Monday 31 December 2012

Leftovers

My twelve year old had an ice cream maker for Christmas.
Which means the diet is on hold because he'd use it every day if he could. And it makes 2 litres at a time. Using a LOT of double cream.
This morning he's strayed from the recipe book and grated a popping candy chocolate orange into the vanilla mixture, then added chopped up Jaffa cakes and maltesers.
We're calling it "leftover chocolate at Christmas ice cream".
Catchy.

Thursday 20 December 2012

Wooly thoughts

I'm away from the tea rooms physically but not mentally.
I am planning a change to the conservatory to make it different from the main tea room but am struggling to work out the best way to do it.  New and differently coloured table cloths are essential but I'd also like to paint all the chairs white.
35 of them.
That could be a labour of love.
The kitchen's also having a revamp after Christmas.
In other news we have two rams wintering in our garden.
Richard and Roger.
Currently they're doing their best to shelter under a tree.