tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post3107352580745451976..comments2024-03-28T01:42:19.513+00:00Comments on TARRAGON & THYME: Cold Days bring back Happy MemoriesPattypanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533048669555871726noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post-58515740717307639432018-03-18T18:42:25.054+00:002018-03-18T18:42:25.054+00:00I think it is wonderful that you are rescuing and ...I think it is wonderful that you are rescuing and giving a home to all these beautiful finished and unfinished pieces of embroidery. We who enjoy doing this sort of work understand the hundreds of hours and skilful fingers each piece represents. We stayed a night in a shabby chic hotel recently (the Pig in the New Forest whose unique selling point is as a kitchen garden with rooms as all the food served in the restaurant is either home grown - including the pigs! - or sourced within a 25 mile radius). Anyway covering one whole wall in the reception hall of this beautiful Georgian country house hotel is a collection of the most beautifully worked embroideries. Some are Berlin work, some are silk on linen, all are different sizes and with different frames but what united them was that they all featured flowers. As a decorative feature they were superbly effective. As I write I can smell our crackling leg of pork roasting. We’re having it with homemade herb stuffing (rosemary, thyme and sage from the garden) roast potatoes and parsnips, carrots and apple sauce. No greens tonight as it is too cold and snowy to visit the allotment. You have some very special memories of food and cooking and it is really lovely and comforting to read them so thank you for sharing. Sarah https://www.blogger.com/profile/14230327066600698804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post-15582225463081778122018-03-18T13:06:39.212+00:002018-03-18T13:06:39.212+00:00Hi BB
Winter was always broken up by the visits t...Hi BB<br /><br />Winter was always broken up by the visits to my Nan and Pop. She was a very good cook having made her sister's fortune as a cook in a bakery when she was single and then working at the Naafi during the war, then was the cook at the local village school. This way of making the stuffing is the best and has so much more flavour. I still use white pepper an awful lot we prefer it to black pepper although I do use black. It adds that something extra to gravies and sauces. I don't use much salt but I do use pepper. I get mine from the Co-Op. Would not be without it. I have utilised my Ugg boot box for works in progress which do not need much doing to them and should be easily and quickly worked and off the list. I am waiting for some cream Anchor Tapisserie wool to arrive so that I can get stuck in during the weekend. When OH goes back fishing I shall attack the patchwork and the embroidery machine. Working full time and not getting in until sixish most nights and keeping house don't always marry well together. However plans are afoot. I am easily diverted but intend to deal with that as well. Hope you are okay. Catch you soon. Pattypan xxPattypanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533048669555871726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post-7818136002103755522018-03-18T07:23:25.618+00:002018-03-18T07:23:25.618+00:00What a lovely description of winter visits to your...What a lovely description of winter visits to your gran. Such wonderful memories for you. Her way of making stuffing sounds tasty - I have that recipe studded with cloves and sprinkled with pepper in some of my old cookery books. I think one of them is for roasting it though, rather than boiling. You brought back a memory of the white pepper (pre-finely ground and in a little canister) which was the only form of pepper on offer when I was growing up. Freshly ground black pepper came MUCH later!!<br /><br />All your half-finished tapestries and embroideries must be piling up now. Time to make a start on one or two before you disappear under the pile!!<br />Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com