bigfoodiemama

Luckily for GASP, the FA came round on Sunday morning.On Saturday I had taken the radical decision to make pastry, so that I could make use of the apple puree in the freezer, gained from the orchard next door of Uncle Slow Driver. Now , I consider myself a great woman to bake a cake but I am useless when it comes to pastry. Unfortunately GASP's favourite dessert is Apple Tart....spot the problem ! I have discovered that 1. frozen pastry does not do the same job but 2. a food processor is the best thing for pastry making, if like me, you suffer from "hot hands" ....among other things !I woke late on Sunday morning, due to a large consumption of Rose in BMM's over tea the evening before and, although happy with my food processor pastry, was in dread of rolling it out. FA to the rescue. Like a culinary superhero, she swooped in, clad in my Cully and Sully apron ( and a few other items of clothing....much to GASP's disappointment) . She grasped my rolling pin like it ...

In the glorious sunshine today, the eldest son and I attended the birthday party of the third daughter of Newly Single. Now to me this was a big event, as Newly Single and I attended each others birthday parties in the 70's. Now we are the big 40 and our children have taken over the mantle. The great thing was, nothing had really changed. The same things I remember with fondness were repeated today much to the delight of the boys and girls. Pass the Parcel and Musical Chairs were the order of the day and food was cocktail suasages, sandwiches, crisps, homemade buns ( plain, iced and rice crispie )and cake....just lovely. Back in our day BMM used to bring us over to Newly Singles Mamas ( who will from now on be known as the Duracell Bunny (DB) !) and they had an extra game.....the tasting game. I think this particular game began my foodie personality.DB would blindfold us and then get us to taste 4 items of food on a teaspoon and we had to guess what it was. Now, in case you have vi...