Search
Dec 31, 2020
Pigs in blankets or pig in a blanket - not the same
Still on Christmas - sorry still a couple more things to say about Christmas. Maybe it's not having cooked the Christmas turkey for the...
13 views0 comments
Dec 30, 2020
A table
"When I moved into my first home, before I did anything else, I bought a table, a table not just to eat at, but to live around." Nigella...
9 views0 comments
Dec 29, 2020
Marzipan and Eccles cakes
I have made a list of topics to write a post on - currently mostly with a Christmassy bent even though Christmas is now done and dusted...
13 views0 comments
Dec 28, 2020
Saying goodbye to leftover turkey
"All that leftover turkey traditionally calls for curry" Felicity Cloake Now when did that tradition begin, if indeed it is a tradition?...
7 views0 comments
Dec 27, 2020
A brandy snap postscript
I didn't have time to make brandy snaps for Christmas, but today is my grandson's birthday and we are all gathering together again for a...
8 views0 comments
Dec 26, 2020
Cranberry sauce
"I got the idea that the 'toffs' had cranberry sauce and the 'proles' had bread sauce. After all where on earth would poor Lancastrians...
12 views0 comments
Dec 25, 2020
Happy Christmas
This is the last picture from my 2020 Charley Harper diary - a rather cute Christmassy picture of somewhat bemused looking cats. Or are...
5 views0 comments
Dec 23, 2020
Christmas overkill panic
This is just a quickie because - guess what - it's just over a day to Christmas and I am in my usual Christmas panic even though I am not...
7 views0 comments
Dec 22, 2020
Bread sauce
"everyone loves bread, even in a conceptually questionable form such as a goo." Ruby Lott-Lavigna - Vice I seem to have started a mini...
8 views0 comments
Dec 21, 2020
Brandy snaps
" the name brandy snap has no reference to brandy, the spirit. The name "brandy" is related to "branded" (as in burnt)." Wikipedia When...
5 views0 comments
Dec 20, 2020
Dégustation
"It's a summary of what a chef can offer." Alain Ducasse "the bloated rock operas of the culinary realm," Jeff Gordinier - Esquire Last...
3 views0 comments
Dec 19, 2020
Maeve O'Meara - lucky dip part 3
"I never want two days of my life to be the same." Maeve O'Meara "Maeve is what Jacinta Ardern is to politics: a voice of hope in a sea...
6 views0 comments
Dec 18, 2020
Cacio e pepe - doing your own thing
"beautiful in its three-ingredient simplicity, cheap and quick to put together – but very easy to get wrong." Felicity Cloake - The...
6 views0 comments
Dec 17, 2020
Doro wat - lucky dip part 2
"patiently tending pots over the fire, coaxing flavour out of stone soup." Niki Kopcke - The Guardian This is the dish that I turned to...
4 views0 comments
Dec 16, 2020
Brave new world or the end of days?
"Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them... and they flew." Guillaume...
32 views0 comments
Dec 15, 2020
A lucky dip - SBS focussed
"SBS was founded on the belief that all Australians, regardless of geography, age, cultural background or language skills, should have...
7 views0 comments
Dec 14, 2020
The Christmas ham takeover
"always surplus to requirements given the 6kg of cold poultry sitting in the fridge" Felicity Cloake I know I've said it before but it...
16 views0 comments
Dec 13, 2020
A day out
We are blessed here in Eltham with our proximity to the Yarra Valley - one of Victoria's most beautiful - and there are many - regions. ...
16 views0 comments
Dec 12, 2020
Hot chocolate
"Trying to make hot chocolate into a health drink is, in my opinion, wrong." Felicity Cloake Indeed Felicity, indeed. Although it did...
3 views0 comments
Dec 10, 2020
Frozen fruit to soft serve ice cream?
"Turn frozen fruit into creamy and delicious healthy desserts." Aldi catalogue As we all know Christmas is coming. My daughter-in-law...
6 views0 comments