Suffolkfoodie has gone off to Barbuda in the Caribbean for six weeks ( to visit her family) InspectorX and veggieplot have been left to man the computer. Here is the first picture that suffolkfoodie sent from Antigua. It didn't take her long to look for food!
Why not hold a Marie Curie Tea Party? My friend Margaret held one yesterday for her 50th birthday party. We made sandwiches, cakes, cookies, scones, muffins, pimms, pots of tea and also enjoyed strawberries and cream. The party went on until 9pm after a great afternoon of catching up with old friends. Margaret raised £200. Well done and Happy Birthday Margaret!
For a whole year illustustrator David Meldrum painted what he ate and the exhibition of 365 pictures is on in London. That's my kind of project!
Groupon sent me this offer - a tour of Shawsgate Vineyard near Framlingham for two for £11 including tasting. I would be asking my sister if she wanted to go except I'm packing to go Abroad.
Thurston School parents have been invited for lunch on 29th June - £2.60
Moroccan Inspired Tagine of Lamb
or
Chickpea and Potato Samosa with a
minted cucumber and yoghurt dressing
Spicy Couscous
Sesame Seed Loaf
Cauliflower, Garden Peas or a Mixed side salad
Wild Berry Fruit Fool with Shortbread
or
A piece of fresh fruit
Guess what? More free yogurt! From New Zealand via Little Melton in Norfolk and delivered to my door - as you know I never turn down free samples.
These are just how I like my yogurt, flavoured with a satisfying drizzle of mango or passion fruit coulis (or pear, blueberry and honey) They taste as good as the ones I make myself for breakfast with plain yogurt and home-made coulis. My son said 'they look nice' when he opened the fridge after school, so I can only tell you that the one I had was lovely!
I bought some shark from the market on Saturday and cooked it with shallots, thyme and tomatoes and a bit of hot sauce, a la Caribbean Sunday Breakfast...mmmm. The man said it was a kind of dogfish-type-shark-thing but tried to look it up afterwards and couldn't find it on the list of British sharks that we are allowed to eat, so hope it wasn't endangered but whatever it was it was delicious!
Are they so busy here at the Museum of East Anglian Life that they have run out of food by 1pm on both the days I visit? The broccoli soup and cheese scone was very nice but the only thing left on the menu. And no, we can't 'wait for half an hour' until you sort yourselves out in the kitchen!
Too tired to cook Sunday Roast but very hungry after the festival so we tried this pub carvery - in spite of a review that said 'avoid at all costs'. Why? We just had to go there...! But a lovely waitress, young hard-working chefs willing to give you all three types of meat and extra vegetables for a tenner, and home made Arctic Roll...what more could you want on a Sunday evening?