We went to Dad’s for lunch today and I decided to try and make a pavlova. I have never made a meringue before and this was an absolute triumph!!
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2019
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2019
31
2016
2016 Project366 (Day 31)
I have been performing a little emergency surgery on this old cookery book.
It is well worn and falling apart with a selection of old recipes tucked safely between the pages.
It is my go to book on how to make classic sauces and meals but also contains some specials such as a section called ‘Recipes from round the World which has recipes for Baked Eel, Bird’s Nest Salad and Beetroot Soup.
This book belonged to my Mum and it is annotated throughout with her thoughts. It makes me feel close to her, and I love the thought that she is able to continue influencing my cooking. I miss her so much.
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2014
2014 Project365 (Day 12)
Today we went for lunch at Auntie Josie’s house and it was delicious!! A fabulous roast pork dinner with all the trimmings followed by lemon meringue pie. Yum. It was just nice to go out somewhere for a lovely Sunday lunch because we so miss being able to go to Mum’s on a Sunday.
Later in the afternoon we also had to eat a piece of this cake as tomorrow is my cousin Nic’s birthday. Auntie Josie did us proud! Thankyou x
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2013
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2013
2013 Project365 (Day 353)
Today I finished work for Christmas. Usually I would be really excited at this point and thoroughly looking forward to the festivities. This year I am trying but it doesn’t have the same sheen to it.
Tonight however my sister and I had to go and do some shopping for Christmas. we had a massive list and decided to go and buy all the non-perishable stuff. We thought we had done really well until we got it back to Dad’s house and we seem to have spent an awful lot of money on not very much! When shopping together we are terribly inefficient though – we go around and around in circles!
One thing I am hugely grateful for is that I have my sister to rely on. That is something that I never expected to say but it is absolutely true!
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2012
2012 Project365 (Day 300)
I had hoped for a more exciting photo for the big 300 but it hasn’t quite happened.
My Mum has been looking after my niece and nephew for the last couple of days as my sister has been in Uganda with her charity Hope For a Child. Dad has also gone with her to see the projects that they are supporting out there.
When I was a child I remember baking with Mum and it seems that she is keeping up the tradition with the grandchildren. Lovely.
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2012
2012 Project365 (Day 220)
Thanks to my lovely Auntie Josie we had scones with jam, cream and strawberries for our dessert today. Delicious! The Mister has even persuaded her to make profiteroles for a picnic and outdoor theatre trip on Friday evening. He is very persuasive when it comes to puddings and Auntie Josie is most amenable. Hurray!
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2012
2012 Project365 (Day 53)
Well, today you get a bonus of two photographs!
Today it is my Auntie Jen and Auntie Josie’s birthday. Obviously they are twins and they reached the grand age of 70 (shhhhhhhh, don’t tell anyone!) So they had an afternoon tea and cake party and lots of people dropped in.
My Mum had made them a fruit cake which had a picture of the twins when they were little on the top. It was a delicious cake but weighed an absolute tonne! In this picture it looks slightly as though Auntie Josie has a curvature of the spine. She hasn’t, but she was holding the majority of the weight of the cake!
I have to admit that the diet seriously went out of the window. This second photograph should show how many different cakes there were. I kind of cruised my way down the table trying a little bit of this, and a little bit of that. Oh dear. Diet disaster, but it was delicious!
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2012