Category: harvest
Seville and blood orange marmalade, John
In the last two or three years I have rediscovered an old interest in things that keep – preserves: including different types of marmalade, greengage and plum jam, cider and beer (if they can be said to be preserves). With the jams, sometimes all you need is sugar, if you are lucky enough to have …
Oaty fruit crumble
Winding down supplies this week and running low on almost everything, I used up the last of the butter on this welcome bowl of fruitiness. There is a definite chill in the air and plenty of seasonal fruit around, so a perfect time for crumble. Measurements are approximate.
Salad with nasturtiums and Alaskan red salmon
That summer of 1965 we disembarked at Haines on my sister's birthday. Father drove us along the 800 miles of partly surfaced highway to Anchorage, with an overnight stop at Tok. Moving home again. But at least together this time. There wasn't a radio in the car, so we just had to imagine 'Girl Don't …
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Harvest Greek salad
At last I have a small crop of cherry tomatoes! These, plus the herbs which always grow in the garden, call for a celebratory salad on this hottest of days. In Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me, by Richard Fariña, the protagonist sets out carrying a jar of feta in his bag. A modern version of the latter is a key ingredient here.
Beautiful gardens, Judith and Melissa
Beautiful summer flowers
The trial by strawberry, Melissa
Well it started beautifully . . . 800g of home grown Strawberries500g of Preserving Sugar (with pectin) This is much less than the recipe but it still tastes tooth-achingly sweet to me. Stir over gentle heat until the sugar has melted. Magic! Glorious strawberries swimming in juice. But then you have to turn up the …
Strawberry Harvest, Judith and Melissa
Judith and Melissa have kindly sent photos of their strawberries:
Cooking for one 