Tagine Tuesday was a rip-roaring success! I made lamb with apricot tagine (tofu and apricot for me and Cat) and it turned out to be very tasty. The only hitch was that I started cooking later than I had intended so we didn’t eat until about ten past eight! Nobody seemed to mind and we had pancakes with maple syrup and raspberries for our dessert.
The reason that I was late to cook dinner was that I had spent the afternoon making the final adjustments to Grandma’s recipe book. I hope to put it in for printing tomorrow. James has designed the cover using examples of Grandma’s beautiful writing. We made Grandma’s Black Bun recipe at the weekend; it consists of a great deal of spiced fruit encased in pastry. I think that we will work our way through the recipe book and take photos of the results; I’m already thinking of an illustrated second edition!
We got a lovely gift yesterday from Christine and Gerry. It’s a personalised Advent gift basket. Each of the food items comes from a different part of Scotland, such as Dunlop cheese, Orkney oatcakes, Mull biscuits and Arran mustard. There is also an Ardnamurchan Calendar, wine for James and a Molton Brown Christmas bauble filled with bubble bath for me. It is such a thoughtful and kind present and makes me feel very festive.
The reason that I was late to cook dinner was that I had spent the afternoon making the final adjustments to Grandma’s recipe book. I hope to put it in for printing tomorrow. James has designed the cover using examples of Grandma’s beautiful writing. We made Grandma’s Black Bun recipe at the weekend; it consists of a great deal of spiced fruit encased in pastry. I think that we will work our way through the recipe book and take photos of the results; I’m already thinking of an illustrated second edition!
We got a lovely gift yesterday from Christine and Gerry. It’s a personalised Advent gift basket. Each of the food items comes from a different part of Scotland, such as Dunlop cheese, Orkney oatcakes, Mull biscuits and Arran mustard. There is also an Ardnamurchan Calendar, wine for James and a Molton Brown Christmas bauble filled with bubble bath for me. It is such a thoughtful and kind present and makes me feel very festive.
I would pay for an illustrated second edition! Recipes like that are a piece of history. xxx
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