Cooking
Let’s Get Breakfast Done
A comfy “Full English” (*), ideal for those rare days at home, when you’ve time on your hands……… Call it what you will, cappuccino of shirred eggs, total breakfast in a cup, the reality is [more…]
Cooking
Cooking
It’s a Bird………..It’s a plane……… No, It’s a Scotch Egg
Does it really take a planned demic to bring a much loved and often forgotten item out from the dark shadows of a corner shop chill cabinet and put in the spotlight front & centre [more…]
Cooking
The secret to a decent beef stew
In these depressing and difficult times, it is sometimes beneficial to return to encouraging and positive subjects, and in my opinion, there is nothing quite as welcoming as “Comfort food”. A fellow Puffin signalled their [more…]
Arts
Stir Up Sunday
The last Sunday before advent begins (22.11) is traditionally known as ‘stir up Sunday’. This is when families would come together to make the mixture for their Christmas Pudding, all taking it in turns to [more…]
Cooking
Culterally-Appropriated Tandoori Pheasant
The shooting season is with us again, and many of us are looking for good recipes for our game birds. I find roast pheasant, frankly, a little dull and dry and the best recipes for [more…]
18th Century
Holding Hands – Part Two
In Part One, I explained that my husband and I travelled to Moelfre, not far from Oswestry, to see a sculptor by the name of Tony Meadows. During that visit, Tony had made an alginate [more…]
Arts
Adventure In Rough Gardening (The Good Bits)
After an extended hiatus, caused by any number of inconsequential (and not so inconsequential things), I’m back. Hussar, I hear you all cry. There’s a wonderful saying, originating, I think, from the USA; “When life [more…]
Arts
Nouilles a la Cnut
As many of you know, I am something of a foodologist, responsible for such delights as this delicious meatloaf: and other such culinary masterpieces for example this 1″ thick sourdough failure that worked nicely as [more…]
Cooking
Atomic Buffalo Turds
The time has come to introduce the uninitiated Puffins of this world to one of the best kept secrets of the culinary world: Atomic Buffalo Turds (ABTs). Don’t ask me how they got their name [more…]