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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
I ordered a morello cherry tree. I hope it does better than our lemon tree which eventually died.
It is a maiden tree, which means it will be 1 year old, and won’t fruit for several years.
In the language of flowers, cherry blossom signifies a good education.
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Slightly better photos of the pigeon pie:


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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Everyone should have one of these at home …

… and we do!
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
I made the pheasant pie again, much better this time. Unfortunately I didn’t take any good photos :-(
The pheasants were from Gibson’s in Watford market.




I found three shot while I was making it, and N-sama found another two:

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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010

My not-so-new but favourite blog is Cooking Issues, which is the French Culinary Institute’s tech blog.
Some interesting articles to start with:
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Paratha is a type of fried bread which I discovered and decided (wrongly) was naan. Anyway, here we’re eating it with a mouth-watering slow-cooked lamb curry made with shanks from the local butcher and sweet potatoes from the local shop. Oishii!

Sorry about the terrible photo. Notice in the background the JML pedometer which registered 3000 steps an hour on my treadmill before it overloaded and died. Bloody JML!!
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

This is ridiculously easy to make, and very tasty. It’s a kind of English okonomiyaki. Just mash up yesterday’s roast potatoes and veg and mix with lots of eggs.
Here is the Wikipedia page on bubble and squeak.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
I took this photo last week during the cold snap. It’s of a large field next to the house, covered in snow.
Click for the big version!

Here’s another — the enchanted forest:
Click for the big version!

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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Chipperfield Common, covered in snow:





I got a bit lost and had to follow my own footsteps back:

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
New sink …

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Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Crazy Japanese …. One of them looks like lovely Yuka though.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009





Something of a lost opportunity. The Two Brewers is a traditional pub in just about the perfect English village setting (yet close to London). With the right owner it could be a great pub, but instead it’s a moderate chain pub with restaurant-cum-hotel pretensions. The food was 5/10, certainly not bad, but nothing of note.
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
I almost discovered this recipe by accident, by taking very thin, small strips of the pizza dough and frying them quickly in olive oil (over a very hot pan).

Mmmm delicious with home made sprout and sweet potato curry!

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