When my wife Joan and I travel along country lanes in our area, we always map out the fruit trees at the side of the road. We then know the best trees to pick the apples/pears.
Driving home yesterday, thru! the estate near us we glanced across to the childrens play area. There is a small copse just on the edge. In the copse we found two of the most bountifull apple trees ever. Juicy big red and green apples.
We picked some off both trees, took them home. Joan made some pastry and baked 2 apple pies. 1 for tea with custard, the other in the freezer.
Tomorrow we will pick more and have apple crumble with custard, Mmmm. Yum Yum.
Best Regards Doug
Nothing like picking your apples straight from the tree,not too much of that apple pie and double cream though as it tends to ruin yout health - to hell with the risks,give the cat a goldfish.And my CO was in the cake making mood today,we had buttercream kuchen with homegrown raspberries.Can hardly move now,but what a way to fill oneself up!
ReplyDeleteAnd nothing like having a lady in the house who CAN make those cakes and pies!
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Yes Don, my wife has always been a great cook. She is doing a cake mix as I write this. My 2 favourites at the moment is "Chocolate Cookies" & Peanut Butter Cupcakes". She also has a Cooking Day every week for the freezer. Mainly Curries (Chicken) Tikka Mazala,Korma,Jalfrezi, Rogan Josh, Madras etc. I Luv. Em.
ReplyDeleteRegards Doug.
Dugie better than the BBQ's we had in Dhalla
ReplyDeleteDown yer in zummerset we use most of apples in the making of scrumpy(cider).
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You can go off people you know. there I am chuffed that Since last week I can now digest a current bun for the 1st time since they removed my stomach in feb I might try some bread next week, in the meantime I can only dream of the times when we had a sheep dairy farm in Dorset and my old Bride would skim some cream from the sheep's milk put some fresh raspberries though the liquidiser ,bake some eclairs ,add the liquid raspberries to the cream ,beat then fill the eclairs, god I think I'm having an orgasm.and by the way it isn't called scrumpy tiz called suicide soup, there are three sorts there is Rough , Bloody Rough and arrgh. the latter is the best particularly if you have to add sugar to clear it having lost 30 kilos and my waist size has dropped from 46 ins down to 38- I have put on 1.5 kilos this week. and intend to have some apple pie in sept, but what I miss most are the onions and the beans all types but I'll get there. Frank
ReplyDeleteFrank -- "Oop North" Scrumpy is "Oggie Raiding" Stealing from local garden orchads.
ReplyDeleteKeep in touch. We will bring you an apple pie next June.
Regards. Doug
Adge cutler must be turning over in his grave hearing them up norf and they down der in darsit saying cider aint scrumpy.
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Well whatever you call it,it has the same effect on the human body if you bath in it.Now I do recall from my APTC days going into Bodmin and wondering why they would only give you one pint.After the second pub,and the second pint - I knew!!!!!
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Anyone ever enjoyed a poor mans black velvet.....Scrumpy and Guiness (rather than Champagne and Stout)......great way to spend an hour or two!
ReplyDeletehow about an apple gateau its made with of course apples white bread I think an egg or two marinaded with calvados (apple brandy) put in the oven and cooked served with a liberal coating of "weinschaumsoße made of course with CALVADOS . I suppose you could use so scrump if you like providing it aint french. By-the way I have weened myself of a glass sherry and can now drink a glass of scrump. if want the secret of drinking multiple glasses Don just watch the the natives we've always got a lump of Gloster cheese
ReplyDeleteAh yes - sherry.Now I have a pal whose lady likes Bristol Cream.So every time he goes to the bottle bank he waits till all have left and then unloads his boot full of those blue bottles.Once he was caught by a pal in the act - never heard the end,his pal thought HE was the addict!
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Don -- Our bottle bank has two access slots. The secret is, one empty in each hand and drop them thru~ together.
ReplyDeleteNo probs.
Regards Doug.
Very quiet on here today - do you think they might have all got their blue bottles out?
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