Apple Harvest.
It’s that time of year again and we are fighting a losing battle with the windfalls. Thankfully, we have this excellent moist apple cake recipe which is so simple that the sous-chef made this one, replacing the sugar with our…
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Got the power.
Sitting in a chiropractor waiting room last week: dreadful music alternating with adverts and very loud. I asked the receptionist if we could turn it down and she made the fatal mistake of revealing that it all came via a…
Summer speaking.
Just in case you’d like to listen to some life stories while lazing in the sun with something long and cool, here are two links to recent interviews I did with RNIB Connect radio: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ6rXY6x0a0&t=9s Listen from: 1minute…
Summer here yet?
It may be only today but I’ve got a great new and incredibly simple lemon cordial to share:. 1 lemon. 60g honey (or granulated sugar). 1 mug of boiling water. Using a potato peeler, peel skin off lemon and place…
PIP! PIP! Hurrah!
Yes, you too can comment on changes to the Personal Independence Payments benefit for us with disabilities and health conditions. Don’t forget that we make up about 1-in-5 and, when you add family, friends, carers and more, the proposed changes…
Just Vote!
Whatever your politics, tomorrow is the chance to have your say. I’m one of the lucky ones: the postal vote went off last week but some others have been scrambling for theirs. The alternative is to pitch up in person…
Beaten by two spring onions.
Last year I fell down the stairs and fractured a vertebra. Three weeks in hospital and more weeks in a special bed at home, it is proving a very long haul to recover. I’m trying to do all the right…
Damp all over.
Water spray is a great alternative to smoke for controlling honey bees. Yesterday, we were extracting over 20 kg of honey from the wax honeycomb frames from three of the sous-chef’s hives. Sticky work: removing the cappings from the honeycomb;…
Slept on it.
I confess that I was incandescent yesterday hearing that proposed tax reductions would be funded by removing benefits from many disabled people. But I took a bit of time to mull it over and realise it was just appalling presentation.…
Wheat-free dessert.
My latest cooking experiment: pear and cardamom almondine courtesy of Sarah (another with the patience and understanding of a beekeeper’s wife). I was testing out with the amazingly complex Thermomix that has been languishing on the worksurface until friend, Joan,…