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My first teaching job was at a school in Orpington, Kent where there were four of us in the Home Ec. department. Each week the pupils were given a list of ingredients they would need for next weeks’ lesson and it soon became clear to me that there would always be a child who arrivedContinue reading “Food matters.”

In the dim and distant past I seem to remember that we rarely ate chicken as it was more expensive than beef, lamb and pork. The exception would be Christmas when the butcher delivered a capon – a male chicken which was neutered to improve the flavour of the flesh. Fast forward to today whenContinue reading “Fowl!”

Earlier this week I read an article in one of the daily newspapers which was entitled “Gen Z just can’t cook” which I found somewhat disappointing, given the years I’ve spent trying to teach so many young people about the importance of food. It just so happens, though, that there are a number of youngContinue reading “Interesting…”

That was quite a week. It all started on Monday with Youtube deleting my latest video because, apparently, I’d breached their rules. No explanation, so I don’t know what I’ve done, but it’s gone. Maybe we’ll be able to edit the original one but I feel that I might just have to make a newContinue reading “Phew!”

It seems I’ve made a bit of a blunder… Our latest video has upset Youtube and been taken down. Never fear, the tech team will make the necessary adjustments and we’ll try to get it back asap!

Greetings from a very chilly Suffolk seaside town – it’s been mild and damp here for weeks and now winter is upon us all of a sudden. I hope you had an enjoyable time over the Christmas period and have stayed well – many of our friends have been coughing and sneezing, probably due toContinue reading “Happy New Year!”

Goodness me, where did that week go? The diary looked quite empty this time last week, but filled up before we realised. There was a quick trip to Norwich (always a pleasure 😉 ), a funeral too which was very sad, but a birthday lifted the spirits. A visit from a young friend and aContinue reading “Friday again!”

By this point in December we usually have an idea of who we’ll see at Christmas and when they will be with us. All this has to be slightly flexible though – the pandemic taught us not to take anything for granted, didn’t it? We delivered turkey etc to a young friend who had CovidContinue reading “Organised?”

Earlier this week I was listening to Radio 4 – specifically a conversation between Emma Barnet and Thomasina Myers about porridge. Not the regular Scotts Oats which come in a box with the kilt wearing chap on the front, but the sachets of quick-cook oats which have flavours added. Many years ago our children sometimesContinue reading “Porridge!”

This week has been a week for using all sorts of food which had been consuming space in the freezer. For many years we had two, one very tall and the other half size, but a young friend was in need, so we gave the half-size version away. Not a problem until I want toContinue reading “Success!”