Cherry's English Kitchen

Back In An Abundant Kitchen

 

The gloves are off and I am now back in the kitchen. No longer do I have building, renovating or decorating to hold me back. And, although I have essentially missed the entire Summer and it's produce, I know have the bountiful harvest that Autumn will bring to get my hands, teeth and recipe head around.

The picture above shows only A FEW items from the food shop I did today that are British. The rest I had already put away before remembering to photograph. But, if anybody ever tells you that we have a limited supply of food with which to cook in this wonderful country of ours, you just send them my way. I'll be the one in my cosy kitchen with radio four on in the background. If you see some ugly tiles on the wall you'll know you're in the right place!

Cherry Menlove

A Hustle & A Bustle

I've been waiting for this and at last it arrived. A full day in the kitchen. A day when dishes were prepared, consumed, stored for later use and the foodie foundations for the upcoming weeks were laid.

It was about three weeks ago that I had this delightful day but I am only just getting around to posting about it. I had to fit it in as soon as I could as we are doing some work on our kitchen and before I know it the counter tops will be wrenched out and who knows when the space will be workable again.

Anyway, it was super day and I can't wait until another one pops it's head around the corner.

We prepped for a mammoth jam making session.....

...using ingredients that have the WI's approval of course......

....while the Strawb's began to ready themselves........

.....LBH's mother very kindly prepped a chicken for me. We chilled or froze the pieces and turned the bones into a stock that would add flavour and depth to a risotto I had brewing in the back of my mind......

......I started on the lunch, using some Scottish lamb from our local butchers......

....and of course this little contraption got lots of use......

....we started on a fresh berry dessert that was meant to be a giant cake of sorts but ended up looking much more like Eton Mess....

.....which reminds me I really do need to get around to ordering a new whisk attachment for my mixer. This way hurts the arm......

 

.....the jam was coming along nicely......

 

....and the stock was ready to be frozen and kept until needed.....

 

....the lamb was finally tender and the lunch delicious. A new recipe of mine that I'm rather pleased with.....

 

.....and so, after all that I knew I had a sofa and a television that was waiting for me to plop down onto and exhale. The carnage can be cleaned up later. The work was done, the food had been consumed. It was now time to rest, it was a Sunday after all.