It's frothy Man...!

What a wonderful invention!  Frothy milk using a brilliant contraption from BIALETTI   

Our wonderful friends introduced us to this, and it's been used almost every day - it can bring skimmed milk to a thick, sublime almost "crust" of froth...very satisfying!

 

Roskillys...what a surprise!

the weather was drizzly, we were all a bit fed up, so Monday saw us adventure to the other side.....of course, this was the east/south coast of Cornwall (it was rather dark too though...but not drizzly like St Ives)

Roskilly's ice cream is delicious.. we have tried on other occasions and have never been disappointed.  However, we were disappointed of the closure of the tasting/invention/hands on section of the ice cream making process....ho hum

Nevertheless, we forced ourselves....scientific research purposes only, in the spirit of comparison....to try a further 4 varieties ( in a similar vein to previous Moomaids)


Vanilla
finely mixed with tiny specks of vanilla, this was very flavoursome to the point of being almost alcoholic!

Malty Mystery
fabulous malty flavour, well balanced *Bella's Fav

Hokey Pokey
consistent flavour through out of honeycomb /cinder toffee and fab, chunky bits of toffee mixed well through the ice cream. A perennial favourite * my Fav

Raspberry Sorbet
fresh, almost jammy flavour of raspberries and with pieces of raspberries too *Mark's Fav

Moomaid of Zennor - ice cream to savour

we were lucky enough to come across a delightful story of  cows and flavours this week, and reaped the rewards!         The Moomaids of Zennor icecream have great flavours in a small cafe over looking the harbour  (to watch the many dive bombing seagulls)      We choose chocolate sorbet - rich and dark and Cornish clotted cream - creamy with just the right amount of sweetness  in 1 tub and Raspberry Sorbet - very fresh & White chocolate - creamy and sweet - covered in sprinkles and for a real treat - a flake ( completely unnecessary but we had walked up and down hills) in the other. Delicious!                                                 

What a lovely Jam, and all in a Pickle

What a fabulous day I had on Saturday at Tresillian House at the Summer Preserving Workshop with Pam "the jam" Corbin and Liz "the pickle" Neville.

I watched with pure pleasure, for over 4 hours (albeit 3 fabulous food breaks), whilst these 2 absolute joys enthused, nattered, stirred, boiled and informed us lucky 25 of many recipes and generously shared their vast experience.

The course was well planned, we all recieved pamphlets of the recipes, but the full "Jam Packed" recipe book by Pam was available to buy at a special price. Pam 'the Jam' Corbin kindly signed and personalised my book.
Truely inspired - we even were provided with discount voucher for the on line supplier of jam paraphenalia www.jamjarshop.com

Having a special view of the walled garden, with gardener John - an authority on lunar planting, was a real pleasure

Loads more information to follow....soon!

Food festivals

word of mouth is slightly delayed ( I've been busy!) , but is a great summary of all major food festivals this summer.

IFE - the international food and drink event

I was at the International Food Event - IFE - yesterday and was amazed at the number of artisan snacking products! Is there enough room in the marketplace? Do I detect a Jamaican trend coming this way? Functional drinks abounded too.

A few products stood out for me:

Tillmans of Sweden: Organic Cordial and Preserves - Sweden has a longer sunshine enriched growing time, so the fruits are sweeter. The strawberry and the Rhubard cordials were delicious.

Spencerfield Edinburgh Gin: Wonderful rounded flavour, a hint of heather - I had a wee taster neat, which was surprisingly good (undliuted) - unrasping and very full in flavour of juniper, which blended so well with coriander and citrus....I will be buying a bottle to have with tonic, for sure.

The Ice co: Crushed ice for Mojitos - what a fantastic idea, I almost broke a liquidiser trying to crush ice for a party last year.. wish I'd known!

Alara Muesli: Amazingly, from the middle of London, very chewy - probably needs to be soaked - but favoursome and chunky with brazil nus and pineapple chunks...I'm going to also try the sample pack in a cookies recipes.... I'm very fond of cookies!