http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog Food Thoughts from Manna from Devon Thu, 13 May 2010 11:39:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a wonderful time of year this is.  These shots were taken this morning during a 40 minute walk through Hoodown Woods overlooking the River Dart  and just a few hundred metres from home.  Swathes of bluebells, a profusion of wild orchids, Poppy the three legged wonderdog and spectacular views ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=129   Four whole days is just enough time to try a couple of new things as well as revisiting some old favourites and this Easter was no exception.  As the Farmers Market on Saturday was in Kingsbridge I thought it was about time I canoed down the Avon ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=116 Those of my generation will remember Dasterdly and Mutley’s interminable and always fruitless pursuit of “the Pigeon” back in the day and I have a fond memory of Pigeons being dropped off at the house by friends of my dad and me and mum trussing them in the porch.  (“Writing ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=111 Whilst picking up cooking class supplies in Luscombes butchers in Totnes I spied a tray of pinky, blobby looking things.  “Are they sweetbreads?”, I said.  “Yes”, said Elliot the excellent and helpful butcher.  A quick conversation ascertained that they were lambs sweetbreads and what the butcher called throat glands, or ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=102 We’ve just had a great weekend at the Cooking School.  On Saturday we had three young boys and their Dad learning how to cook great food on a budget; ideal for teenagers about to head off to college or similar.  On Sunday we ran an Eastern Mediterranean day as ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=97 I am enjoying a breakfast of Sourdough Wholegrain Rye Toast which we made on last weekends Slow Bread Class and I'm loving every mouthful. It got me wondering whether, whilst being delicious and filling, Rye was also nutritionally as good, better or worse than wheat.  As the table at the ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=78 Oops!  Somehow I managed to lock myself out of this blog and have been unable to log onto my hosts website to do anything about.  At last I seem to have made progress so hopefully I can get back to blogging now. http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=76 I'm in Bath for 11 days of Christmas Street Market.  I've been allocated my tiny hut on Abbeygate Street and it's in danger of collapse under the weight of products I've got stuffed into it.  The first supply of Brownies already ran out but luckily more have arrived overnight so ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=75 Eleanor: I woke up this morning feeling like I had swallowed a whole elephant the night before and it wasn't very pleasant but I knew I had a huge brunch coming up. First, we learnt how to poach, fry and scramble eggs and how to make omlette. Then we tried ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=73 Eleanor: This morning, as soon as the sun was up so were we, and at 9.00 we met up to go shopping. We visited the fishmongers, grocery shop, delicatesson and butchers and we learnt a lot outside the kitchen. Then we collected our ingredients, had a few ice creams (a ... http://mannafromdevon.com/mannablog/?p=71