I had a fancy for something tasty. Actually, what I really had a fancy for was our local takeaway’s Salt and Pepper Squid, which is probably the most delicious salt and pepper squid anywhere. And I should know – just ask the Bear. Wherever we go if I see it on the menu, I ask for [...]
When I made the strange, but rather delicious, Tomatoey, from an old cookbook, it suggested serving it with roast meat. I always have, in my freezer, some game. Usually despatched by my brother and given to me so I have something ready to roast quickly. On the morning of the day that I was going to [...]
Well then. What’s a girl to do when she claps eyes on one of these? A little porky trotter. Well, if she is a cunning and cost concious cook and she also claps eyes on walloping great ham shanks costing a mere £1.49, well then, the odds are that she starts to think of a [...]
Remember the crushed potatoes? That lovely perfect mix of crunchy and soft… savoury, yet almost sweet from the proper cooking of the carbohydrates? Now I think they can stand alone as a dish, and in an emergency, when you need something quickly then that is a great option. I made them last week in under [...]
I’ve been craving big meaty dishes recently. It’s the bad weather of course. That and still feeling sorry for myself after I fell on the ice and banged my head so hard. I still have a bump you know and I just hope I don’t go bald because I have a very odd shaped head [...]
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Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, is known throughout all of the UK but it is in Scotland and the far north that his life and works have been celebrated on Burns Night for well over 200 years. That means haggis. If you don’t know what is in haggis and you look it up, you might, perhaps, feel just tad nervous about [...]
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Yesterday was a work day and I was up before 6 as usual. I got up, showered, dried my hair and got ready for work and was out of the door by 7.25. I didn’t go to work though. Instead, I spent the day here stretched out on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket, with an [...]
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This afternoon the Bear and I went out to help clear the road into our estate The gritters don’t come up the hill to us because they are too busy trying to keep the main roads clear. There’s no grit or salt left that we can scatter ourselves and what was ordered has been [...]
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When I was much younger, I took it into my head to have an adventure and set off to Morocco. I travelled around on ordinary buses, with chickens in boxes on the racks and priests blessing both the journey and the travellers. I ate at roadside cafes and in back street restaurants. I slept on rooftops of village [...]
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