Right now, at the end of May in South East England, is the time to go and pick a large, double handful of just opened elderflower heads, with which to make the ridiculously easy, but exquisitely delicious Elderflower Cordial. All you need are a few lemons and oranges, around a kilo of granulated sugar, and…
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Homemade Baked Beans, and how to feed the family very cheaply
Still in lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and fast running out of funds, let alone inspiration, with which to provide two square meals a day to six fully grown homeworkers, I thought I would see if I could make my own baked beans. Only criteria being that they must taste as least as good…
Where have all the flour and yeast gone? Breadmaking at home has now gone viral!
Even at the very start of the Covid-19 lockdown, some hazily distant thirty days ago, all the flour and yeast had vanished from the supermarket shelves. Along with loo rolls, pasta and tinned tomatoes. Now those last three store-cupboard staples are starting to make fleeting guest appearances in our shops, and can be snapped up…
Economical Dinner Party Recipe for the busy Cook……Kipper Pate!
Everybody needs a quick, delicious and cheap Dinner Party recipe up their sleeve! Kipper Pate does not sound the most inspiring of things, but believe me when I say this is quite marvellous and will get you many compliments. And currently costing between £1 and £2 for a single good quality loose kipper from the…
Plastic, plastic everywhere, and no end in sight to this dreadful packaging
Look how much plastic is generated by one modest lunch for two of Serrano Ham, olives and Goats cheese, all bought from UK supermarkets. In complete contrast, by the tomato salad pictured above, being straight out of the garden, none. You don’t have to be a genius to work out what our next steps in…
