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THE HORSERADISH DILEMMA – TO PRESERVE OR NOT TO PRESERVE

A Shakespeare moment

I am just having a Shakespeare moment. I love horseradish. It seems you either love it or loathe it. I am a marmite person too. So I was rather disappointed to find that my aunt barely mentions this fulsome root vegetable in Let’s Preserve It. Dried horseradish, horseradish and beetroot relish and horseradish and tomato…
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FLAVOURED VINEGARS and that end of summer feeling

Fruit, herb vinegars and spirit infusions

I do  enjoy that end of summer feeling. Amongst other things, I have just been gathering in some surplus herbs for a supply of dried herbs through the winter and wow what a surplus this year. I now have herbs hanging up in every dark corner of the house. Dried herbs  It is also a perfect…
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A JAM COCKTAIL – WHATEVER NEXT?

AND HERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TRY AT HOME

I think I was lured unsuspectingly into the Jam Tree. It was about a month ago after my younger daughter Olivia had just run her first half marathon. I was so impressed with her achievement and I suggested she deserved a celebratory drink and bite to eat for lunch. That is when she said we…
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