Kitchen Capers Monday 1 January 2024
I thought I would share with you some of the things I get up to in my kitchen when I have things available to make use of. This may not happen every day depending on what else I have on for any particular day, but I am going to try and be a little more proactive in getting things squirrelled away and away into the Pantry for future use. I managed to do a few small things which cumulatively will eventually build up to a good stock of smaller items which are good for flavouring food. This is especially so if you keep doing a little at a time. I had bought in some fresh thyme to use with cooking Christmas dinner. We were going to have Rib of Beef for the main Christmas meal, but in the end we went and bought a Turkey as well and had that instead. I love fresh herbs, but I do not see the point in wasting any of it. I therefore chose to dry the thyme on its stalk. On checking on it yesterday, I found that all the stems were dry. Rather than str...