11 April 2026
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It has been over six months since my last batch of beer brewing. Although autumn / winter / spring is better for my process (I can heat a colder batch but can’t cool a warmer one), I’ve had a bit … Continue reading
3 April 2026
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Until I got to dinner this evening, the only thing I’d eaten all day was hot cross buns. A bun (rather too hot, straight out of the oven) for breakfast, another for elevenses, a couple for lunch and about a … Continue reading
2 April 2026
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We’ve had a couple of unadorned practise batches recently but it is time to go and put the dough on. Tomorrow is Good Friday, which means all sorts of things but one of our traditions is that it is the … Continue reading
25 March 2026
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Many of the acronyms dreamt up as bulletin boards turned into email lists then forums and social media sites have drifted out of use. It is quite a while since I saw someone note that IANAL (I am not a … Continue reading
9 March 2026
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On Friday we went out for lunch and I had what was billed a fish burger… mainly because I was intrigued to see what it was. It turned out it was a smallish piece of fried, battered fish in a … Continue reading
20 February 2026
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I recently got a book of tray bake recipes out of the library (The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer). Round about the same time, our main oven died so I wasn’t able to try it immediately but the replacement … Continue reading
16 February 2026
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This week I discovered that the thought of making chips from swede instead of potatoes wasn’t entirely unprecedented. We tried it yesterday and they were quite tasty, particularly with generous amounts of salt and vinegar. This batch had been preboiled … Continue reading
8 February 2026
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Dinner today was a beef and mushroom stew and Jane decided she wanted dumplings with it. It’s an easy recipe… if you have suet in the cupboard. Fortunately, a quick bit of research suggested that suet wasn’t an essential component. … Continue reading
28 January 2026
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This afternoon I finally managed to get the rosé wine bottled. I decided to use my collection of Belgian beer bottles, sealed with crown caps, which means we can open enough for a test without having to use up a … Continue reading
26 January 2026
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Last Friday I managed to get my rosé wine racked into a clean demijohn along with some crushed Campden tablet and potassium sorbate dissolved in water. That concoction is designed to sterilise the solution (Campden tablets kill bacteria) and stop … Continue reading