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Hello,
just being nosey as Daniel mentioned to me that you had a blog and that Dave was being treated to delicious cooking on a regular basis. Say hello to Dave for me. Might be up in April with Graeme and Daniel for a Ceilidh (Dave may not have mentioned this)…
Hope all is well in Drumdevan Place!
Cheers,
Aly
Aly – Hello! Nice to hear from you. Hope Bethan and Findlay are well and that you had a lovely first Christmas together. Said hello to David and he’s perplexed about the ceilidh visit! Maybe give him a call sometime…
Hopefully see you in April! Maybe you could all come round for food one night if you’ve got time.
Wendy
Hi Wendy
I’m sure you already know all about Fairtrade but just trying to spread the word that Fairtrade fortnight is happening in the UK over the next two
weeks.
I’m asking as many food bloggers to spread the Fairtrade message as possible – to enjoy our food, knowing that it’s also helping communities
in developing countries to get a better life.
See my post here
http://heatheronhertravels.blogspot.com/2008/02/fairtrade-fortnight-coming-soon-to.html
and the fairtrade website here
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
Do hope that you’ll be able to work it into your blog in some way.
Many Thanks
Heather
Heather – I will most certainly do so.
Love your blog!
When I saw the Haggis post, I remembered the evenings in Dalwhinnie, where we would serve haggis, neeps and tatties to the guests.
One of them would usually volunteer to read the ‘Ode to the Haggis’, if not, then it would be left to me with a Lancashire/Scottish accent!
I’ve added you to my blogroll…
hi,
i wanted to email you, but could not locate your email address on the blog.
blogsjam is a new web-based blog reader, organized by channels.
pl. check it out, and contact me at (ashishbaldua5@gmail.com), if you have any questions.
we also have a cool widget, that will not only help get more
distribution for your blog,
but it can also be used to feature fresh and contextual posts on your blog.
thx-
Ashish
Miss Lionheart – Hello! Sorry for the late reply.
Glad you like my blog and glad, also, that it brings back good memories for you.
Ashish – Will check it out. Thanks.
” kitchen chopping, peeling, wrapping, stirring, freezing, simmering, dicing, mincing…”
I am traveling Asia at the moment and have not been able to cook for 4 months! That description is making me eager to get to a kitchen!! x
Claire – I know the feeling! I always get like that when I’ve been travelling for any length of time. Actually, I get like that after a few days! Hope you’re having a blast.
BTW, I teach, too… I teach, write and cook. In varying order sometimes. I’m from Ann Arbor, MI in the States. Again, great blog!
Jen – Sounds like we have a lot in common! Am off to Google Ann Arbor now.
Hi i,m from South Africa and like to bake as a hobby,but since been in the UK i am having problems with my baking not rising,been a bit flat and stogchy.
Never had this problem in SA, could it be tha flour or chemicals in the water or altitude,can anybody help or give some advice,
thanks
kind
regaerds
andy.
Andrew – I don’t know much about baking, to be honest. The only suggestion I have is this: if the flour you used in SA was the same as American cakeflour then that’s probably the problem. UK flour is unbleached and not as fine. See this page for a possible solution – http://amerrierworld.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/a-question-of-flour/
Or ask for advice on this forum – http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/forums/-
these people know their baking!
Hi,
I found you through blogher and have thoroughly enjoyed sifting through your posts.
Keep up the good work.
Nice blog
Hi I found your blog by accident through the soup competition on Tinned Tomatoes and I have really enjoyed reading your blog and your recipes, will definitley come back for some more ideas.
Jessica – Thank you! You’re too sweet.
Chrisdi00 – Many thanks.
Fleur – Thank you so much! See you soon!
Hi,
I’m a finn living in Uk and as I was trying to translate some finnish recipes to my friend I found your blog. Very interesting and I love the pictures.
All the best.
Nina
Hi,
I randomly came across your blog. I love your style, the beautiful pictures and the adorable dog!
All the best,
-Iva
Hello Wendy,
Thank you for taking the time to post your intriguing, lovely pics and delightful recipes. They really are a joy to look at and read. Have not tried any yet but I do love to cook (and eat!). Am a seamstress for interior designers but my New Year’s resolution is to go back to school to be a humanities teacher. Best wishes for a happy Christmas wonderful New Year.
Ruth
Hello Wendy
Have stumbled across your blog as i am seeking inspiration to learn to cook. I can only do basics and would love to improve. This is my 2009 new year’s resolution.
Thought it seemed rude to read your blog without introducing myself. I look forward to trying some of your recipes.
Many thanks and Happy New Year!
Mandy
Good afternoon,
I hope you’re well. I look after the press office for Donald Russell, Britain’s premier online butcher and Royal Warrant holder, and I was wondering if you would like to review their Lamb Valentine Steaks for your blog? There’s is also the Double Steaks if you would prefer those.
It would be great if you could let me know if you would like samples, please find attached the full press release.
With kind regards,
Lucy
I saw when you was visiting me on my foodblog, that it stated that you were from Inverness. I have been there on holiday 3 years ago!! I just love Scotland!! I really like your COOL blog!! Many greets from Brussels, Belgium!!!
Hi there – your blog is lovely! I was looking for a tablet recipe and found it – I have too been making table for ages – experimenting and experimenting but i still crave that creamy table – you know the type that mums made and brought along to bring and by sales
did you or D acheive this with yours? Thanks for letting me know when you have a chance Wendy.
Carol Ann – Thank you! D is the tablet maker in the house and, yes, his batches do have that beautiful creamy taste reminiscent of jumble sales! It took quite a lot of practise to get it right, mind you.
Great blog, love the toad pic and your photographs are beautyful. Might have a go at making some of the veggie dishes. x
Hi Wendy
Many thanks for an excellent blog. Just one quick question, if you measure in cups what size “cup” do you use, or did you buy a measuring spoon set with a cup size as well as teaspoon, tablespoon etc…
Cheers
Minkbaby – Thank you!
Claire – I have a set of measuring cups. You can use a measuring jug instead though. 1 cup = 225 ml. Hope that helps!
Hi,
I discovered your blog three days before my final exam of my degree examination. I wish I hadn’t, since it took me half a day to read every single post…
Good stuff, thanks for cheering up my day!
And now back to other, not so inspiring, texts :-I
I will be back though, excellent pics and mouthwatering recipes!
Lotta – Not sure whether to say thank you or sorry! Hope the exam went well.
When I read the word “wee” at foodblogblog I thought “must be scottish”. What a wonderful surprise, it was scottish.
I went to Scotland in 1978 an stayed in Glasgow for some months. I love it here and I promise to read every single word written in this blog to refresh the memories.
Just read your lovely piece on making tablet. I used my Gran’s recipe which I had always assumed was easy because that’s how she made it look: perfect little trays of tablet dotted with blooms of sugar crystals. I now know it’s not easy but then we enjoyed eating even the batches that didn’t work.
Hi Wendy,
I stumbled upon your blog while googling “Kedgeree”. I’ve got a nice piece of salmon I was planning on smoking tomorrow (not a lot of haddock available in Winnetka, IL) and was wondering if there was a way to incorporate the finished product into a favourite dish from my childhood. You blog is GREAT! I’m going to pass on your blog address to my Mum – a Glaswegian transplanted to Atlanta via Toronto – although I’m sure she’ll claim that she needs no help recalling the recipe for tablet, oatcakes, etc.! If you’ve a good recipe for kidneys, I’d love to see it.
Cheers,
Peter
Jutta – Hello! Glad you’re enjoying the blog.
Sheila – It’s my boyfriend who makes the tablet in this house but being in earshot of his swearing and tantrums, I am well aware of how difficult the process is to get perfectly right.
Peter – Hello! Thanks for the kind words about my blog. I reckon a smoked salmon kedgeree would be absolutely amazing! I haven’t tried it (think I will though) but think I would follow a similar process to my original recipe but without poaching the fish. I’d use some light fish stock rather than the poaching liquid then just flake the salmon in towards the end of cooking the rice. We’ve been eating kedgeree recently with a poached egg rather than boiled. VERY good!
thank you for a lovely blog ~ i havent blogged before! found this while looking for what to do with some plums i found on a walk today!
interested to read you are a teacher and live in scotland ~ how lovely
i spent a week on the isle of harris in may ~ it was idyllic
i was teaching till this july but have just resigned ~ maybe more time for cooking?
I am at home feeling rough and Lamb Kathmandu from Cinnamon in Inverness…my most FAVOURITE curry ever …was all I could think about….(why is it when I am feel poorly a curry is one of the few things I can stomach? Odd!)
So did a google, found your recipe and it is now cooking away (albeit with beef not lamb…but needs as needs must as it was all I had in the fridge – and Cinnamon won’t deliver to Drumnadrochit!)
Just cooking it made me feel better! Fingers crossed it comes somewhere close to the unctious goodness!
And I LOVE your blog, the photos etc are fantastic!
I totally get the buzz you mentioned from entering the local show. We just had ours at Glenurquhart and there is nothing better then seeing the little white , blue or RED ticket by your entry! (although the cake police disallowed my chocolate sponge as I didn’t use the ‘correct’ shaped tin…grrrrrr …..next year a prize WILL be mine!)
If you ever want to hold cooking classes down the Glen in the school holidays or on an evening get in touch – We would love to host you at the Craigmonie Centre.
If you fancy it we could meet up in Inverness for a natter and a curry one day! (I have the famous Cinnamon 20% discount card…my most prized possession – lol)
Best Regards from a fellow Cinnamon fan.
Fran
Pippa – Thank you for the lovely comments. Hope you’re enjoying your non-teaching life and are finding lots of time to cook!
Fran – Hello.
Shall email you right now.
Hi Wendy
Ive just made your chickpea, carrot and cumin burgers ~ they were delicious and i shall be making them again. I didnt serve them in a bun but with a slightly spicy tomato sauce.
thanks also for the pictures of the hay making ~ lovely!
i do enjoy reading your blog ~ please keep it going, hope switzerland is as lovely as ever
any swiss recipes?
Hiya
I lived several years in Angusshire until I returned to Switzerland in November 08. Miss it dreadfully all this beautiful food and landscape.
Came to love seafood while I lived there. A nono for Switzerland normally – glad I could source some scottish salmon even here.
This Blog is fantastic – big congratulations on it – I have to nick a recipe or two and do a bit of show offing to my swiss friends.
keep going your recipes are inspirational.
Manou