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My grandmother always made fabulous doughnuts. They were not yeast doughnuts, but the cake type of doughnuts . . . with a tender crumb and flavoured with freshly grated nutmeg. I remember them being so fat that the hole in the middle was always almost swollen shut, just like a big fat belly button . . . Oh my but they were so very good. Served up warm with a nice tall glass of cold milk. I can remember her standing there in her kitchen,in front of the old white enameled wood stove, wearing her flowered calico pinnie and cooking them in an old black iron kettle . . . . dropping them in and then turning them with a long handled fork. She always shook the warm doughnuts afterwards in cinnamon sugar, in a brown paper bag . . . carefully saved and repurposed from a trip to the local grocery shop. The paper would absorb any grease and the gentle shaking helped to coat them just perfectly in the sugar . . . I can still remember that beautiful smell . . . woodsmoke, hot brown paper, cinna

    I picked up a few chicken crowns at the grocery store last week that were on for a really nice price.   They were only £3.  We like chicken in this house.  I think it's probably the one protein we eat the most of. A chicken crown is like a turkey crown except it's chicken.   The legs are removed and in this case the wings as well.  What you end up with is a nice compact sized roast, with the bone and skin intact, which you can still stuff if you like. I created a simple bread stuffing for this one I cooked the other day.  It was not a huge amount, just enough to slip between the skin and the meat of the chicken breast, but it helped to keep the chicken really nice and moist.   With the excess amount, I simply grated a small sweet potato and mixed it in and then baked it in a casserole along side of the chicken.  It was really tasty! I made a tasty bread sauce to have as well.   Bread sauce is a lovely sauce to have with poultry, believe it or not.  It's not something

  CANCER RESEARCH UK CREATES WORLD’S FIRST SOCIAL ICON ‘DO’ BUTTON  Don’t just like, DO! Cancer Research UK inspires people to #ActNowForResearch  In a world first Cancer Research UK has developed a digital ‘DO’ button, encouraging the nation not just to  like  something they see but also to  do  something about it in 2014.   Launched as part of its campaign to raise awareness of the importance of research in beating cancer,  the ‘DO’ button is a simple reminder that there are lots of ways that people can take action to help Cancer Research UK beat cancer sooner. Once installed, the ‘DO’ button appears alongside other social media icons on websites and blogs. When pressed, it directs people to a random #ActNowForResearch generator, which provides an immediate way for someone to support Cancer Research UK’s work. Action doesn’t just mean donations. The #ActNowForResearch generator suggests many different ways – both humorous and more traditional – from uploading a selfie wit

I was recently sent a gift pack from Godminster Cheese , just in time for Valentines day . . . their sweet "Heart to Heart" set ,   is a tasty combination of a delicious 200g Vintage Organic Cheddar and 150g Heart-Shaped Organic Brie, both heart shaped and presented in their very own unique gift box.  Godminster Vintage Cheddar is completely organic, containing no preservatives and encased in a ruby coloured wax.  There is no need to remove the wax as it makes the perfect case to keep it in.  You can simply slice the top off and scoop out the cheese and then replace the "lid" when you are done.  Best served at room temperature, this lovely chedddar is rich and creamy.  Quite delicious! Godminster Traditional Organic Brie, is an organic soft cheese, created using fresh milk from the Godminster Farm.  With it's fresh flavour and creamy texture, this was also quite delicious. Inclued as well was a round of their lovely Organic Brie which I decided to do somethi

Spam was not something which we ever had when I was growing up.  I am not sure why that was.  We never had tinned meat of any kind except for deviled ham, which my mother sometimes bought to make our sandwiches for lunch with.  It came in a tin which was placed inside a paper wrapper decorated with little red devils.  I am not sure, but I think the devils somehow made it taste better! The one and only tme I can remember ever enountering Spam was at school.  A boy in my class wanted to trade his Spam sandwiches with my peanut butter ones.   I wouldn't trade because I did not know what Spam was and I was a bit afraid of trying something that I had never had before.   Besides, I really liked peanut butter.   I was very lucky.  I grew up in a country that was untouched by war in my lifetime and I had a father with a really good job.  People over here in the UK have not been that lucky.     Having been through two World Wars, and rationing, etc.  tinned meat is something which has pre