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Weekend Breakfast
As a rule, breakfast with the Sutton’s is cereal or toast. At the Weekend all bets are off. I was all for the not-very-summery choice of porridge this morning. The Guernsey cream in the fridge was calling to me and asking to be poured on hot porridge with brown sugar. George’s request won the day […]
Courgette Soup
August 5, 2009
Ian Fischer, who we follow on Twitter and who also has a lovely vegetarian Blog here asked about our version of courgette soup. Neither Ed nor I can believe that not only have we never photographed it but we have never even got around to photographing our courgettes growing, post-harvest or in Ed’s very successful courgette […]
Brownies and more
August 2, 2009
George requested a chocolatey cake, so I made some triple choc brownies. These are based on Jamie Oliver’s ’15’ recipe and are very gooey, rich and good as a dessert. Just to balance it out I made some no knead bread and a marmalade tea loaf too. That’s us set up with baked goods for […]
Camp Sutton
July 29, 2009
We had a lovely Weekend in the Peak District with family Sutton. Although there was the inevitable rain we also lucked out with some brief sunny spells for a walk and Barbecue. The barbecue goodies were all sourced from Uncle Jerry’s, otherwise known as Jerry Howarth’s Butchers in Belper and hastily prepared and marinated on a wobbly camping […]
While we are gone
July 24, 2009
Finally sewed up the tent and the car is all packed. We are going to be technology free now for a couple of days camping in the Peak District. I couldn’t bear to leave a picture of funny looking potatoes on the blog while we are away so here is a pretty flower instead, photographed […]
Blighty Potatoes
July 23, 2009
Our whole, quite large, potato crop seems to have been struck down with the blight. I am not quite sure why but talking about it makes me want to talk like a pirate, which is a bit odd. A week or two ago we noticed that the leaves were starting to look a bit ropey, […]
Risotto
July 20, 2009
Taking pictures of food in our house is quite difficult. As soon as it is ready everyone wants to eat! I’m torn every time as to whether I should lose precious moments to put the fork down and pick the camera up. This is our ever popular staple ‘Monday night not been shopping yet’ meal. It’s so much more […]
All over now
July 14, 2009
Ambergate Carnival 2009 is now complete. Although I have reached saturation point on all things Carnival I thought I should write a short post to commemorate it. I was busy in the parade and arena all day so was not able to take any photographs myself so I have included some of John Armstrong-Prior’s photos. There are […]
We Made a Blues Night!
July 11, 2009
Just a very quick post as we are mid carnival and are just about to set off to get ready for the parade. Last night we were honoured with the presence of the fantastic ZZ Birmingham for our opening night of Carnival celebrations. The evening started off in perfect sunshine and ended up with great […]
Mmm..pie
July 9, 2009
There are a few places around here that make a delicious homity pie, Denby pottery café sells one, as does our favourite Bloomers Bakewell pudding shop in Bakewell. We have been known to detour to there just so we can eat warm homity pie whilst sitting by the river Wye watching the trout darting about. This […]
Sunday Funday
July 6, 2009
Ambergate Carnival Fun Family Sports Day and Pet Show was a good afternoon. The sun stayed with us throughout, and I hope that everyone had a nice, if slightly chaotic, afternoon.
Start of the Summer Harvest
June 30, 2009
Finally! Things are starting to flourish in the garden. It seems to have been a slow start this year, in fact the french beans and the courgettes just seem to be lounging around enjoying the sunshine instead of getting on with growing. Perhaps I am not watering them enough, but I don’t like getting the hose out […]
Early Morning at The Loaf
June 25, 2009
Our local bakery “The Loaf” at Crich has a website, a blog and also uses Twitter. They make the most fantastic bread and cakes so I call in whenever I can. I am always interested to know what their specials are so I suggested that they Twitter them on a regular basis. This seems to be […]
Things we didn’t make…at all
June 24, 2009
We didn't plant any of the currants in the garden, they came with the territory and this is the only one we saved. Then as I wandered around I noticed a couple of other plants, that despite being here over 5 years, have never been seen before.
Entente Cordiale
June 15, 2009
I made some Elderflower Cordial yesterday from the recipe in Celia's blog and today it looks a bit less pretty but already tastes and smells lovely.
10 Green Bottles
June 13, 2009
We have just bottled up 10 litres of 'Elderflower Champagne' and are waiting nervously for it to mature, or explode, whichever comes first. It certainly smells the part and was not really any trouble to make.
It’s Carnival Season
June 12, 2009
Although Ambergate Carnival is not exactly a ‘Thing I Make’ I certainly played a part in raising the funds and organising it last year. This year I am Chairman, so feel even more responsible for making it be a good day! Last year we ran Parade Workshops and Dance Sessions, the School Painted a Mural, we had the Digger Dancers performing. […]
Make it Crusty
June 3, 2009
If you would like a really easy bread recipe that needs no kneading check out my version of the NYT recipe that is featured in this months Fabulous Places Blog. I find this works best for me if I make the dough just before the school run (around 3.30pm) then do the first dough slooshing when I […]
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antipasti plank
whisky cupboard
a case for books
favourite brownies
how to make a cajón!
funnel cakes
laab moo
reuben sandwich
Ed on the decks
massive meatballs
apple pie
sweetcorn fritters
all day pork
rillettes
just chilli
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Things we make 
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