Archive for November, 2006
Supreme Sausage Champion of Berkshire and Oxfordshire
The hand-made pork and herb based Oxford Sausage from Henley’s top butcher (actually only butcher) has been awarded Supreme Sausage Champion of Berkshire and OxfordshireSupreme Sausage Champion of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. They also walked away with a gold for their Honey and Mustard Sausage and a Silver for Pork and Leek. Gabriel Machin […]
Where to buy Tamarind, Recipe Suggestions too
The Sunday Times had a little snippet concerning Tamarind paste - a readers letter asked where to find it.
Natco, an online proveyour of Indian ingredients lists a slab of Tamarind for £1.25 for 200g.
“Usually it is the juice or paste that is used as a souring agent, particularly in south Indian and […]
The cheeseweb.com
Cheese is one of my great indulgences, and I pity a friend of mine who cannot tolerate it in any form. But until today I did not truly appreciate that there are 7 main types of cheese - Fresh (no rind), natural rind, soft white, semi-soft, hard, blue and flavoured. This and many other interesting […]
MySupermarket.com
I have never been ‘into’ these price comparison sites; to me the time it takes to find what you are looking for out weighs the limited cost savings. A new one has just been launched - MySupermarket.com.
The site calculates which store is offering the best promotions that week, allowing the user to compare and […]
Speciality Salts
By coincidence, while rooting around the Fortnum and Mason site for a post on Spittoon, I discovered this set of salts. Why so interesting? Because of the recent salt tasting I attended; that be why!
Now they are not cheap at a shade over £6 each but the delightful packaging and the ‘interesting’ factor combine to […]