Friday, June 30, 2006

Bakewell Pudding/Tart, Derbyshire

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Andrew at SpittoonExtra recently posted a rallying cry to all bloggers to go out a bake a Bakewell Pudding/Tart. This in reponse to a rece...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Girdle Scones (Scones Part 2)

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So, back to Scotland and my quest to bake the evolutionary forefathers of what we now know as the scone. For my previous posting I baked an...
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Friday, June 09, 2006

Oatmeal Bannock (Scones Part 1)

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During the course of researching the background to Scotch pancakes , I was surprised to learn that scones are of Scottish invention. I had ...
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Monday, May 29, 2006

Scotch Pancakes

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Scotch pancakes are one of many Scottish cakes cooked on a flat bakestone or girdle (griddle to the English). The Scottish poet Robert Burn...
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Sunday, May 14, 2006

Sticky Toffee Pudding Icecream with Brandy Snaps

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I love icecream. I love trying new flavours. One the highlights of our trip last year to Japan was the opportunity to try matcha (green te...
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Sunday, April 23, 2006

Putting the Feast Back into St. George's Feast Day

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So just who was Saint George ? Most sources agree that there are very few hard facts known about the man who became the saint; perhaps not ...
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Friday, April 14, 2006

Good Eating on Good Friday - Hot Cross Buns

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'Happiness is a warm bun', as I believe John Lennon might have once said. He might also have written, 'make loaves not war'...
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Thursday, April 06, 2006

Sedgemoor Easter Cakes, Somerset

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Easter biscuits are made across Britain and are so ubiquitous that Marks & Spencer sell them as part of their seasonal fare (see below)....
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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Marmalade - Part 2 ... and Dundee Cake

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This posting is dedicated to my mum on Mother's Day - with lots of love. Over the course of the 17th century the method used for produci...
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Saturday, March 25, 2006

EBBP4 - From Dundee to Ealing

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Earlier this week I received my EBBP parcel from the lovely Eva of The Golden Shrimp . Eva had filled it with carefully chosen items, based...
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Sunday, March 12, 2006

Marmalade - Part 1

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Tangy with bitter-sweet orange; an amber jelly thick with petrified peel; beloved of good folks such as Paddington Bear (of COURSE he's ...
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