Crow berry jam from Foula – hard picking but delicious!
Have you ever tasted crow berry jam? Crow berries (also known as heather berries), are the purple berries on Cross-leaved Heath (Erica...
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My food and drink related posts
Aug 20, 20182 min read
My homebrew IPA – Better than Brew Dog!
I made my first homebrew a few years ago when beer tax went up yet again − brewing our own seemed like a sensible austerity strategy at...
Aug 20, 20181 min read
Plum butter – or Pflaumenmus – a traditional German fruit spread
Plum butter – or pflaumenmus in German – is a traditional dark fruit spread. The funny thing about this jam is that it is slowly baked...
Aug 19, 20182 min read
Sloe gin – four simple steps and at a lot of patience
I avoid commercially available sloe gin. It’s too sweet to my liking, and the flavour is one dimensional and boring — no better than...
Aug 19, 20182 min read
Apple butter – or appelstroop – a delicious Dutch fruit spread
Apple butter is syrup made from boiled down apple juice. Variations have been made in all apple growing regions of Europe since Medieval...
Aug 19, 20161 min read
My kitchen, the hub of our home
Tasty home made food is extremely important to my family, and one of the things that brought my husband and me together – we both like to...
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