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A View From (The Shed Just By) The Greenhouse; Murder Most Foul

6th August 2024 Colin Cross 3225 Comments

Hello faithful reader! It’s that time of year again, when the whole community reaches a fever pitch of anticipation at the impending village show. Consequently, I’ve selected the onions, grown outside for the first time, [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; The Ubiquitous Mission Statement!

12th September 2023 Colin Cross 2195 Comments

I’ve mentioned “Old Jack” and his abandoned (now becoming ramshackle) old house before, on more than one occasion. If it were just about anywhere else in the UK which isn’t a tiny rural hamlet, I’m [more…]

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A View From (Somewhere In The Area Of) The Greenhouse; We’re All “Far Right” Now….Innit?

29th August 2023 Colin Cross 2239 Comments

Life carries on apace and, as things start to slow down a little in the greenhouse I find myself having time to venture out into the countryside, along with my camera, and visit the odd [more…]

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Cream of Lettuce Soup – Cooking for numpties and the terminally depressed

15th November 2022 Going Postal 3512 Comments

Cream of Lettuce Velouté de Laitue Nota Bene: all translations into French are intended for you to impress your guests and make them believe they are dining at a posh restaurant. You will be henceforth [more…]

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Culturally Appropriated Oxtail Stew

12th June 2020 Captain Black 2534 Comments

Unlike my brawn this one is a family favourite. I usually do double quantity and we eat it over a few days, but here’s the pared down recipe. Ingredients: Pack of oxtail (1kg) Coconut oil [more…]

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Knob’s Watercress Soup

10th June 2020 El Cnutador 3473 Comments

I made this last week due to a supermarket delivering four packs of watercress in error with our fortnightly grocery delivery. As much as I like egg and watercress sandwiches, there is a limited amount [more…]

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Winnie the Pooh and the Virus of Doom, Part 2

29th May 2020 Going Postal 4066 Comments

“I couldn’t help noticing,” said Piglet to Pooh, “When idly perusing the contents of your larder that it seems to be entirely full of cauliflowers. I didn’t have you down as a vegan, but I [more…]

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Soooup!

19th February 2020 El Cnutador 3674 Comments

This is a total hit with all the family and Mum used to cook it for us every few weeks.  She used a lot of packet mixes, some of which are hard to find these [more…]

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Christmas Chestnut Soup and Bacon Croutons

3rd December 2018 Going Postal 3323 Comments

I have one rule for Christmas Day: Everything must be home made. No pre-prepared shop stuff because it’s naff. This is an easy starter for Christmas Day. I love soups for Christmas Lunch/Dinner because they’re [more…]

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