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Jun 8th, 2011
An Arabian evening: lemon and mint cocktails, hummus and Arabic Chicken Machboos
Lemon and mint cocktail
On our amazing trip to Dubai, we were served a refreshing drink made of lemon and mint. I got quite addicted and since coming home have found myself drinking it a lot, with the addition of a slightly less traditional little ‘freshener’ of gin. Oh it makes all the difference. Those little minxes at British Mummy Bloggers challenged me to vlog a summer recipe, so I cheated...
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May 4th, 2011
Gin o’clock! A visit to the Sipsmith Distillery
A Londres encore! This time we headed to Hammersmith to visit the wonderful chaps at Sipsmith. I first met James at the Real Food Festival (incidentally, you can win tickets to this year’s festival over at My Daddy Cooks), and was enchanted by the fantastic aromas of their bespoke London Dry Gin (you know I love a gin). At the time he said ‘oh you must come and see us’, but then we headed...
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Oct 1st, 2010
Blackberry and apple liqueur
This month I’m delighted to have been invited to join in the Irish Foodies Cookalong. Basically, a whole bunch of Irish foodies and bloggers get together the first Friday of every month to cook their interpretation of a theme, then post their results on the Facebook page.
This month’s theme is autumn fruit, so I thought it was time to unearth all those blackberries I picked in September, now nestling...
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English Mum |
Jul 21st, 2009
Cocktails, baby!
So the other night, we were talking about cocktails. Well, that’s a lie actually, I was regaling Hubby with tales of Disney – how me and my fellow Disneyers spent many a happy evening in the bar, downing mojitos, being loud and taking the piss out of the lady behind the bar who looked disturbingly like Matt Lucas (I luv you more than…lollipops!).
Anyhoo, digressing. I happened to remember...
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English Mum |
Dec 7th, 2008
It’s beginning to look a lot like Kitschmas
So being a bit of an Ebay-addicted household, lovely Ciaran the postie is well used to being mugged at the door of English Towers by eager parcel recipients. Friday was no exception, then, when my copy of Merry Kitschmas, The Ultimate Holiday Handbook by Michael D Conway finally arrived. I’ve been looking for it for ages after glimpsing it on the shelf behind someone on some tv programme or other...
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English Mum |
Nov 26th, 2008
English Mum’s cheaty Limoncello – a step by step guide
Righty ho, then. Here we go with the promised Limoncello recipe. Firstly a little note about the alcohol. Seeing as we’re cheating (see title), there are no rules. I know that some people make this Limoncello with Grappa, or Schnapps, or one of those colourless fruity brandy-type drinks called Eau de Vie. Any of these is fine.
Anyhoo, it’s dead easy. I’ve even enlisted José Mourinho...
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English Mum |
Jul 14th, 2008
Elderflower Champagne dahling? It’s home made…
Ahhh, Hubby and I love the boat road down to the lough. This time of year it’s filled with the most beautiful sights and smells: the baby burgers and all growing up into potential rump steaks, their mamas still snorting protectively as we pass, the brook gurgles and bubbles, hidden amongst a hundred different wild flowers, butterflies flutter by (sorry) and recently a beautiful, and surprisingly...
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English Mum |
May 31st, 2008
Absolut jelly shots and serious hangovers
So there’s nothing nicer than spending a warm, early summer’s evening surrounded by the sound of chinking glasses and laughter. And last night was exactly one of those nights. Loads of people came (Hubby had invited more people when he was down the pub last night) and we had buckets full of ice dotted around to keep all the drinks cold, tons of food (the kebabs went down particularly well) and...
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May 29th, 2008
The Friday Photo: ‘Guard Mama’s booze, good doggy’.
So okay, I know at this exact precise moment it’s still Thursday but I’ll be FAR too busy tomorrow to post anything so you’ll have to indulge me. What’s that you say? Why will I be busy? Well, dear reader, I’m having a PARTAY!!
You see, people, in Ireland you definitely have to go with the flow a bit. A party can often start for the most inane reason. For example, last...
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English Mum |
Dec 31st, 2007
Death by strawberry
So J, C and little C finally came up for their long-awaited visit. Hubby and I made a special trip to Flood’s the butchers in Oldcastle to get a joint of their fantastic beef. It’s a very busy place which is always a good sign in my book, and they have all the details about where their meet comes from (even the abbatoir if you’re that interested) up on a blackboard in the shop. The chap brought...
