A stranger in a strange land…
One of the really, really great things that come from blogging is the fact that you make friends with people you wouldn’t have have met if it hadn’t been for the blog. When those friends start cooking things they have seen on the blog it makes me really happy. Those who did cook sent me … Continue reading “A new T.O.B cook – Lorraine!”
When I was at school we studied the English Romantic poet, John Keats. To this day, I can still recite many of his odes and whenever my friend J and I get together, something will trigger something in our heads and we will burst into recitation – either sonnets from Shakespeare or poetry or even … Continue reading “Toffee and Apple Butter Crumble”
This autumn (and I know it is still late summer really, but it is the 1st September and it was misty when I got up and it is just starting to feel autumnal) well, this autumn the apple crops are amazing. Every apple tree seems to be laden with fruit. Friends who drove up to … Continue reading “Apple Butter”
The Bear was finally home from his travels and we were not at work. It was also not raining or blowing a gale. For everything to come together like that, is actually a very rare occurrence in our lives so we decided to make the most of it and go for a stroll and see … Continue reading “Foraging to make Fruit Leather – Part 1”
It was really hard trying to think what to call this post. The original recipe called it Tomato Pudding and I just didn’t think that really described it. I’d bought the book, “First Ladies Cook Book – favourite recipes of all the Presidents of the United States” while we were on a weekend break in … Continue reading “Tomatoey”
Because I have just got a new job (my contract arrived today) and my birthday is next week, we are having a couple of our dearest friends round for supper, to help celebrate. I don’t normally make puddings or desserts for everday meals but when I am cooking for friends, I always do something. This … Continue reading “Toffee Apple Crumble”
We have a new T.O.B Cook! Once upon a time I had a good job. A great job. And I had great friends working with me. I still have the friends, it’s just the job that went by the wayside. One of those friends is Lolly who was always there to sort everything out – … Continue reading “Lolly!”
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 … Continue reading “Haggis and Black Pudding on apple mash”
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 … Continue reading “Bacon and apple risotto with black pudding”
I really like the taste of soya beans – there’s a lovely nuttiness to soya and the texture is really good. Not floury at all like so many beans, but clean and firm. I often make a mixed dish of soya beans and peas to serve with a meal as a vegetable side dish. … Continue reading “Pea and Soya bean houmous with fresh cheese on toast”