Category: Recipes
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Back to work you lot! How to make Butter at Home!
After all the Christmas palavalava, I thought you might be ready for something simple and old fashioned. Nothing is simpler to make than butter. There is only one ingredient… CREAM! (And a touch of salt at the end if you want it to keep a bit longer.) Butter – my favourite! My cream came straight…
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Meet me here for a Champagne Sunrise on Christmas day and Crackers with cheese!
I will be here at Dawn on Christmas morning to wish you Merry Christmas. You will know I am home because there will be a candle burning in the big East window. The candle is an old family tradition of indeterminate origin so just go with it. This is the sunrise from the East window.…
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How (not) to make Sweet and Sourdough Raisin Rye bread.
This morning we woke up to freezing rain and sleet and some dripping pathetic excuse for snow on the ground. When I say freezing rain I mean frozen raindrops. Not as mean as sleet, just sticky frozen. It is dark and cold. A wintry mix. I took the torch with me to do the…
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How (not) to make Sweet and Sourdough Raisin Rye bread.
This morning we woke up to freezing rain and sleet and some dripping pathetic excuse for snow on the ground. When I say freezing rain I mean frozen raindrops. Not as mean as sleet, just sticky frozen. It is dark and cold. A wintry mix. I took the torch with me to do the…
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My Plum Duff has No Plums in it! What a duffer!
I am sure it comes as no surprise to you that my Plum Duff has no plums in it. Plum Duff is a steamed pudding. King George called it Plum Duff , demanded it at Christmas in 17 something and was called the Pudding King from then on. On the old sailing ships it was…
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