Food
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The joys of the new oven
I have been enjoying the new oven. You can set the temperature precisely using a digital display and it will heat to exactly the right level (instead of having to guess to the…
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Back to “normal”
I put my usual state in inverted commas, as I am not sure I have ever warranted the description of normal, but whatever it is, I was back to it today after our…
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St James’ Church Coffee Morning
Today was our annual Church Coffee morning at the Corn Exchange and I was helping on the cake stall. I’d made some cakes and jam for the occasion and R helped me carry…
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Birthday Tea
We went to Rhu on the West Coast today for N’s birthday. It is a long drive but quite a pleasant one – today we took R’s rather convoluted route involving three…
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Strawberry Jam
I made some strawberry jam with the first of the Scottish strawberries today. They looked and smelled very nice – I chose slightly under ripe ones because they make the best jam. Strawberries…
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In which R is the best (again)…
Of course R has always been the best, but it merits giving an example of why. I was paying a surprise visit to see my Mum in Helensburgh today. I had been hoping…
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An Indian feast
I had some friends round for lunch today (R calls us “The Ladies that Lunch” – this seems to be an excuse for he and J to go and hide rather than be…
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A middle class Saturday morning
R and I had been going to go to St Andrews today, but of course the weather which had been lovely all week had turned nasty for the weekend. So instead we went…
