If the weather is getting you down then what better way to
lift your spirits with some good seafood. Here is a selection
of seafood recipes for you to try:
It is funny how something triggers off a memory. In this
case it was chocolate. Does anyone remember Fry's Five Boys
Milk Chocolate? It was discontinued in 1976 but in its day
it was one of the most popular chocolate bars. Probably because
there was not the competition or quality of today.
And my memories? When my age was still in single figures,
back in the 50s, every Thursday afternoon my mother would
take us, borrowing the car from my father, to visit our grandmother
on her small-holding. When the visit was over, without fail,
my brother and I would each be presented with a bar of Fry's
Five Boys Milk Chocolate and sixpence pocket money each. We
thought the chocolate was wonderful so what would we have
thought of today's offerings.
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When it comes to food and cooking it is always difficult
to find gifts because those that are really into their cooking
tend to have all the equipment they want, and nor do they
want their favourite worn down wooden spoon replacing with
a brand new one or some alternative trendy stirring tool.
So what do you buy them? Ever thought of ceramics, Spanish
ceramics that is? There is such a wide range and they make
a great way to serve food. Presentation is all important
and what could make a better present .
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"Just
took a stroll around the Spanish Ceramics pages on their
site. I wish I had a huge kitchen - I'd order ALL OF IT.
Lovely stuff."Take
a stroll for yourself at www.orceserranohams.com
Buried Treasure . . . hidden recipes Looking something up the other day made me realise how
many great recipes or "how to" pages are buried
in the site. After eleven years and almost 5,000 web pages
I suppose that should be no surprise. Here are just a few
examples from the early days of the site:
You
should have a look at the Hub-UK
Spanish
Delicatessen where you will find some of the
most popular Spanish meats and food products . . . direct
from Spain!
Iain Macdonald and Gayle Hartley realised their dream of
moving to Andalucia and establishing their own business in
2004. ‘Orce
Serrano Hams’ is an online Spanish delicatessen
specialising in cured hams, locally cured delicacies, terracotta
cookware and Spanish ceramics. If you love Spanish food, tapas
and traditional earthenware you can choose your very own and
have it delivered DIRECT from Spain
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more
Kitchen
Nightmares . . . real horror stories from the kitchen
- No nothing to do with a visit from Gordon Ramsay! Have you
ever had things go hopelessly wrong in the kitchen? Do you
often feel there is a family of gremlins living somewhere
in your kitchen? These are some of the stories that have been
contributed by both professional chefs, keen amateur cooks
and others in the food industry. Don't cry, just have a good
laugh .
. . read and relax
Aromatic
guide to the Spanish Kitchen - From the bay leaf to
the tiniest strands of saffron, discover what makes Spanish
cuisine so special. The Spanish use a mix of various imported
spices and homegrown herbs. Discover the most commonly used
herbs and spices in Spanish cooking and which the Spanish
kitchen should never be without .
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Georges,
the goat cheese genius - One taste and I was hooked.
I had never tasted a goat cheese so fresh and pure, with not
the slightest hint of goatiness. It didn't stick to the palate
but caressed the tongue. It made me think of spring flowers
and cool mountain air. I knew that somehow, whatever it took,
I had to secure a regular supply .
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Smoothies,
smoothies and more smoothies - the whole world seems
to hav fallen in love with smoothies. Personally I am not
agreta fan but I love tomato juice and I suppose, in the days
before the word 'smoothie' became the in word, it was one
of the firts smoothies. Want to make your own smoothies? For
a great selection of smoothie recipes .
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Cooking
Holidays, cooking vacations, culinary holidays, culinary
vacations, cooking tours or culinary tours . . . whatever
you are looking for to do with holidays and cooking Hub-UK
can
point you in the right direction.
It
has taken time to create pages to show you what such a holiday
is like as it is no good just writing about it - words just
cannot convey what you see and do. The pages created illustrate
what you can expect from this sort of holiday. Many similar
holidays to this can found in the Cooking Holidays section
of the site.
If
you do not have a high speed Internet connection the pages
may be slow to load because of the number of photographs .
. . it will be worth the wait.
Apparently
a lot of people search for RECIPIES (note the spelling).
Have they just mis-spelt the word recipes or by searching
for recipies were they actually looking for a recipie for
a pie?
Here
are some of the Recipies you will find on Hub-UK:
.
. . if you would like to find more pie recipes use the search
box on the left of each page.
Tips
on Knife Maintenance - a few knife sharpening hints.
All straight edge knives need to be sharpened regularly. It
is easy, just learn the procedure of washing the knife, drying
it, and then steeling it before putting the knife away in
a protected sleeve or knife holder . . . read
more
Having
been told that you have to be on Facebook if you
are anyone Hub-UK now has a Facebook page. . . not
sure whether it is a good idea or not. Perhaps you
can surprise us by taking a look, leaving a comment
or two and clicking on the Like button.
