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Food safety is paramount. Last week while chatting to an old friend I learnt that he’d been unwell. In the course of the conversation he told me he’d reheated some left-over curry and rice. That led me to wobble on about the risk from bacillus cereus, a bacteria many people won’t have heard of, whichContinue reading “Be careful!”

This week I was asked about the YouTube channel and website – how much do I earn from each “hit”? Well, nothing. We don’t do any of this for money. Once a teacher always a teacher – I’m just happy to help anyone who wants to have a go at a dish and, maybe, alongContinue reading “Free for all.”

This is my favourite time of year – the warm weather and long sunny days mean that the garden is at its’ best, particularly the flowers. I’m a keen gardener but I have to confess that I prefer weeding and tending the borders to growing vegetables – that’s a “blue job” in our house. WhenContinue reading “Green fingers.”

During the course of a normal week I wear a number of different hats, like most of us I’m sure. There’s the Macmillan support group that I take part in who meet to knit woolly hats for sailors or little jumpers for a local charity and lap blankets for the Hospice too. I need timeContinue reading “Expansion!”

Many years ago when I trained to teach FoodTech/Cookery my subsidiary subject was Textiles/Needlework. Our curriculum covered everything from making paper beads to tailoring, and all else in between. Teaching the subject was not always enjoyable with frequently broken sewing machines and the boys struggling to see the point – until I introduced sewing onContinue reading “In stitches..”

For those of us living in East Anglia, this has been an unusual week. Typically we have a cooling breeze which is often commented on by visitors to our seaside town. But not this week. I’ve watched our cats move from sunny patches of garden into the shade under one of the trees and thenContinue reading “Phew!”

Have you looked at our latest video yet? It seems to have gone down well – an easy recipe with few ingredients, reminiscent of flapjack and perfect with a cup of tea or coffee. Oaty Dunkers was a great recipe to use with small children, year 4 loved them. In the old days we usedContinue reading “Snap!”

How is it that I always forget about the Suffolk Show? The showground is on our side of Ipswich and the volume of traffic causes quite a problem for anyone trying to leave our little seaside town. Evasive action is called for… the little country lanes become the proverbial “rat-run”. So we joined the streamContinue reading “Wonky Wednesday!”

Can you imagine my horror when I read yesterday that the use of gas hobs and cookers is to be discouraged and even outlawed? They pose a risk to the environment and our health, with many more children developing asthma having been exposed to the fumes from gas cookers – apparently. My first gas stove,Continue reading “Cooking on gas.”

In all of our house moves we’ve never inherited a greenhouse. There have been sheds of varying shapes and sizes but not a greenhouse. This week we finished the big build and have our very own at last. The base was completed several weeks ago but the giant Meccano pack was quite a challenge, notContinue reading “Job done!”