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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Cow parsley

I never liked cow parsley when I was young… there was a children’s myth that if you picked it you would wet your bed. It always seemed  to smell nasty, but maybe that was where it grew because apparently the elaves when crushed smell faintly aniseedy… I must go and crush some cow parsley right […]

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