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Burnt offerings…
So I had some left over pastry after making mince pies… I rolled it out thinly, cut it into strips, pressed pine nuts into it, dusted with with chilli powder, sprinkled it with finely grated cheese,...
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A week tonight
A week tonight is Christmas Eve; I remember from my childhood that this was when excitement reached its height… in a way more than waking on Christmas morning was the anticipation on Christmas eve…...
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Hot cross buns… already?
We are only just into the new year, still the first half of January, Easter is late this year and there are hot cross buns in the shops already! I get so infuriated by the cynical marketing of seasonal...
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Mincemeat
It was our conversational English class yesterday and as the last day of ‘term’ we had a party. We also had some teaching and one of the topics was mincemeat. I was sure a lot of our ‘students’ will...
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Mincepies! You can never have too many?
Mince pies, originally called Christmas pies, were traditionally filled with a mixture of dried fruits and meat; the only remnant of that in mincemeat now is suet, and many people use vegetable suet or...
View ArticleEnough time to make an Xmas pud? With figs and dates?
When my husband and I were at work, and we had two children to look after and all their activities (rugby, swimming, karate) and parents and relatives to visit regularly (four-hour journey each way)...
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Growing up, mince pies were simple but delicious items – a pastry case, mincemeat made from dried fruits, suet, sugar and rum or brandy left to mature for as long as you like and a pastry lid. That was...
View ArticleTo one pound of unsalted ox-tongue add two pounds of fine stoned raisins
I was writing about mince pies and mincemeat yesterday, and looking back over old posts I saw something I’d written about green tomato mincemeat (utterly disgusting – or at least what I made was) and a...
View ArticleCake tins
Like many people I’m trying to de-plastic as much as possible – of course it isn’t always possible. However, the other day I saw some tins of Christmas biscuits reduced and I decided I would buy them...
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