Practice makes perfect

You must be well aware that for each video we upload there will have been a number of trial sessions beforehand. It may be that I haven’t made that dish for a while so need to iron out the pitfalls, or just to work out the main points I need to emphasise before we can share it with you all. This week was no exception. Our video was for Toad in the Hole, having had several requests to do this one. So dear reader, some weeks ago I decided to make a start. It wasn’t great but, remembering the old blackened tin and plenty of dripping my mother used, I had another go. It was better but I still wasn’t satisfied and so it took a third attempt to work out the detail. It paid off and there have already been over 600 views of the video in just 3 days, making an immediate entry into our top ten most popular dishes. Viewing figures and statistics make interesting reading and are sometimes surprising. I’ve learnt for myself that it’s always worth having another try if something doesn’t go right first time, so be heartened, practice makes perfect x