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Tag Archives: vegetables
Chutney or Chatni
To East or West! Chutneys have their origins in the East. Chutney types and their preparations vary widely across Pakistan and India. As early as the 17th century, chutneys began being shipped to European countries, such as England and France, as … Continue reading
Posted in Sauces, The Evolution Of . . .
Tagged chutney, fruit, ginger, India, Pakistan, preserves, vegetables
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Those Other Fish That Aren’t Cod . . .
Something Fishy for Friday Between the wars, as more fish were being gathered into the food chain through advances in large-scale trawling, more varied and cheaper fish began to appear in the fishmongers. Despite this, it was still seen as a … Continue reading
Rationing Made Tasty!
The Rise of the Humble Vegetable. The constraints of war-time rationing are difficult to comprehend in this day and age where food of all types are freely available, in some of the major stores for twenty-four hours a day! It was … Continue reading
Posted in The Kitchen Garden, Wartime
Tagged beans, carrot, garden, onions, pulses, vegetables
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Garden Diary, May 16th
The garden is flourishing with the fine weather we have had these past few weeks. The early potatoes a pushing through strongly (below) If this warm weather keeps up and with judicious watering I should be digging new potatoes in about eight weeks … Continue reading
More Rationing
The Ministry of Food Unlike World War I, within days of the Second World War being declared the Ministry of Food was dusted off and let loose once more. Many unobtainable or limited ingredients simply went by the board. Government … Continue reading
Rationing
The Kitchen Front. Following the declaration of war in 1939, the dreaded Ministry of Food was revived within days. Almost at once rationing was re-introduced. At this time nearly 60% of all food consumed in Britain was imported and became, … Continue reading
New Zealand Lamb
New Zealand Lamb Following on from my earlier post on roast lamb joints, here are some follow up recipes using proper ‘butchers cuts’ The increase in imports of food, due in part to the development of freezing technology and the ever improving … Continue reading
Garden Diary, 25th April
With the hot, dry weather of the past week a lot of things in the are beginning to be lulled into a false sense of security that summer has arrived. Even the camera objected to the very bright sunlight … Continue reading
Garden Diary, 17th April
Time is moving on and the garden is starting to look a lot more colourful and alive. Today has involved getting the lawns cut and the edging tidied. I have also got the full fruit netting up. There is already blossom on … Continue reading
A Tale of Loaves and Fishes
What would you give up for Lent? In the medieval world, wild hedonistic periods of feasting were balanced by sometimes long, barren periods of fasting. But none were more formidable than the forty-plus days of Lent. Following the winter months, … Continue reading
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