Drink – Smelly Socks and Garden Peas

Last year's cocktails post seems long enough ago to start a new separate one with this year's recipes. I love a cocktail, but I rarely follow recipes though and enjoy making things up a bit as I go with little or no planning. So here are a few of my recent inventions... Rosalie I tried… Continue reading Making Stuff 17: Cocktails 2021

Caption "Making Stuff: Gin bottling and jam" with a backdrop of home made jam in jars

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Making stuff 15: gin bottling and jam (2020)

5th Oct 202016th Feb 2021 Smelly Socks and Garden Peas

Last year I had a marathon session making jam and chutney and kicking off the gin. The fruit stays steeping in the gin for at least a month, then its bottling time. This year, I wasn't planning to make any jam, there's still a cupboard full from last autumn. However, the elderberry laden trees at… Continue reading Making stuff 15: gin bottling and jam (2020)

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Holiday 2019 Round Up

28th Jul 20208th Aug 2020 Smelly Socks and Garden Peas

This is just a round up of our 2019 summer holidays. We had loads of fun in the Loire and Dordogne in France. D minus 1Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6Day 7Day 8Day 9Day 10Day 11Day 12Day 13Day 14Day 15Day 16

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Making Stuff 14: Cocktails 2020

13th Jun 202016th Feb 2021 Smelly Socks and Garden Peas

I love a cocktail and I recently bought myself a proper shaker and some martini glasses. I rarely follow recipes though and enjoy making things up a bit as I go. Poor Man's Kir Royale Yeah, so who can afford champagne and creme de cassis is so 90s! In this house we drink prosecco with… Continue reading Making Stuff 14: Cocktails 2020