFAIXagbUl2Mpqp_XmJiZq5jE9wFX3jJyzwDTAE1IOZe4R4KZMVzpZBDlkAeH5tN4a7xiMzkC3FFEOgdVXBbdhciEuWaydXcAGzPcH2lZieNZB7E/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+043.JPG" border="0" /></a> So imagine my smiles to find my Mrs had blogged her Super 'Super Noodles' and miso paste...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14DkEhqxM8-eT5ZcQcw4pH4MQtbLxHcaL2hXiHveNXXueasOEEUl-wo04yf47yzan6o3IEhVhcXOi3qul34y-grGTdkebsAqyN0Dr-woRp2G-bcdPBDYdQX_njnRvIihRTJfZXz19Vf0/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434411766619952098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14DkEhqxM8-eT5ZcQcw4pH4MQtbLxHcaL2hXiHveNXXueasOEEUl-wo04yf47yzan6o3IEhVhcXOi3qul34y-grGTdkebsAqyN0Dr-woRp2G-bcdPBDYdQX_njnRvIihRTJfZXz19Vf0/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+045.JPG" border="0" /></a> My next recipe was Chinese Udon Noodle Soup! Great minds think alike.</div><div>I am craving noodles right now and yours look soooo good x<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm79-N5okPBDciSaFhXBeuGBJP_mU-jdjVdXg_ht79dbcxXmxBqA1xNgoFHNV5oWOhmA7jcNI98fa6X6gyUP_DWAgUOTo1FqJZ9RBNcwij-jvBKMkuX9LUjpO2HlO0bU9G58sMCq1Ps8/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434411762253915714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm79-N5okPBDciSaFhXBeuGBJP_mU-jdjVdXg_ht79dbcxXmxBqA1xNgoFHNV5oWOhmA7jcNI98fa6X6gyUP_DWAgUOTo1FqJZ9RBNcwij-jvBKMkuX9LUjpO2HlO0bU9G58sMCq1Ps8/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Mine was a recipe from this Months <a href="http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/home">DELICIOUS</a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeqUP3qFnXfK_mKz72PXs4kx1_kvnf-76M3smvFRA5-uP9aydX59nkWbKDsZ3ZBQQZwU3H1NgiOB5rvdxsP7z5U30kipHgCXrnrlAMiCq7EethmM26JNv6ClOqygUAL5WrP7Cf6sSV7c/s1600-h/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434411753133373474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeqUP3qFnXfK_mKz72PXs4kx1_kvnf-76M3smvFRA5-uP9aydX59nkWbKDsZ3ZBQQZwU3H1NgiOB5rvdxsP7z5U30kipHgCXrnrlAMiCq7EethmM26JNv6ClOqygUAL5WrP7Cf6sSV7c/s320/brighton,udon,marma2,jan2010,cookery,vintage+047.JPG" border="0" /></a> But i used a little too much Miso Paste and not enough SoySauce.</div><div>Noodle love my gorgeous MrsB, Ooodles of Noooodle love xxx</div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-29904111738293243302010-02-04T05:18:00.000-08:002010-02-04T05:42:22.778-08:00Super Fast Super Noodles!I adore Super Noodles!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-nca2tTB2t6QUdaERhSpAcmkbNF8vUi1UBY50w8DQbw01j2SIurOldmjD-hCF3WyjD6EL9M04IeZBdv0FkTNIxfyMu1OnEXo91gEXmIAUZ1Be6dUuE8XQ_RhyphenhyphenY82pPa7yVSCpkephog/s1600-h/noodles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-nca2tTB2t6QUdaERhSpAcmkbNF8vUi1UBY50w8DQbw01j2SIurOldmjD-hCF3WyjD6EL9M04IeZBdv0FkTNIxfyMu1OnEXo91gEXmIAUZ1Be6dUuE8XQ_RhyphenhyphenY82pPa7yVSCpkephog/s320/noodles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434381074547601842" border="0" /></a>It is one of those things, that I love, that does not love me and is best not to mention in polite company! Maybe it is a hangover from "student day hangovers"! So instead of ingesting all those "fake-y" ingredients, that do weird things to you, this is what I do now when craving the soothing warmth of soupy noodles!<br /><br />Get yourself some of this miso paste! (Available in most supermarkets World Foods Aisle.)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62i6HdqLkLVehsqm8TsO0v8zKNwF8SlGSkMKF4tUUrUQB7CvhZi_QfXTwcP2OY1HF4FSdhoFURjdAEEX0FYNjGJcRdMPc3Q7KSue1kLSX7jpNoB3SipB44e_5Okw1lxsQJsMt2wM_PcQ/s1600-h/DSC_8962.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62i6HdqLkLVehsqm8TsO0v8zKNwF8SlGSkMKF4tUUrUQB7CvhZi_QfXTwcP2OY1HF4FSdhoFURjdAEEX0FYNjGJcRdMPc3Q7KSue1kLSX7jpNoB3SipB44e_5Okw1lxsQJsMt2wM_PcQ/s320/DSC_8962.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434381079077089042" border="0" /></a> It is a great store cupboard ingredient and can be used in many ways...such as creating marinades to jazz up fish or chicken, as a cup of soup, as a stock. It is one of those things like marmite, that is full of B12. This used to be thought of something that would make your "blood stronger"! It is a vitamin that is great for your nervous system!<br /><br /><br />I make up my miso and boil my noodles in it! Perfect stock. I then grate in a cube of fresh ginger, but you can add ground ginger or five spice. Grate in a clove of garlic. Yummy aromas (much better than supernoodles!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojin37PwHItro_Wn1vGLCzgIVmkBpNSzYKLdfflGJkNW_WamkF8juSjbKQpnbgCzrBYJweaAQJVjINnEqiwBfi39v9zChH2aJNfY4lFb47Cp7fxp11tNExxI9F2-of52mr1KBHn0fkNU/s1600-h/DSC_8966.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojin37PwHItro_Wn1vGLCzgIVmkBpNSzYKLdfflGJkNW_WamkF8juSjbKQpnbgCzrBYJweaAQJVjINnEqiwBfi39v9zChH2aJNfY4lFb47Cp7fxp11tNExxI9F2-of52mr1KBHn0fkNU/s320/DSC_8966.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434381085772871922" border="0" /></a>Then basically throw in anything you've got to hand or in the freezer! In my case sprouting brocolli and asparagus (steamed), beansprouts and soya beans and sweetcorn out of the freezer defrosted in microwave (gasp!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK1Khs7hhR4I2Uhu796BrKN0tcfIqywK-bOUL_IJg1lN8tXWci1V7F96uaCAWz8GgrO8nnoMNfP5RGFszAq2jkloJsH1c8PgS5OcGtqxnbhtFpGYplCSFlXuA18i3C55wcY_gXHggPas/s1600-h/DSC_8968.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK1Khs7hhR4I2Uhu796BrKN0tcfIqywK-bOUL_IJg1lN8tXWci1V7F96uaCAWz8GgrO8nnoMNfP5RGFszAq2jkloJsH1c8PgS5OcGtqxnbhtFpGYplCSFlXuA18i3C55wcY_gXHggPas/s320/DSC_8968.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434381089385451538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-_dpsOGCdSMGYQIPoHL0Ogx8b1OsOotwB0YZpKFUHzzM2Bh46tDLpfqNs7VWI0CvYrX9WeQDeCsSLTAaB8oa19qvakkVhsLiIaiRF-eziFvADy3UQv8BWeACrFtuwuy1GlRra2W_sk4/s1600-h/DSC_8964.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-_dpsOGCdSMGYQIPoHL0Ogx8b1OsOotwB0YZpKFUHzzM2Bh46tDLpfqNs7VWI0CvYrX9WeQDeCsSLTAaB8oa19qvakkVhsLiIaiRF-eziFvADy3UQv8BWeACrFtuwuy1GlRra2W_sk4/s320/DSC_8964.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434381084889134850" border="0" /></a>Done! Speedy lunch! Serve in a bowl and slurp up!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDEWzq_Nsnpn_tR51c_ICtqj4IMsS_H6U3l2TCnExkiG44peIYUrErKRWYXegiZIkkl1Y2ILokV-u1TC1tQ6bhymGEJSiMYRTps4YWUpxtM8rcIeDtwNModiJx7VqVM0IYVFAG5JI94Y/s1600-h/DSC_8976.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDEWzq_Nsnpn_tR51c_ICtqj4IMsS_H6U3l2TCnExkiG44peIYUrErKRWYXegiZIkkl1Y2ILokV-u1TC1tQ6bhymGEJSiMYRTps4YWUpxtM8rcIeDtwNModiJx7VqVM0IYVFAG5JI94Y/s320/DSC_8976.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434381252658843554" border="0" /></a>Noodles+broth=warm comfort.Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-1740860504405299862010-02-01T11:59:00.000-08:002010-02-01T12:39:47.084-08:00Cherry Pie!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sG4J_IA1YQUDRpD_xgKgxAjfo_AqGNzYurhDQxdynQnt7Tl4A-_T3GlYNrfH9opPaBQsz-hHYZsdFGbY8cpW9m0_JLRwOv-cBGFarFAhT3hEfOlbCN0JrZoi2_g3C2EnB8Ywu3xFBpE/s1600-h/DSC_8919.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sG4J_IA1YQUDRpD_xgKgxAjfo_AqGNzYurhDQxdynQnt7Tl4A-_T3GlYNrfH9opPaBQsz-hHYZsdFGbY8cpW9m0_JLRwOv-cBGFarFAhT3hEfOlbCN0JrZoi2_g3C2EnB8Ywu3xFBpE/s320/DSC_8919.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433374444687963922" border="0" /></a><br />You read that title and a little voice in your head said "oooooooooooo" didn't it? If you are anything like me you come over all 1950's and imagine diners sat at stools, waitresses in candy striped pinnies, "more coffee" and a piece of Cherry Pie (a la mode!).<br /><br />I have been yearning to make this, ever since the purchase of a red pie dish (perfect) and the gift of a cherry stoner!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmKVjGITsLgE9IWDXHqyiT7jARA6ivFOVj-M1aTjN6_uwdf7Y5U4OWMb1VClYxWKjrQ0NaKZa98QbGPdl25cIczNkN5Rn_ipf9HgssNWgQXr12sUiYJTSi4zSMBeNFLNtKNpFiC552PQ/s1600-h/DSC_8929.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmKVjGITsLgE9IWDXHqyiT7jARA6ivFOVj-M1aTjN6_uwdf7Y5U4OWMb1VClYxWKjrQ0NaKZa98QbGPdl25cIczNkN5Rn_ipf9HgssNWgQXr12sUiYJTSi4zSMBeNFLNtKNpFiC552PQ/s320/DSC_8929.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433374450625885026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1x04zqGOObWKEsDSnnaAM2UJSvfO25I8oUjGD7-ktWcX2wpiqFp3FF2YUJ2zi7Xi2CDUJKoLpDspI7T1KB-w40eLW2ohhrRbm9Mw1TsqboMpw8JupF_zjTinAorp4-VlANe0NqsZ3y4/s1600-h/DSC_8930.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1x04zqGOObWKEsDSnnaAM2UJSvfO25I8oUjGD7-ktWcX2wpiqFp3FF2YUJ2zi7Xi2CDUJKoLpDspI7T1KB-w40eLW2ohhrRbm9Mw1TsqboMpw8JupF_zjTinAorp4-VlANe0NqsZ3y4/s320/DSC_8930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433374453286997730" border="0" /></a>More fun than you can ever imagine! Love this! Great Christmas present! I have so many summer cherry dishes in mind....x<br /><br />So here we have it, <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Cherry Pie</span></span> just like <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;" >MrsB</span> makes it!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">300g plain flour, plus extra for dusting</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />150g chilled unsalted butter, cubed, plus extra for greasing</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">100g golden caster sugar</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />1 large egg yolk</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />1 tbsp cornflour</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Pinch of ground cinnamon</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />500g cherries, stoned (2 for £3 currently in Co-op)</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbU1HeKutOc4FnlpgqFQTDGKafSTiApd-eM1w7Lb6t82ap8k-BxR2Z4bwBBJv2K-Mbyng-1yMEwYFdWJlLmaISO3tx02hJ0MRQzFNzFycgmBiO3la3ZADiPRYatttt7mNMDb35x4IWEg/s1600-h/DSC_8934.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbU1HeKutOc4FnlpgqFQTDGKafSTiApd-eM1w7Lb6t82ap8k-BxR2Z4bwBBJv2K-Mbyng-1yMEwYFdWJlLmaISO3tx02hJ0MRQzFNzFycgmBiO3la3ZADiPRYatttt7mNMDb35x4IWEg/s320/DSC_8934.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433374456667600082" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-family:courier new;">1 tbsp milk, for brushing</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />2 tbsp golden granulated sugar</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Method</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">1.</span> Put the flour, butter and 75g golden caster sugar into a bowl and using your finger tips rub the fat lightly in until the mixture resembles crumbs.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa71wA5nqYQ0njmogFid51BHDk3oeHkxKq60pPpxcCFoVrVTBmT-shoNSWtqQON1__IDRz8wsgw2ZSoV95cOGDIgOOaUHhMyyOvxPu0HU4Qj47GRUduBIHxZ3nmUD1U0jC8FLVWPepxE/s1600-h/DSC_8910.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa71wA5nqYQ0njmogFid51BHDk3oeHkxKq60pPpxcCFoVrVTBmT-shoNSWtqQON1__IDRz8wsgw2ZSoV95cOGDIgOOaUHhMyyOvxPu0HU4Qj47GRUduBIHxZ3nmUD1U0jC8FLVWPepxE/s320/DSC_8910.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433377038484880130" border="0" /></a> Add the egg yolk and 2-3 tablespoons cold water. Use a palette knife to bring the mixture together and towards the end use your hands to bring the dough together to form a ball. Turn out, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes. If you are technologically more advanced than me....(I am basically borderline Amish in the kitchen) use a food processor.....?<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br />2</span>. Mix the cornflour, remaining golden caster sugar and cinnamon together, then gently toss with the cherries in a bowl. Put a baking sheet into the oven and preheat it to 220C/fan200C/gas 7.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br />3.</span> Grease a 23cm pie dish . Roll out half the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line the dish. If you have it, a fine layer of semolina (or cornmeal will help absorb some of the cherry juice.....hmmmmmmm cherry juice, and stop your base going soggy!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPYUd7NKmAlu9TRMWE4ZCVCSVs9j3FMqAW9Lcqy2lFRQ0HR2m_4KlNNcN7PupeDn4KfXnVHskLAzGmUeskiJcAjsZ2BBkXNTz6GiAMIhboo7lBUf5dQZglW-hth9rE7rsnMhlvipV9Ow/s1600-h/DSC_8936.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPYUd7NKmAlu9TRMWE4ZCVCSVs9j3FMqAW9Lcqy2lFRQ0HR2m_4KlNNcN7PupeDn4KfXnVHskLAzGmUeskiJcAjsZ2BBkXNTz6GiAMIhboo7lBUf5dQZglW-hth9rE7rsnMhlvipV9Ow/s320/DSC_8936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433375739572047074" border="0" /></a> Trim the edges, pile the cherry mixture into the centre and spoon over 4 tablespoons water. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0X3dCBysNzJcZFM0FYrxavuSWKTfCKt4VjfCTEpkP0odFpCRaHNDxxHXKfZvZA4pkE82PRb5El94RsyOt8_NNXzH8KNAowY6MpZisiCwQS1tqlrIWUh82alIHdhGM-K1U4_fZg5O-aY/s1600-h/DSC_8938.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0X3dCBysNzJcZFM0FYrxavuSWKTfCKt4VjfCTEpkP0odFpCRaHNDxxHXKfZvZA4pkE82PRb5El94RsyOt8_NNXzH8KNAowY6MpZisiCwQS1tqlrIWUh82alIHdhGM-K1U4_fZg5O-aY/s320/DSC_8938.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433375744988619090" border="0" /></a>Brush the pastry edges with water. Roll out the remaining pastry and use to cover the fruit, making a hole in the centre. Press the edges to seal, trim off the excess pastry and crimp the edges.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimefr_N0aRBbpnYmwRx0GX7J5Lhk-az3aEg9HJpHmdJtdQHCT6TbW__XS4hQb4JwrC8Lmz86iv3A8z1sCHvHot_yIjsY3TIS7NVURmYjcHdqC3bkb1I2pjh_rqEfNnvwIg_gmThU7KfwU/s1600-h/DSC_8941.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimefr_N0aRBbpnYmwRx0GX7J5Lhk-az3aEg9HJpHmdJtdQHCT6TbW__XS4hQb4JwrC8Lmz86iv3A8z1sCHvHot_yIjsY3TIS7NVURmYjcHdqC3bkb1I2pjh_rqEfNnvwIg_gmThU7KfwU/s320/DSC_8941.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433375750928249474" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">4.</span> Brush the pie with milk and sprinkle with the granulated sugar.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMStfr74NFZrabwJbtzb8C5lmnXu4xApyWmYZt9PX7jPMQA_CFa3lTJ_w8o_3ZRytMgZhHk0D7fRE_3zkhm3uA4XEoFDRXskXcqhDhWGc7TV085YjxKg0pGlu7ITB1IM_vgM2Om-A0rw/s1600-h/DSC_8939.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMStfr74NFZrabwJbtzb8C5lmnXu4xApyWmYZt9PX7jPMQA_CFa3lTJ_w8o_3ZRytMgZhHk0D7fRE_3zkhm3uA4XEoFDRXskXcqhDhWGc7TV085YjxKg0pGlu7ITB1IM_vgM2Om-A0rw/s320/DSC_8939.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433375748216785602" border="0" /></a> Put the pie on the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 180C/fan160C/gas 4 and bake for a further 15-20 minutes until the pastry is pale-golden.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51kY5SMeGb8gRbYCtJewautG4tKom8QmUYESrj_HFpddJ5xNMINus8N3WpN3D-fTFl0jJDfmShl9OuywUtwyRdbqcIPu3mgLm3EY3f3jF8UaJGM3rNH3lYpqDJV_4rMCwXTHkQhqnTBc/s1600-h/DSC_8948.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51kY5SMeGb8gRbYCtJewautG4tKom8QmUYESrj_HFpddJ5xNMINus8N3WpN3D-fTFl0jJDfmShl9OuywUtwyRdbqcIPu3mgLm3EY3f3jF8UaJGM3rNH3lYpqDJV_4rMCwXTHkQhqnTBc/s320/DSC_8948.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433375868501630530" border="0" /></a>Enjoy a la mode... ie with ice cream<br />OR<br />single cream<br />OR<br />in my faintly ridiculous "mode" with squirty cream!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVp1KhzvjztQrncAxKozGtnHR53vK-70u8nocyE_LGdKcq9ygon99C52UJF3_rVcKXA23fz4uPP_kLRCcpssuujP9qfpdfL7Koea5kjm0ibOjQ-n811QeM8SyRdnaqtOWwttTE3ga1Tc4/s1600-h/DSC_8946.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVp1KhzvjztQrncAxKozGtnHR53vK-70u8nocyE_LGdKcq9ygon99C52UJF3_rVcKXA23fz4uPP_kLRCcpssuujP9qfpdfL7Koea5kjm0ibOjQ-n811QeM8SyRdnaqtOWwttTE3ga1Tc4/s320/DSC_8946.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433375757257044338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />xTwo Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-15704811562300613072010-01-25T23:57:00.000-08:002010-01-26T00:14:50.870-08:00Food for Living...Don't mistake me... i love pretty things & pretty food. I love fabric Jam Tops and dainty labels with all the "use by" dates. I like a tea party and i like to use Cake Forks and silver Chutney Spoons... (i like a pretty red bowl, sshhhh)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLWOOO9tJWINiexmALfw_v6QbPYEdfPr6g5tuiUseg8dJkr4rw-pOZdlhXV0fqJaCZkzFaBHl7mgSXsrmcfpfsEux7Lqqa8OFqcfQ3j3cgb7USI0rymNlxnpxDUKCvMP4HRLulXqoN7I/s1600-h/owlbadge,breakfast,marmalade,matroyshka,pillow,feet,childrenscra+022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430955755454388914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLWOOO9tJWINiexmALfw_v6QbPYEdfPr6g5tuiUseg8dJkr4rw-pOZdlhXV0fqJaCZkzFaBHl7mgSXsrmcfpfsEux7Lqqa8OFqcfQ3j3cgb7USI0rymNlxnpxDUKCvMP4HRLulXqoN7I/s320/owlbadge,breakfast,marmalade,matroyshka,pillow,feet,childrenscra+022.JPG" border="0" /></a> But food is about life and living and sustenance.<br />Like i said, my Nanna needs a bit of 'life' right now, so:<br />Marmalade with GIANT WRITING so she can read the label with her poor eyesight.<br />LEMON CHEESE also with giant writing... and i call this Lemon Curd. It is a debate we have had for some years, my Nanna and I. But she is in her 90's now and i can give in gracefully to this one. Lemon CHEESE it is.<br />And.... a crunchy top Lemon Drizzle cake - also Nanna's favourite.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tlGCiPlkU7v_GyueknYRWPGSQDXdroaQqKegJY5VYVbNcoCMlgxyOvpk1MtKOwCeGwlO4suyuBEkU0xF2FB9DS61K1gMhMI3p8GwS_TlgttAcZhUz07VZn1SbLQiVIoQqvSMlV7S95U/s1600-h/owlbadge,breakfast,marmalade,matroyshka,pillow,feet,childrenscra+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430955753993734866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tlGCiPlkU7v_GyueknYRWPGSQDXdroaQqKegJY5VYVbNcoCMlgxyOvpk1MtKOwCeGwlO4suyuBEkU0xF2FB9DS61K1gMhMI3p8GwS_TlgttAcZhUz07VZn1SbLQiVIoQqvSMlV7S95U/s320/owlbadge,breakfast,marmalade,matroyshka,pillow,feet,childrenscra+020.JPG" border="0" /></a> That's the funny thing about being poorly.... when you are healthy and well (and elderly...) people are inclined to visit you less often. And as soon as you are poorly and tired and maybe ready to 'shuffle off the mortal coil'.... everybody comes a calling!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dQxXPDIH12hHsClW-fc2KGjU4DikuFSI7Yaz6zepo01jeeevPIlbh3xtikO0bcoSqY03chCG8pa4VQc-9GjxcUxo1EXDIXx_UHRplnqEJvB1JWkxCjdBQIuC42LyEnNYpFwU7txY-gI/s1600-h/owlbadge,breakfast,marmalade,matroyshka,pillow,feet,childrenscra+021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430955740673024162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dQxXPDIH12hHsClW-fc2KGjU4DikuFSI7Yaz6zepo01jeeevPIlbh3xtikO0bcoSqY03chCG8pa4VQc-9GjxcUxo1EXDIXx_UHRplnqEJvB1JWkxCjdBQIuC42LyEnNYpFwU7txY-gI/s320/owlbadge,breakfast,marmalade,matroyshka,pillow,feet,childrenscra+021.JPG" border="0" /></a> So, in true Postman Pat style "special delivery service", the delightfully smiley ChildFish and I, are off to spread cookery joy where it is currently most needed.</div><div>x x x "Here's to the many many mothers who gone before us, making pots of Lemon Cheese by the barrel load" x x x</div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292266596084824321.post-88836998558167388632010-01-24T14:21:00.000-08:002010-01-24T14:35:33.210-08:00St Clements Marmalade...Orange and Lemon Marmalade = St Clements...<br />I love to make Jams & Chutneys & Pickles & Cordials... and the more i make them, the less i can bear to buy them from shops.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvX4dawy1QFID4BOvnrvZEraWzvuVFiyk2U5T_smrcFYK8HoUdsdqL52-mIZu6g1HPbl21eeBeVY4hx7Aw6_-g-Zl62g10cstBWwO4LfBQ8xGPlRcGK2z3fgyuSiHItWkMDQI_1FOOols/s1600-h/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430436536182140338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvX4dawy1QFID4BOvnrvZEraWzvuVFiyk2U5T_smrcFYK8HoUdsdqL52-mIZu6g1HPbl21eeBeVY4hx7Aw6_-g-Zl62g10cstBWwO4LfBQ8xGPlRcGK2z3fgyuSiHItWkMDQI_1FOOols/s320/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+006.JPG" border="0" /></a> I had a mammoth making session the other day. My nanna is in a position right now where she needs and deserves, a lot of looking after. The first of her favourite things i made was the Marmalade.<br />Recipe used from my LAKELAND Preserves & Pickles Book (i love it) but it made soooo many jars...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Fi5DKF3idxed9znfqno3TM9WbFYMSO0npe0OD1HW2OV1FNSe3mYYVYawGsMRDlYicHPXEOYhA1WtFlX3G5TYyJKo5dD8ERRbJTWYd-VdloG_eugdz8CWeDvRjj4c6HsgUT1XRxnoLEQ/s1600-h/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430436535441316802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Fi5DKF3idxed9znfqno3TM9WbFYMSO0npe0OD1HW2OV1FNSe3mYYVYawGsMRDlYicHPXEOYhA1WtFlX3G5TYyJKo5dD8ERRbJTWYd-VdloG_eugdz8CWeDvRjj4c6HsgUT1XRxnoLEQ/s320/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I think this: was one one of my problems. I don't like coarse Marmalade with lots of peel but i know that the peel is what gives it the bitter flavour. So i juiced all my fruits and mixed some of the peel 'waste' into the juice.</div><div>This led to much more juice than the recipe anticipated. It was quicker and easier for me this way but i needed more sugar to boil the liquid into a jelly. *lesson Learned*<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbGTHGVbYrVKQyMbHkulSGK-j5jXZeF5QLqREKwymbw-lOGJlJUut-Q2JrU44FQ2j320GEO392-VghQobkvmoW0oxgyQs-CrEsrgilwCia_qExnIHsXQ2Ooz-VJwzSe7i1oVLuaknD3E/s1600-h/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430436531696261618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbGTHGVbYrVKQyMbHkulSGK-j5jXZeF5QLqREKwymbw-lOGJlJUut-Q2JrU44FQ2j320GEO392-VghQobkvmoW0oxgyQs-CrEsrgilwCia_qExnIHsXQ2Ooz-VJwzSe7i1oVLuaknD3E/s320/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And i realised too late the recipe made milllllliiiioooonnns ofg jars!</div><div>So i will be out and about next week delivering pots of Marmalade to family members (you've been warned family)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-vLoAidTlkhSDlCObfiMd9r8qd3xCFcV0heh8-9qTVAw3QpMYi8pNLdHylR29V1zFuakLEf4iTamKAMBJCXA0-Q7YxgCmuQFINpsLlKrsQW1UM0oGOwQsddxw5LnvD8vaE7V2cYiOj4/s1600-h/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430436523314079986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-vLoAidTlkhSDlCObfiMd9r8qd3xCFcV0heh8-9qTVAw3QpMYi8pNLdHylR29V1zFuakLEf4iTamKAMBJCXA0-Q7YxgCmuQFINpsLlKrsQW1UM0oGOwQsddxw5LnvD8vaE7V2cYiOj4/s320/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />OOoohhh the satisfaction....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHghg8bV_GMNL7K9Y0FuhCpSGLTm3MXIhDqtgWwcQl1U5LzcGs4Kb9Rne6HQku4-madccmLs2ZkkQIPZsDB5LH32_e3u06Nb4eCq0SbHKSLLx99hge06hfC3yjE6MN-AxRaslUsoNYoLg/s1600-h/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430436521624338098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHghg8bV_GMNL7K9Y0FuhCpSGLTm3MXIhDqtgWwcQl1U5LzcGs4Kb9Rne6HQku4-madccmLs2ZkkQIPZsDB5LH32_e3u06Nb4eCq0SbHKSLLx99hge06hfC3yjE6MN-AxRaslUsoNYoLg/s320/stamps,recycle,vintage,cushions,pillows,lavender,antiques,cellar+010.JPG" border="0" /></a> P.s. On delivery to my nanna she told me about a great product called "marmamaid".... an alternative to all those Seville Oranges. I will investigate.<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Two Truly Scrumptious Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493022807514788083noreply@blogger.com9