Food

  • Food

    Shepherds’ Pie

    I know it should be called cottage pie if it is beef, and shepherds’ pie if it is mutton – but I have always called it shepherds’ pie with beef so I’m going…

  • Food,  Gardening

    Harvest home

    It is our church harvest festival tomorrow and I made an apple cake with yet more of the garden’s never ending bounty. In total, the Scouts picked over 200kg of apples and took…

  • Food

    Yes, we have no Aubergines

    Today I told R and J that we were having chicken curry for lunch.  They seemed reasonably pleased about this until I told them that it was chicken and aubergine curry, at which…

  • Food

    Clearing out the kitchen cupboards

    I have finally lost patience with my kitchen cupboards.  I have lots of different sorts of flour, sugar and other baking ingredients and it had all got terribly out of hand – particularly…

  • Creative,  Cupar,  Food

    Full Table

    I entered 30 classes at the Cupar Show, split about 50/50 between crafts and baking. On the whole I am really pleased with how I did for a first attempt – I know…

  • Cupar,  Food

    Lots of Baking

    It is the Cupar Flower and Craft show on Saturday.  I finished my craft stuff a few days ago (I have been working on it in odd moments for months now) – but…

  • Food,  Gardening

    Greenhouse and Orchard

    The Greenhouse in question is nothing to do with gardens (just for a change) but is a cracking little restaurant in a back lane in Cupar.  The food is in general good, but…

  • Church,  Cupar,  Food

    Tea Party

    We had our Victorian strawberry and cream tea party today for about 30 people.  Unfortunately the weather which had been forecast sunny all week, suddenly changed its mind at the last minute and…

  • Food

    Healthy eating J

    J is not super keen on healthy food.  His basement flat is completely self-contained and has a very nice kitchen, but he hardly ever uses it as I cook all the main meals. …