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Mummo
What a good idea for putting tom puree in withthe pork chops,,,
We are having those tonight so i do that and throw some onion in too.

Does anyone else double-fry their home made chips,,?
I soak my cut chips to get the starch out and then dry them on a tea towel,,then fry until the skin in just turning,, Lift out and drain and leave for as long as you like,,,then re-fry again,
It makes them lovely and crispy golden and you can do them well in advance,

Claire in Lincs. I once say Marco Pierre White do them that way, on one of his programmes. They looked lovely.
Julia in Derbyshire

Julie..I never knew he did that,,!! He must have pinched the idea from me...lol
I like Marco,,,he has a restuarant on the p&o cruise ships but he's never on board when we are there,, I would love to meet him.

Yes Claire, he must have pinched the idea from you.LOL. He is abit scrummy, isn't he, he just smoulders. Well, I think so LOL
Julia in Derbyshire

That is why I don't do chips.Taste excellent but give me backache.

Are there still sevilles about?

I used some of those fifteen bags of blackberries I had in the freezer from the old man's demented harvesting to make blackberry curd.It is delicious but didn't thicken up much,enough to stick on the butter though.

Threw a lot of my jars away to make way for the builders so have frozen some in little boxes.I think it will probably make an excellent sauce over ice cream or a sponge pudd'n.I think we will call it blackberry fudge sauce.

Mmm that sounds nice Sharron, especially nice with ice cream I would think.
Dizzie, did you make your hot cross buns?

Daughter used to make them for us before she got married, don't think she makes them now though.

Although I love the smell of lavender I don't think i would like the taste. I have tried and liked black pepper with strawberries. Not tried chocolate with chilli

A few years ago, when self catering on holiday on the Chatsworth Estate, further up county, we went to the local pub, only one in the village, for an evening meal. Us grown-ups ordered steak and chips with side salad. The salad came complete with strawberries and grapes. I turned my nose up at this at first, but, it was really tasty with the meat, and plenty of ground pepper. I very often serve it like this now.
Julia in Derbyshire

Julia, not tried it with strawberries but I often put grapes into salads.

My mums liver in onion gravy served on a pile of buttery mashed spuds--no matter how I try i can't make mine taste the same!!
The same goes for my father-in-law Les's veg soup, he died 18 years ago and I've tried to replicate his soup but to no avail-it wa "lush" as they say oop here!

One of my favourites tonight. Bacon, eggs, mushrooms, baked beans and fried bread cooked by OH. Not sure if it is the food or the fact that it is OH who cooks that makes it favourite. He doesn't 'do' cooking unless this or barbecue.

Today, I bought a lovely piece of fresh Haddock, for my evening meal. I am going to flour it, then coat in milk and egg, then dip into some wholemeal breadcrumbs, before gently frying it. To serve, I will use lemon juice and black pepper, and have a fresh piece of wholemeal bread and butter Simple, but very,very delicious, and satisfying.
Julia in Derbyshire

Good luck to them Dizzie, hope all goes well for them. You will miss them I'm sure. How about writing a diary of their travels on here.

Julia that sounds very tasty. I am experimenting with boned chicken thighs and the microwave to see how it turns out. (We could be having cheese salad!)

Ann, good luck with your experiment. Last night I made a sausage type casserole with red wine. OH immeditely didn't like it, I persevered for a bit, then also gave in. We ended up with cheese crackers.LOL
Julia in Derbyshire.

PS. Looked in the garden centre for a Micro book, so I could recommend it to you. Didn't find one, but did find, and buy one that was 500 Slow and One Pot Recipes. Not had time to try anything yet, but many look good.
Julia

What was wrong with the sausage casserole then Julia? Sounds as if it should have been OK.. frustrating when that happens though.