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 some smoothie and made compot and pancakes. I was feeling a bit more peckish by this point, especially with the smell of bacon looming in the air and soon we sat down for bacon sandwiches, compote and pancakes. It was delicious! Afterwards we cleared up and made some chocolate cake. I will be sad not to come back tomorrow but over the last couple of days I have learnt a lot of skills that I can use forever. (more…)
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 delicious lemon sorbet for me) and headed back to the house. Then we made some dips (dahl, hummus, smolked mackeral pate and tzatziki), a big salad and some coronation chicken and then ate it all up for lunch. Afterwards we started to prepare that nights dinner of dips with toast and carrots, porcetta, casarol, curry, bread and butter pudding, and rubarb fool. Then we had a very active break, playing a lot of ‘Bop-it’ and cheating a lot at table football. The meal was excellent and at the end wew all shared the feeling of satisfied fullness. (more…)
This morning started in Dartmouth with a wander round the shops discussing how to shop, what to look for, seasonal produce and other things as we went. We visited Moby Nick’s Fish Shop, Cutmores Butchers, Jilly Farm Shop, The Smith Street Deli, Somerfield, Julian Graves and the good Intent (for ice cream). Returning to Kingswear with our goods we planned the day over squash and brownies before starting work. (more…)
We spent the afternoon making pasta sauces, lasagne, salads, chocolate chip cookies and rhubarb fool. Just waiting for the lasagne to cook so time to get everyones thoughts on the day:
Harry: I walked through the door not knowing what to expect and when Charles and i made the carrott and corriander soup and chibatta bread i never believed it would taste good until i tried it. The first day was more useful than i believed the whole course would be before the start. It was a great start to the weekend and i’m looking forward to day 2 and picking up more useful tips. (more…)
Our first morning was spent making bread and soup. Soup is an essential; it can be made from just about anything and is capable of infinite variety. Not only that but it is satisfying, warming, homely and delicious (if made right of course).
The bread dough was made and put aside to prove first. Then knives were sharpened, warnings given and evryone got to do plenty of chopping practice. David was surprised, nay astonished because no one cut themselves, and he usually does. (more…)
“Survival Cooking” is our three day workshop for teenagers keen to get a head start with the cooking thing as seen on lots of telly. This morning we’re joined by Harry, Tom, Lucy, Eleanor, Charles and Hattie and we’ll aim to keep a regularly updated blog (2 or 3 times a day) with pics of what we’ve cooked and perhaps a little cooking action.
To start here’s the whole group ready to begin. From left to right: Eleanor, Lucy, hattie, Charles, Tom and Harry
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