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27 December 2018

December 2018 posts


Thursday, 27 December 2018
Merry Christmastide to all!
summary: Merry Christmas to all! rationing; feasting anyway; indoor cat goes fishing; Orange Appeal mussels revisited with Pernod replacing the fennel; a tagine is the best;

Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Virtually Wordless Not-Wednesday: Brioche(ish) Stars
summary: why I was late posting about BBB December 2018 baked currant doughnuts; variation on BBB Brioche Stars to be sold at annual fundraising bakesale for the HSO's Christmas concert; omitting the butter and the eggs and instead using Mum's Sandwich bread with added cardamom; home-made prune jam with cinnamon and vanilla; a mostly Wordless Not-Wednesday post

Monday, 17 December 2018
Currant Affairs (BBB December 2018)
summary: recipe for Baked Currant Doughnuts; rationing; sharing; late again; information about Bread Baking Babes;

Monday, 10 December 2018
It's Exactly What We've Always Wanted!
summary: Tagine; in praise of unglazed clay; seasoning an unglazed tagine; inaugurating a tagine;