Hooray, hooray – the holidays are here. And good grief, do I need them! It’s been a tough term and I am utterly pooped. Lots of fun stuff is taking place over the next two weeks, including a family holiday, car hunting and a special celebration. D is slightly worried that I am going to [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Tom Yum(ish) Soup
Posted in Food, Recipes on October 7, 2007 | 29 Comments »
Venison and Bramble Stew
Posted in Food, Recipes on October 3, 2007 | 25 Comments »
Some people can be squeamish about eating deer. Put a vension steak in front of them and they immediately think of Bambi and his family: soft-eyed gentle creatures frolicking with their bunny pals. And I get that. Deer are unspeakably lovely animals. In my part of the world it’s not an unusual sight to spot a herd [...]
Brambles
Posted in Food on October 1, 2007 | 19 Comments »
It’s not a good year for bramble picking. These wild, prickly blackberry bushes are very common in Scotland and usually prolific patches of tangled fruit can be easily found at the side of country roads or off forest paths. Not so this year. The lack of heat and sunshine over the summer has resulted in masses [...]
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