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English Mum |
Jun 21st, 2008
So last night we all sat down for a nice family meal to celebrate the end of term/prizes/the promise of good reports to come (#2 looked slightly green at the mention of those), etc. I made little meatballs with my lamb kebab mixture, which I baked in the oven, along with some of #1′s famous tomato sauce.
Hubby, generally a stranger to the kitchen (unless there’s scrambling of eggs or anything to...
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Posted by
English Mum |
Mar 24th, 2008
So yesterday, then. I knew J and C were coming to lunch so I popped down to the nice butcher’s on Saturday to get an enormous leg of lamb (I appreciate I have plenty next door, but they’re all still attached and somewhat fluffy). Oh dear. The horror stories I read in the paper about lamb legs selling for 50 euro a pop due to Easter being so early were neither confirmed nor denied as they were...
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English Mum |
Feb 9th, 2008
1 pack of new potatoes
1 white cabbage
1 good quality Irish black pudding
Frozen peas
Vegetable stock
Okay so I know some people are repulsed by it, but here in Ireland they do the best black pudding ever. If you hate the idea of the stuff, do me a favour and just try it before you totally write it off. It’s lovely stuff. Otherwise replace it in this recipe with some fat good quality herby sausages,...
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English Mum |
Feb 20th, 2007
Okay, here goes with the frittata recipe. I’m not even sure if frittata is the correct term. Maybe it should be Spanish omelette? Whatever, it’s just a big old mixture of eggs and stuff and tastes really nice. If you haven’t got any leftover potatoes, peel a large one before you start, slice it into 1cm slices and boil it in salted water. You can basically bung any old stuff into here. I’ve...
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