If I had to chose between growing shallots or onions shallots would win every time. The best are packed with soft, intense flavours. They set ordinary onions in the shade. And they store well. The...
This is my all time favourite prawn recipe. Quick and easy to make and a deluxe treat. And there’s the rub. Prawns are expensive so whenever we see North Atlantic prawns on sale we grab them and bung...
Having been tempted by the jute leaf bags (4 for a fiver at Notcutts) and they were all full by the end of the afternoon. When I was searching for the greenhouse bubble wrap in the barn I spotted...
“Do you mind if I experiment with Duncan’s pickled nasturtium seeds to make a sauce for the fish tonight.” “That’s fine as long as we’ve got some mayo.” What Danny didn’t know was that we’d finally...
Yesterday I popped into Notcutts looking for Rockdust. They didn’t stock it. In fact most of their shop was packed with Christmas things. They did have the jute sacks that Penny mentioned on my...
When the weather starts to get chilly I have a longing for a really good Toad-in-the-Hole. Not the rather chewy offering that I munched as a child but a light and puffy one. A dish that would have...
This summer I stopped at the Marshalls stand at Hampton Court flower show and bought a selection of salad, radish, spring onion and stir fry leaves for a fiver. The overall saving was about £12 and...
Quinces are such a useful fruit but if you don’t own a quince tree they can be hard to find. A generous lady who lives in Over (Cambridgeshire) has a glut of quinces and has offered our readers...
I spent a lot of the weekend searching for cloches on the internet. I’ve sown peas and carrots for an early crop in the spring and even though we have a lot of cloches I need the smaller ones to...
As I go to bed very early I tend to wake up earlier too. Now the clocks have gone back it’s about 05.00am when I creep downstairs to make a giant mug of tea. Back in bed with the dogs I fire up the...
