Letterboxing and Flammkuchen

Sunday, 11th October 2009 by
Larry SheepIt was raining heavily this morning, the birds were splashing in the bird bath and munching on peanuts, and it felt like a perfectly lazy day. I went back to bed. An hour later, I noticed the sky had turned blue...

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It was an adventure for us

Sunday, 13th September 2009 by
A bevy of Rachel's swan profiteroles (yes, I looked up the collective noun).A very unusual adventure for us--a quiet weekend at home!

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Redcurrant Jelly

Tuesday, 8th September 2009 by
IMG_1499Now I have lots of jars of redcurrant jelly to get through....

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The copper project; Part 8 – epilogue

Saturday, 6th June 2009 by
The final post

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Christmas Cake… a little late…

Sunday, 4th January 2009 by
_pws4238-scaledAmazing! I lost a whole pound and a half over Christmas and it had nothing to do with the strength of the euro!

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More sloes than a very sloe thing

Tuesday, 28th October 2008 by
Ingredients for Sloe GinWhile were walking around the stone circle in Avebury, we came across a bush covered in sloes. Fantastic, we thought. More sloe gin on it's way.

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Poor Sloe Berry Harvest

Tuesday, 7th October 2008 by
gin.pngSloes berries (the fruit of the blackthorn) seem to be very sparse this year. The mixed-up (wet) summer weather conditions must have resulted in a poor setting of the fruit...

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Making Sloe Gin (inc. Ingredients)

Friday, 2nd November 2007 by
gin.pngLast year we collected a load of sloe berries to make some amazingly tasty sloe gin. In fact it was so tasty that we've done the same again this year...

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