Lois Elsden
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Where the bee sucks…
Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip’s bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat’s back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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Plymouth… gin!
So many of my friends enjoy gin… usually with tonic and ice and a slice of lemon, sometimes in other cocktails… I wish I liked it… the elegant pleasure that my friends enjoy, I can’t tell you what is it abut gin that I don’t like, the smell certainly, the perfumy taste… Even so, I […]
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Unusual fruits make unusual jam
I can’t remember when I bought this book, but as it was published in the sixties and was reprinted after decimalization and cost me fourteen pence, I’m guessing it was early seventies. Its recipes are odd and not very exact because they are old, and probably weren’t handed down as very exact! Here is the introduction: […]
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