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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!
Family holiday, Sandsend, the last day… and it has to be fish and chips!
Fish and chips.. and mushy peas… this must be the most traditional of English dishes and when cooked properly with the freshest of fish, preferably eaten outside, it is the most delicious meal imaginable! And so it was in Whitby on the last day of our lovely holidays. Fish straight from the sea and into […]
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Fab holiday… lost a pound!
Somehow I have managed to lose a pound while being on holiday; light breakfast (as usual) light lunch ( as usual) rather larger dinner than usual because it was all so delicious, wine with every meal (well, not breakfast) plus beer plus Pimms’, ice-cream when we were out, a piece of delectable carrot cake, fish […]
MoreA delicious lunch with a friend
It’s always nice to meet my friend Andrew who I have known since I was eighteen. We spent an afternoon together recently and as we met just before lunch, having something to eat together seemed the ideal thing to do. We wandered from the station through Manchester, a city which I know well, but Andrew […]
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Dutch barbecues…. mmmmm!
A huge selection of meat and all beautifully arranged! This was only one of about five trays, burgers, chops, hocks, spare ribs, sausages, chicken, kebabs, steak, fillet, prawns… Look at the desserts…. different sorts of a Dutch speciality called vlaai which comes from the province of Limburg…. utterly delicious!
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Lois Elsden 