Category Archives: Eating

Carrot pickle

Picked some of our carrots, rather large thinnings really, and have embarked on making some carrot pickle using a recipe from Oded Schwartz. All ingredients shredded and mixed, now needs to be left overnight to marinate before boiling and putting … Continue reading

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Pate, Vodka and IBS

Well they’re not really related I just thought I’d bunch them together for the sake of this post. But I do suffer with IBS and have an issue with insoluble fibre, you know wholegrains. So I wanted to be able … Continue reading

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What to do with surfeit

We are awash with eggs and need to do something with them other than fry with bacon for a delicious breakfast, so we decided to pickle some. It really is simple and just involves hard boiling .   Cover with … Continue reading

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Xmas Ham

Started a cure for a leg of our own pork to make a ham for Christmas based on the recipe in the following link- http://forum.sausagemaking.org/viewtopic.php?t=7118&start=15 . Started off by boning out the leg, which left a 3kg joint, then mixed up … Continue reading

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