WARNING: THIS POST CREEPS EVEN ME OUT! This life, the one that we’ve decided to live, the one where we grow our own, bake our own, preserve our own, well, it’s tough. There’s amazing highs (our chickens and foraging our own food) and there’s incredible lows (this composting disaster and we mustn’t forget Bitch-face). All ofContinue reading “Prosciutto Part 3”
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Making Prosciutto – Part 2
So the time had come to get to stage 2 of making our prosciutto (Part 1 here). We once again made the trek (we actually drove) down the street with the little one, a black tub and a couple of home brew ciders, to Cafe Indulge. We slid the big, salt filled tub gently fromContinue reading “Making Prosciutto – Part 2”
Making Prosciutto – Part 1
I love the idea of learning about how to do the things of old. Skills that have been put to the wayside as people focus on a life of convenience. So when our lovely, local barista at Cafe Indulge talked about making prosciutto, I jumped at the opportunity to give it a go, in factContinue reading “Making Prosciutto – Part 1”
In My Kitchen… December 2013
In my kitchen… …we did have a box of these strawberry milkshake Wholeberry Folk cupcakes, which came from the Voices of 2013 presentation gala goodie bag… …but now we have these cupcakes instead. I’m not usually a fan of packet mixes, in fact I would never buy a packet mix but recently I’ve come intoContinue reading “In My Kitchen… December 2013”
Home-made Burgers
I had a plan! Dinner… Food is usually involved in my plans. It had to be great, inspired… The pressure was all coming from me. The motivation was to use some of our preserves, the inspiration, this post. On the way home I bought some Otway Free Range Pork. Dinner was easy, but so delicious. I added to theContinue reading “Home-made Burgers”
Cucumber Pickles
I love that the Internet makes the world a little smaller. I feel as though I have friends all over the world, thrilling conversations from the quiet of my home can be had, and if you want to learn a little about a new topic, all the information you could ever need is at the tips ofContinue reading “Cucumber Pickles”
