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Italian Bread With Plum Tomatoes: The Joy of Bruschetta
You are making me hungry, looks delicious. The Roma tomato is one of the best tomatoes I can find!
Guest, on 10/27/2017
Czech Republic Comfort Food Recipe for Salad of Chopped Tomatoes With Cucumbers
Yummy, I love this recipe! My favorites!
Guest, on 10/27/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
Other varieties of apple on the table are Lady's finger of Lancaster apples, Keswick Coolin and Hargreaves Greensweet apples.
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
English traditional varieties are certainly in decline. Common varieties are tasteless by comparison.
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
Nelson and Desmond apples.I had not heard of them either, but there are so many varieties of apple you need to be a real specialist to know them all.Many are local varieties that are having to be preserved by enthusiasts against the pressures of ...
frankbeswick, on 10/26/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
BSG TY
You are right there about sampling local food. In addition to this, I like to get some historic recipes too. This really gives a feel for the social history of an area and the people.
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
It is always to sample the food of a place one visits. You have found one such place with great abundance of variety.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/26/2017
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria - Northern England
NB A stumpery has a Wikipedia page ! Who would have thought it. !?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumpery
They were popular in Victorian times.
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
Katie
The very name Westmorland Crundle means it s a must-try. Yes I have always eaten turnips . I love them slightly curried too.
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria - Northern England
Katie, It is indeed a beautiful place to visit. I know many Wizzley people love seeing where we all live : me included.
Castles though are quite unique in people's minds. They conjuror all sorts of images.
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
Katie oh my word. TY what a lovely comment.
A few Christmases back I got together lots of family recipes, many from my mum who died nearly 36 years ago and I made a family cook book called "A hug from the Beswicks" - the concept being that ...
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria - Northern England
Oh my what a wonder, castles are so intriguing. I imagine all sorts of dramatic incidents occurring in such majestic castles. I have often thought how cool it would be to live in such a place. I love the estate, land and all the wonders of ...
katiem2, on 10/26/2017
Old English Lake District Traditional Recipes
WOW what an impressive blog post on old english food and recipes, I think I will give WESTMORLAND CRUNDLE a go...
The turnips look amazing, I love eating them raw. My Mum always cooked old world style. These foods are so warming, comforting ...
katiem2, on 10/26/2017
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria - Northern England
It certainly makes for a fascinating exhibit as the tester is beautifully carved too.
Have you been to Sizergh ? it is about 90 minutes from your home and I think you would enjoy it.
Veronica, on 10/26/2017
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria - Northern England
The aim of having curtains was to ensure not only privacy, but also to retain warmth, important in drafty castles and manor houses, so there had to be some covering at the top,otherwise the warmth would not be retained. So it would seem that ...
frankbeswick, on 10/26/2017