When canning you really have to follow the rules. With jams, jellies and marmalades, tinker with the fruit/sugar/pectin/cooking time ratios at your own peril. The heartbreak of a batch that doesn't set is like getting a bad sunburn. You have that same kind of regret. Stupid me, I knew I should of put on sunscreen. Or measured that fruit more carefully. … [Read more...]
DINGLE PIE (SPICED LAMB PIE)
Heaven knows there's no paucity of sons and daughters or Eire in America and celebrating March 17th is a highlight of our calendar. The spirit of fun and pride is contagious, though oftentimes of borderline taste, e.g. shamrock painted faces, green hair, assorted crimes of fashion and please, that green river in … [Read more...]