Food
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A slight disagreement with Mary Berry today…
Don’t get me wrong here – I have the greatest possible respect for Mary Berry – I think she is a brilliant baker and I generally treat her recipes as holy writ. But…
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In which R shoots himself in the foot again…
R has made the same mistake over and over again during the 30 odd years we have been together. He is constitutionally not able not to be good at everything. He tries very…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
