Did you get the things we needed? (an occasional series)
We sallied forth this morning to do a bit of shoppering – something we don’t necessarily enjoy, so we had several places to go. I wouldn’t say the weather was actually nice when we left, but by the...
View Articledid you get the things we needed? (an occasional series)
We sallied off to Nailsea yesterday morning – it’s a nice little town that has most of what you might need for day to day stuff. I wanted to get some more catnip for the Tribe – they love it, but they...
View Articlebalance of Easter weekend
We didn’t do much Sunday – ate a humungous fry up for brunch (lamb and rosemary sossidge, apple-smoked bacon, egg, black pudding, beans, sourdough toast), and then some nice fresh home made scones for...
View Articleweekend 29/30 mar 08
On Saturday, I set to with a will, and the determination (and the assistance of The Tribe) to complete Project Kitchen. And I won! All pulses and similar enjarred (apart from some odd pastas, where I...
View Articleweekend 12/13 march 08
Lazy, by and large. We found a tub of goose in the back of the freezer that we didn’t know we had (more on that project later), so half of it was stir fried on Thursday, and most the rest was shredded,...
View Articleweekend 19/20 april
We didn’t set foot out of the house. Made a batch of bananananana muffins on Friday night, and then we ate far too many of them, and both had a nasty sugar hit overnight. Serves us right. Saturday,...
View Articledeep joy
We nipped (or popped, if you prefer) to North Street this afternoon. Lunch in Cafe Ceiturica (mixed skewers for me, and a rather nice mackerel for Pete (seems like a fair swap)). Then to the deli for...
View ArticleSunday breakfast
Home made scones are lovely, but until I came across this recipe I was utterly unsuccessful at scones. But now I’m not. Hurrah! p.s. the dough freezes really well.
View ArticleSunday supper
As previously noted, we picked up the first local asparagus of the year on Saturday; with it, we cooked one of our favourites – asparagus stir-fried with ginger and red chilli. It sounds a terrible...
View Articleduck surprise
We had an overnight guest at the weekend, and decided to do a full fry up for Sunday breakfast. (What’s that you say? Oh – two packs of lamb mince from the freezer into a moussaka, and a bag of...
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