Food
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A nice lunch and some cuteness
I went out for a very nice vegetarian lunch at a friend’s house today. I was the only non-vegetarian there, and I must say that if I could have had the nice light…
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Easter – Part One
We had visitors for Easter. I went to the Easter vigil service the previous night rather than the morning one. My Mum had asked for something “spectacular” so I decided to push the…
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Raisin and oat biscuits
These biscuits are a Delia Smith special I have been making for years. R and I call them “Christmas Biscuits” because that is when I generally make them. You can tell how much…
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Lenten Biscuits
I made some biscuits for a church group today. I had been going to make my (and R’s) favourite “Christmas Biscuit” but as it consists almost entirely of sugar, butter, nuts, dried fruit…
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Mouse and Bacon
Saphy has had good hunting over the last few days so I decided to make a pie out of her catches. She was none too pleased about this, but accepted grudgingly that this…
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Pancake Day
I made pancakes today. Having bought lemons for the “crepe” version, it turned out that both R and J preferred Scotch pancakes (aka drop scones). So I made those instead which leaves some…
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An interesting combo
Today I made ricotta gnocchi in a tomato and pepper sauce with foccacia Because it was Sunday, I also made dessert which was a chocolate and orange cream whip (forgot to take photo…
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Food Reclamation
My mother is a terrible woman for constantly buying food and not eating it up. When we visited her yesterday I had cause to open her freezer (or one of her freezers –…
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The Remains of the Cake
R is a great lover of all things chocolate related. He is not, however, a great connoisseur of fine examples of the chocolatier’s art – on occasion I have tried him on fancy…
