Cooking With Richard

Snails might have a homing instinct …

Better not “home” here, coz I’m going to eat you.

Here’s the news at Hemel Today.

We went to the Dacorum Steam Rally again on Sunday.

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Thanks Netherbury and P for all these lovely cherries.

We stoned the whole lot of them. It took 1 hour with both of us:

From the garden. As it turns out, courgettes are really easy to grow.

Nom nom …

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From fleabay:

This is definitely going to improve summer days. Now where’s my gin and tonic?

Me finishing off six kumamoto oysters from Neptune Oyster in Boston (recommended!)

We are growing the cayenne variety of chilli peppers. Here is my scientific test of the first pepper from this season.

Some random photos from Cholesbury today …

Fat Rascals are a type of fruit scone traditionally made in York and Harrogate (particularly at Betty’s of York Tea Rooms). This recipe is a simple one from the Waitrose web site. The cherries are from Netherbury’s cherry liqueur.

Inside, it’s lemony:

I think these photos show cirrus clouds being pulled along in a jet stream, a very unusual and beautiful cloud formation.

This is from the butcher at the end of the road:

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The taste is very pleasant indeed. It’s a light, refreshing golden ale with a slightly hoppy aftertaste. I’m hoping to convert some lager drinkers this weekend.

Tring Brewery is by the Natural History Museum in Tring:

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Made by someone from the Sarratt Women’s Institute.

A petrol lawnmower, from Chipperfield Garden Machinery:

This is my bathroom, not your house!

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