September: it's all back to school, sunny days and increased traffic volumes. Then someone injures himself and earlier events fade from the memory. But there's always baking.My fifteenth recipe from Norfolk's Own Cookbook was for lemon and blackberry cake. The key ingredients were grated lemon zest, rapeseed oil, sugar, ground and flaked almonds and sugar. The blackberries were added to the top for the last fifteen minutes of baking.
I have to admit I didn't pick my own blackberries. I bought these ones and I am not a fan. Next time I will put my boots on and scramble among the brambles.
As it was the younger offspring's birthday earlier this month I made him one of his favourites: rocky road muffins from Gill MacLennan's Chocolate recipe book. He was appreciative. Then as a treat for when he was in hospital I made him Nigella Lawson's rocky road crunch bars.
Yesterday I reverted to The Soup Book and made a lentil and vegetable soup that I first made in April 2010! For our second course I made Selma Hage's chicken rice and tomato. I had to make up my own Lebanese seven spices seasoning. Selma lists the ingredients as ground allspice, pepper, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground nutmeg, ground fenugreek and ground ginger but you'll find other ingredients given by other cooks.
Book Buzz
Ruth Rendell and/or Barbara Vine has been one of my favourite authors for over thirty years. I recently read and enjoyed Grasshopper, which was first published sixteen years ago. At the climax of the story there is a reference to three people being smoked out of thier home "like bees from a hive". I can't say any more without giving away the ending.
So that's all I have to write for now. I'll end with a photo of hives taken this morning at the National Botanic Garden in Glasnevin.
Minnie
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