Does this really exist? As in Scottish High tea? Or is this another adorable Scottish fable….like the Haggis sheep? Personally, I don’t know what to make of it…considering that when I did a Google search, I got a mix of responses. One, which had me reeling with laughter. Perhaps it does exist…after all…and is not a mere figment of the good ole Scot’s super active grey matter! And should it all be a tattle tale…then I’d much rather live in ‘my fantasy’ of delicious salted chocolate caramel shortbread and yoghurt pots, scones with Lemon Thyme curd and cream…. and Tea….oh, the wonders...
The Fine Art of making Sushi
Oh my word. I made this! And sorry its taken a week to tell you all about it. Hopefully, the stopgap offering made up for it! Last minute offer. First minute response.
The best chocolate wholewheat waffles, ever!
So after blogging about my excitement about my sushi class yesterday morning…my daughter demanded chocolate waffles. It was 10 o’clock when I started… and time seemed to go on for ever…till I looked at the clock to see it was almost eleven. If I didn’t run out of the house (via the bathroom), I would be very late! The sushi post will come but as you can imagine, I have numerous videos and photos which need some serious stitching together to paint the very delicious picture that was yesterday! Consider this an interim offering please!
Fish balls in Thai Green Curry….before sushi
I’m over the moon. Truly over the moon. At lunchtime today, I’ll be on a sushi-making course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How to make a chicken from table napkins
Forgive me…but we agreed when we first met that this would be the place to share our thoughts, our hopes, disasters, successes and of course kitchen tricks!
Cooking with herbs: Basil
If I have to think of popular recipes that use Basil, the first two that spring to mind are Pesto (Italy) and Green curry paste (Thailand) from two of my absolute favourite cuisines. Now in the days when I knew very little about Basil and my love for all things Thai began, I used ‘Italian’ Basil to make all my Thai curry pastes – they all turned out great. I was at home in Nigeria then so basically, I was thankful that I could lay my hand on herbs and hardly complained about what I could or couldn’t get.
Roasted wild mushroom soup
Shortcuts are often wrong cuts.
Almost the ‘Full English’…. in a tart
Who has a good memory? ‘Me’, I said out loud – ‘I have a good memory’! But the minute the words were out of my mouth, I looked around the class of 20+ people…to see I was the only one with hand raised. The same hand, which moments later started slipping down to the amusement of the questioning lady!
Slashed, rice-stuffed peppers & tea-smoked fish
The mind is like a traveller…it knows where to go when.