1 November 2024
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Last week we cooked a dish of lamb meatballs in quince halves and it was a bit on the sour side. We probably didn’t needed extra quince cooked with the onion round the base and, even then, it might have … Continue reading
17 October 2024
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I got the Loco Beer bottled this afternoon. It ended up at a gravity of about 1.008 so the calculated ABV is 4.46% – a little higher than the original but not completely out of the ball park. The initial … Continue reading
16 October 2024
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They say that a watched kettle never boils. That isn’t entirely true but it always seems to take an age. The same is true of waiting for things like jams and chutneys to thicken on the hob. How do I … Continue reading
11 October 2024
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Today’s lunch (roast vegetable soup) could be described as “orange splat”. Unfortunately, after roasting squash, sweet potato and other ingredients and blending them up, I must have twisted the jug when I lifted it up and the soup splashed out … Continue reading
10 October 2024
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I’ve been using my dehydrator a fair amount in recent weeks. It is the one I picked up in the autumn of 2021 and I’d say that it earns the cupboard space it takes up for portions of the year. … Continue reading
4 October 2024
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My Loco Beer is now fermenting with some “Midland” yeast from Crossmyloof Brew, their equivalent of the standard “Nottingham” strain. It turns out I did overshoot the target gravity, hitting 1.042, but not by as much as I thought. I … Continue reading
3 October 2024
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More brewing today. This time the recipe was for Arkells 3B, which I understand to refer to “Best Bitter Beer”. I’ve made it before but not since early 2018 and, as I thought about what to call this batch, I … Continue reading
11 September 2024
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With the change in season, daytime temperatures are dropping to the mid to high teens. That means I can get back to homebrewing. I can’t cool the fermenting wort if it gets too hot but I can heat it if … Continue reading
10 September 2024
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The raspberry shrub I started off last month has been quietly sitting in a jar in the fridge, with the raspberries leaching their goodness into the wine vinegar I covered them with. I probably could have finished it off a … Continue reading
19 August 2024
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The soft fruit at the allotment is starting to take off. Today I got a tub of raspberries and almost a full tub of blackberries. The latter are quite firm and will still be good tomorrow but the raspberries don’t … Continue reading