Come Dine With … Helen

On Saturday evening it was Helen’s turn to host “Come Dine With Me”. Suzy picked me up and on the way over we shared a few preliminary thoughts on the evening: We also discussed history and current affairs, but l thought I’d keep video on the subject to food – our speciality, I think you’ll [...]

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Ozzy visits Madame Tussaud’s

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7 Days Spring 2010 mosaic

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Feeding myself

I have been picking the first thinnings from my rows of mixed salad and rocket – that job that I find so difficult because in order for your crop to come to anything, you first need to massacre what currently looks like such a delightful pile of growth. But when you get in there, the [...]

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Leaves appearing

Though there is still a lot of bare soil out there, green leaves are beginning to appear in the vegetable patch. There are two rows of mixed salad, the seeds for which came free with a Lakeland order. Only time will tell exactly which salad leaves will be provided. There aren’t many of the plants [...]

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Co-gardener

I spent some time in the garden yesterday, taking my camera with me to document the few vegetables that have dared to poke their heads above ground. Though temperatures are beginning to climb, it’s still pretty chilly here. While I was working I hear some loud cheeping and looked up to find a chaffinch not [...]

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CDWM: Dessert

And so to dessert, which had been prepared earlier in the day and decided to surprise me by cracking in half while I was eating the main course. No worries though, the crackless photo had already been taken and the ravine served as the first cutting line. By now the kitchen was a mess and [...]

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CDWM: The main course

While the ladies recorded their judgement of the starter, I returned to the kitchen to serve up the involtini and salad. The involtini had been the source of some discussion, as I’d given no clue as to what it involved. So let me explain… The slices of aubergine had to be fairly thin – about [...]

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