Category: Food

  • Yr Wyddgrug

    Or Mold, if you prefer. No, not the stuff that festers atop the last slice of bread in the umpteenth bag you pull out of the bread box, that has a ‘u’ in it, but the little gem south of Holywell, about 10 miles round trip away. More of these entries seem to be talking…

  • Bread

    It’s that library again … No not dodgy books suggested by daytime TV, but an excellent guide to bread making called ‘Bread Matters’ by Andrew Whitley. Not only are there tons of great recipies; I can vouch for about 4 of them so far!!!! but also the difinitive reasons not to buy shop bread, even…

  • Return to reality

    Back for a reality check for a few days. This isn’t to last … off to clergy conference next week. As John says, everything seems to go wrong when you go away, well not so much for me, but life in the parish has become busy to say the least, even though we won’t be…

  • Community Bar-B-Q

    I’m a bit of a synic when it comes to people and them doing stuff. There is a lot of talk, but not much action. When groups of people do get their act together and do something for each other – like we saw when the country was half under water – the comments are…

  • Farmers Market

    We have discovered the delights of the local farmers market!! Oil from Anglesey, Buffalo steaks from Halkyn Mountain, Beer from Abergele, Olives from somewhere hot one presumes. It was almost enough to make a case for an evening service instead of the Sunday Morning. It is only once a month in any case…

  • No Zen, Cookies instead!!

    10oz plain flour ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon salt 6oz unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly 7.5oz dark brown sugar 4oz granulated white sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 large egg 1 large egg yolk 300g milk chocolate chips or raisins or half of each! (optional) In a bowl put together flour, bicarbonate…