Leek and Potato
Farmer Ira Ingredients: 4 Medium sized leeks chopped and rinsed. A biggish bit of butter for frying 3 cloves garlic 3 medium potatoes black pepper Spash of white wine 500ml-1L premade stock. 150ml cream. Fry the leeks and garlic gently…
Jan’s Pea and Ham Soup
Ingredients: 1 small leek A few small carrots About 300g chunky bacon offcuts 200g yellow split peas salt and pepper 2 bay leaves 1 clove garlic Rinse peas and boil on their own … and then remove scum from top…
Chocolate Womble Cake
After making custard we had quite a few egg-whites left over. Jan is such a womble that she could not bear to see this go to waste. After discovering that a blender doesn’t make such great meringue, the original plan…
Christmas Feast
Christmas isn’t christmas without a proper decorated tree … or at least some branches collected from the side of the road. After fighting the hordes at Tesco and the markets we’d stocked up pretty good for our Christmas feast ……
Animation
Well it’s not exactly Wallace and Gromit but it was quite fun to make. Perhaps with a bit more time .. Naut vs Octo
Kayak to the max
On saturday we cruised the waters of the little ouse between Thetford and Brandon. It was the first proper trip for Jan’s kayak and we gave it a good testing. The trip was definitely one of the most fun in…
Whitehaven Fossils
After our nice walk in the Lakes district last weekend we decided to round out our trip with a bit of fossil pillaging. It just so happened that the town of Whitehaven was nearby and meant to be a good…
The Lakes
Last weekend we caught up with our friend and scientific collaborator, Rob to go on some walks in the English Lakes district. Despite spending the drive bagging out the English weather and the general lameness of it’s countryside we arrived…
Tomatoes
Despite being subjected to some nasty experiments our tomato plants are thriving in our little back yard. We’ve counted about 40-50 baby tomatoes on their way with loads more to come … hopefully they will not completely take over our…
Flower food
Sunflowers are the coolest plants. They grow so fast towards the light that they seem like they have little personalities. I personally am keen to try and extract the seeds but for now it’s just cool to see the flowers…