Rule #32; Enjoy the Little Things

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Now that's a friend.

I'll tell you a good one. I have a friend called Astley, he works as a carpenter on oak timber framed buildings, and does a lot of work for the Weald and Downland Museum in Singleton where I live.

The Weald and Downland stock the full range of Gransfor Bruks axes. Before I knew the full value of these, he showed me a Small Forest Axe, which I loved immediately due to the perfect balance whatever the holding position on the shaft. I said, if you get up there again and can get me a discount, please grab one for me.

He turned up a few days before Christmas (few years ago now), with a really nicely grained SFA in his hands. I said I couldn't, I'd spent all I had on Christmas stuff.

He looked at me, looked at the axe, looked at me again, then said "Well, Happy Christmas then".
 
Got a bowl of strawberry vinegar brewing up ~ I've been meaning to get around to making a bottle or two up for ages :o . Smells good so far* :D

So just the two weeks of occasionally stirring, the straining and filtering to go ... :rofl:



* Mind the kitchen is now a mad and heavy mix of Mint, Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, strawberry, cider vinegar and roast pork :D
 
We need a recipe - well I do - for Strawberry vinegar.....and some instructions on what to do with it!

It sounds fascinating :)
 
The sky was amazing today!

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We need a recipe - well I do - for Strawberry vinegar.....and some instructions on what to do with it!

It sounds fascinating :)

I stumbled across the recipe and it piqued my interest ... then I had a genuine accident when a drip of liquid strawberry conserve I was making dropped into a splot of vinegar. Remembering the recipe I did a quick taste test, and now I'm in the process of making it proper :D

The intro blurb to the recipe mentions using it to dress salads, to finish meat sauces, or sprinkling over fresh strawberries :D I reckon you could add a dribble or two to vanilla ice cream ~ a slight pray might work too.
It could be worth paying round with food combinations where sweet / sour / salty are known to work (like a BLT working because of the salt of the bacon, the sweet of the tomato and the crunch of the lettuce ~ sweet tomato relish is worth trying in the mix ;) ).

Happy to put up the recipe now if you want to have a play, happy to work through the process and give feedback and opinion on the final product. Which would you prefer?
 
Is it okay to say...both please?

BTW - Beautiful sky Harvestman - I was stuck inside today most of the day :(
 
These things are not little, but hopefully my fellow "Devon Dumplings" can appreciate a proper, man sized, pasty


Cornish Pasties by British Red, on Flickr

Haven't made them for years - the smell alone of them baking took me back to the Cathedral Green in Exeter where I used to buy my lunchtime oggy.

Smells are a time machine - they take you back
 
Someone's pinched my time machine! I parked it outside the front door next week and when I went to use it today it was gone!

OK, OK, I'll get my coat ...............
 
These things are not little, but hopefully my fellow "Devon Dumplings" can appreciate a proper, man sized, pasty


Cornish Pasties by British Red, on Flickr

Haven't made them for years - the smell alone of them baking took me back to the Cathedral Green in Exeter where I used to buy my lunchtime oggy.

Smells are a time machine - they take you back

Pasties are my favourites! Those may not be little, but there is a lot of enjoyment to be had there. And now I'm hungry...
 
Today is Fougasse Friday.. a nice simple olive, garlic, rosemary and seasalt fougasse, to be had later with salami, cheese and wine.
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