Pickled Onions

Pickled Onions

Following last month's feature about jams, I thought we'd look at pickled vegetables.

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It's Jam-making time

It's Jam-making time

Once upon a time…that is, prior to the ready availability of domestic refrigeration and year-round growing methods, preserving seasonal fruits and vegetables and making jams and pickles in summer, when produce was plentiful and at its cheapest, was a regular chore to ensure supplies in winter.

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Keeping Christmas under control

Keeping Christmas under control

Compared to the original Christmas – leaving aside the gold, frankincense and myrrh – our present day feasts look somewhat profligate.

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Our daily bread...with a difference

Our daily bread...with a difference

Bread, in one form or another, has been one of the staples of life throughout the world through the ages, from the primitive flatbreads baked on stones over an open fire to today's sophisticated varieties.

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Marvellous Milk Puddings

Marvellous Milk Puddings

We're all reeling from the escalating price of milk, but it's worth bearing in mind that milk is still relatively cheap and, in nutritional terms, good value.

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Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”

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Lamb for Easter Celebration

Lamb for Easter Celebration

A delightful little book “Capon on Cooking” by a rather unusual American Episcopal priest who contributed culinary advice in the New York Times and Newsday magazine, has this to say about Easter...

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The answer's a lemon!

The answer's a lemon!

We always seem to focus on St Valentine’s Day in February which is a delightful celebration of love in every way, but this year we thought we’d look at another February festival just for fun.

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Smoked Fish for Summer Meals

Smoked foods add great variety and interest to our cooking.

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Christmas Favourite

Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without Christmas mincemeat pies. Nowadays ‘mincemeat’ it is a spicy mix of dried fruits and chopped nuts.

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Fish for the Family

ish should be and integral part of everyone’s diet; it’s full of goodness and helps maintain a balanced eating programme.

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Ring the changes with legumes

Particularly towards the end of winter, it's sometimes difficult to vary the menu and, it's common to get fed up with the same old, same old...

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