I think I may have shared this post before…, It doesn’t matter… it brings back memories of my mum!
I am lucky to be able to remember far back into my childhood, my babyhood even because I can remember being in my pram at about a year old! From my first memories I can remember being in our kitchen while my mum, Monica, cooked. She was a great baker and the Be-Ro cookery book was her Bible, along with Mrs Beeton, of course. Mum told me that her mother, my grandma Ida had a copy of this little book, and as a child Monica had thought the little girl on the front was her.
As soon as I started living on my own I started cooking, I think the first thing I made was a walnut cake, I’m not sure I used a Be-Ro book, but I remembered the method exactly having watched and helped Monica so many times when I was little.
This edition is the 17th reprint, I now have the 32nd and use it so often I’m on my second copy and in need of a third! I still use Be-Ro flour, I still think it’s the best, and I wonder if either of my children will follow the tradition?
Wholesome, simple and economical, how true!!
Lois Elsden 
One of the earliest cakes I made was a walnut, with frosting. Can’t eat walnuts now, they stop me breathing 😦
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Oh dear… walnuts… they’re so often in mixed chopped nuts too I guess you have to be really careful!
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Yes, really annoying. Didn’t ever have anything like that until the menopause.
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isn’t it strange… so presumably changing hormones triggered it – a friend’s daughter has always been dangerously asthmatic, had hormone treatment and is now fine
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Yes, that’s the only thing I can think of. I became seriously allergic to walnuts, bananas, prawns and aubergines. If I touch a banana now, my skin goes red.
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have they anything in common with each other? Any specific chemical? At least you know what to avoid… sadly they are all delicious!
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I can’t find any link at all. And they were all foods I ate loads of until the menopause kicked in.
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Grrrr… damned menopause!
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The benefits outweigh the problems though. Glad I have done the menopause. So much calmer and more creative and confident
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That’s interesting… I don’t think it had much effect on me… either going through it or after… I wonder if your experience is common?
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I don’t know. It’s something that’s presented negatively in our culture but I find it’s such a relief to be free of the tyrrany of PMS. I used to suffer terribly and now I don’t. Result!
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Hurrah! free to be!
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I made a cake with Be Ro flour on Monday, superb… I’m converted.
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I’m sure it’s the best! And for pastry too!
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