naguere

My grandfather kept pigs, they were swill fed from various cafes restaurants and government residences situated around my small market town. Aged about 8 i often wondered why most of our flatware was stamped: Mascot cafe Corruna cafe and Government Property.

A cheddar cheese sandwich, but smear the other slice with rasberry or strawberry jam (jelly). An ancient Scottish delicacy, my father told me. Sweet and sour, surprisingly good. Edited as there isn't a ceddar cheese, well I don't think there is.

A Spanish student , Anna, staying at my house. On the first morning took her individual portion of cornflakes and poured her cup of coffee over it. a sort of reverse dunking

Spot on with that. Germany 1960. In my army mess a double rum cost less than the Coke, the whole thing was duty free. So easy to drink, but the after effects were horrendous

Fine words butter no parsnips my friend. Eat my shorts (thanks Bart)

As an amature wine maker, i use Sodium Metabisulphate as a steralizing agent on all equipment. Could it be that you saw?

I am alllways pleased when in France to see a sign up on the wall outside the boulangerie saying 'Bannette', with a sheaf of wheat displayed. I believe it is a flour company who encourage bakers to use their flour and even run courses for them . The result is a small baguette with pointy ends. Denser and chewier than the normal baguette the flavour is terrific

I thought a 'Christmas Cake' in Japan was any girl over the age of 26 who was not married

Just a word of appreciation. Thanks. terrific pictures of lovely things. and the whole was Blogdacious.

Try adding extra gluten, the flour may be too 'soft'

I have used saffron , mainly for Easter buns and would have thought that the sheer cost of this it would stop you using too much. On this subject , I put the threads in a glass, topped with boiling water and leave them to soak for an hour or more, to ensure good solution and distribution through the product

Whilst browsing, this very instant, my chicken stock nearly boiled away as I didnt adjust the gas flame, this is the third time in an hour. Just a moment, i must check my very emulsified stock..............

What a grand post/mini blog. bookmarked it will be looked at again. Thanks

Eat it on a slice of good bread to experience it's full character, but remember Nuttela is the work of the devil and addictive. Perhaps, like wine tasting one should spit and not swallow

John von Pey, Your idea is delightful, on a personal note I allways prefer a standing rib roast of beef , rather than turkey, along with Yorkshire pudding (perhaps served on it's own as a first course with gravy) roast potatoes (cooked in beef dripping ) and the indispensible 'mushy pease'. brussels sprouts with chestnuts. I iin these modern times a melange of roast vegetables would be more appropriate but they would not be welcomed by my family on that most traditional of days.. Don't forget you need some spirits, whiskey/brandy, warmed to pour over the christmas pudding and set it afire to carry it into the darkened dining room, to applause I hope. If you can get hold of some indoor fireworks you will have a real party. A Happy Christmas and a Merry Boxing Glove (old traditonal family greeting, in my house anyway!) edited for spelling errors, well some of them anyway

As a boy, liquid parrafin was used as a laxative, none digestible it smoothed everything out. Would chocolate made with this ingredient have the same effect...

For extra crunchy, complete coating. After flour, egg, breadcrumbs, pass it through the egg and breadcrumbs again., and of course, rest for some time in a cool place.

A treat of a mini-blog. Every word worth reading and every picture telling a story. Just delightful. Thanks.

Put four large loaves in the hot oven, then pull closed the glass lid to cover the top burners, this I found cuts off all gas to the stove. the dough didn't exactly push the door open, but it was quite a sight.

On 'Richard and Judy' Wednesday evening Heston showed off two new ideas. The first was for the diner to wear earphones with microphone attached so as to experience the crunch of the food all the better. His idea was that it would be only used on one course. The second was fruit placed in a container with dry ice and then sealed for some time (up to 2 hours). The fruit, grapes, bananas, apples absorbed carbon dioxide and became efervescent when eaten. Richard and Judy found the fruit a fantastic experience but the earphones were just interesting.

If they are crispy fried coated in breadcrumbs i go for finely grated lemon rind,chopped parsly and finely mashed garlic with EVOO as a dressing.

I was given a couple of bottles recently, it was excellent. loved the cloudy effect .

Peanut oil for generall cooking EVOO for dressings Beef dripping for roast spuds, also duck or goose fat the same.

The crisps/chips really did purport to be flavoured with real hedghog. Which caused some fun in the press at the time

This is the very thing. Available at Lakeland Plastics in Englandland, it breaks the seal with no fuss at all. buy one today.