Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
No chance! After visiting the markets I thought it a good opportunity to replenish the dwindling supply of chicken stock….so I chopped my veg, added chicken carcasses, brought the lot to a simmer & went off to plant my seedlings. By nightfall I had my new...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
Friday’s lunch all set to go…just add participants! And I forgot to list sorrel pistou on my last post – gathered & made yesterday morning while everyone was listening intently to Linda (& scrummy with the pots, arts &...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
I was down in the root store having a forage this afternoon….some are beginning to sprout, but still there are plenty of onions, garlic and potatoes. And so tomorrow’s menu is looking something like this: Homemade Rustic Loaf Razorback Olives with Lovage...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
They began a couple of weeks ago – first one fig, then two, and now, right on cue here they are – in overwhelming abundance! Those couple (only a couple???!!!!) of days of sunshine made all the difference. The ones we enjoyed at Friday’s Kitchen...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
Well – I don’t believe I’ll be putting any commercial operators out of business! But this WAS fun. Now I just need to make some brown card swing tags & attach them with string…..as early prep for Friday’s Kitchen Gardening gets a...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
What an unexpected surprise – a summer crop of cumquats! It’s rare for me to fill the house with the scent of bubbling marmalade in summer, but this time I beat those sulphur crested cockatoos to my fruit!! Cumquat marmalade was the first jam I ever made....
