Vegetarian Cornish Pasties & Cornwall (egg free, dairy free, gluten free)
on Nov 19, 2009 in staycationing Cornish pasties recession I will never camp in Cornwall again pasties lentils Cornwall gluten free flour Long before it became a buzz word, my family sometimes, ‘staycationed’. Only we didn’t call it that. 30 (ish) years ago my parents called it, ‘Bugger, business isn’t doing well, can’t have much time off. Don’t think we’ll go to France...

Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread & New York (egg free, dairy free, gluten free)
on Oct 29, 2009 in halloween michael Jackson tourist New york big apple pumpkin bread spices autumn In a minute I’m going to say two words to you. I want you to listen carefully and then close your eyes. I then want you to let all thoughts that are triggered by the two words, swirl around your head. Do not try to control the thoughts, just s...

Gingerbread with Lemon Icing & Cultural Acceptance (egg free, dairy free, gluten free)
on Oct 14, 2009 in what was that woman on? France swimming pools gingerbread acceptance icing culture shock Are you familiar with John H Schumann’s Theory of Acculturation? No? Well let me enlighten you.He argued (circa 1978) that there are 4 stages of Cultural Shock when you move to a different country. I’ll simplify;The Euphoric StageThis is the bit...

Buy a Flirty Apron!
on Oct 6, 2009 in buy one for christmas flirty aprons like the product I was wandering around cyberspace recently, in a bit of a dreamy daze, when I read a sentence that bought me up short. And then I had to sort of wander away nonchalantly, whistling and pretending...It said something like,'Do you remember the days whe...

Pear and Chocolate Tart for the Home (egg free, dairy free, gluten free)
on Sep 21, 2009 in drizzle blushing bride wedding dresses pears pears again poached houses chocolate When it came to buying my wedding dress, I approached it like any other purchase. ‘Important to shop around’, I thought. So I did. In the first shop I tried on a couple, and then with my loyal friend Sandra in tow, we trailed all over town with m...

Glenda Bannington-Blythe's Sauté Potatoes with Thyme and Garlic (egg free, dairy free, gluten free)
on Aug 19, 2009 in yum yum yum Will she kill him? garlic Indefinite Leave to Remain Glenda Roger Where will it end? vintage champagne fresh thyme potatoes gardening (If you haven't had the good fortune to meet Glenda before now, you might want to do a little background reading to bring you up to speed)‘The thing is,’ rasped Roger as he reached out towards the willing, nubile Blonde, ‘No-one ever needs to k...

Homeschooling Bean and Polenta Vegetarian Sausages (Egg free, Dairy free, Gluten free)
on Jul 6, 2009 in red wine home schooling summer children sausages it's mustard in the photo not mayonnaise bite-sized seminars polenta Every now and then I think that I might quite enjoy home schooling my children. I fancy that I would adhere to a wide-ranging, liberal curriculum that would take the form of light seminars designed to equip my children for life. The emphasis would be...

Star Solution of Hope #1: Engevita Yeast Flakes
on Jun 14, 2009 in Hope yeast flakes Star solutions cheesy nutty taste red wine lots of red wine skin prick tests Nutramigen breastfeeding wouldn't really throttle veal conscience salving In many ways, the medical diagnosis of a child’s food allergies is not the starting point. The starting point probably came weeks or months earlier, when it was clear that something didn’t agree with your child. In the case of my daughter, it w...

Breaking My Word Jammy Biscuits (egg free, dairy free, gluten free)
on May 28, 2009 in puppy drink driving arsehole drunken driver allergies blogging jam French highway code sucks car crash In many ways young children are like puppies. They need clear boundaries, a kind but firm manner, and someone to clear up their poo. Now, when young children get old enough to ask for a puppy, the boundaries need to be even clearer, and the manner st...

To think I did all that, and may I say, not in a shy way...
on Mar 1, 2009 in For what is a pig what has she got if not herself than she has naught the record shows i took the blows and did it my way thank-you very much and good night There's nothing worse, is there, than a dying blog? It's like watching a fly buzzing around on its back. It's not pretty, you feel bad for watching, yet you're incapable of administering the final blow, it seems a bit mean.For a while now I think my...