6 September 2011
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Not willing to admit defeat, I had another go at making a fruit cheese last night. This time I used three apples and a tomato. An odd combination? Well, it was big, red, juicy and looked like it was on … Continue reading
5 September 2011
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We did more preserving this weekend, with a batch of crab apples I foraged from a local tree, a couple of apples and a few quinces that had dropped off our bush early. The plan was to make a fruit … Continue reading
4 September 2011
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Yesterday, I was breaking and entering or, more specifically, trying to enter without doing any breaking. It wasn’t the start of a new crime career but instead the result of accidentally leaving a key inside the front door and then … Continue reading
3 September 2011
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Here are my Highland Burgundy Red potatoes in the pot last night: Truth be told, the resulting colour was more between dusky pink and lilac but certainly not the regular colour. I used potatoes with fairly gnarly skins and probably … Continue reading
2 September 2011
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That is the result of boiling up those crabapples last weekend. I have been having a week of preserving; since the jelly making I have also turned out pear jam and marrow and date chutney.
1 September 2011
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I had to do surgery today. No, I wasn’t let loose with a scalpel but I did have to press my bike tools to use on my computers at work. When I came in, one of my two machines wouldn’t … Continue reading