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Food
Food is not just a necessity for life, it enhances and enriches our lives. I love every aspect of food… not just eating it! I love cooking, and growing things, I love recipe books and cookery programmes, I love talking about food, reading restaurant menus… but most of all, sitting round a table in good company enjoying a wonderful meal!
Losing
Like many fortunate people, I could do with losing a few pounds in weight. Our life styles are so different from others; we work less, we walk less, we eat more, we live in an equitable climate – either outside or inside with air-con or central heating… so I is no wonder that many people […]
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Most people know what a full English breakfast is, sometimes described as the full Monty (is that where the phrase came from?) but many think that the best start to the day is an Ulster fry! This Northern Irish speciality will set you up perfectly for the day ahead; it consists of a variety of […]
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Bake-off drama!
If I had submitted my recently made birthday cake to the judges in the great British Bake-Off I think comments may have been made that it was a little dry, that the icing was too sticky, that the decoration (giant chocolate buttons and jelly milk bottles) was too simplistic and not home-made… but I was […]
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Chinese lanterns
As children we walked to school, and in one of the gardens we passed by was a Chinese lantern plant. I was always fascinated by it, by the fruit which were enclosed in a papery case which would open to reveal a shiny bright orange fruit. We were convinced they were poisonous fr some reason, […]
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Lois Elsden 