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Continue reading →: Coq au Vin
Prep time 15 mins Cook time 2 hours Total time 2 hours 15 mins This is based on a traditional Coq au Vin recipe from the cookbook "Manu's French Bistro" by Manu Feildel, one of Australia's most popular French Chefs. The sauce is rich and thick with incredible depth…
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Continue reading →: Marrow and Ginger Jam
Cooking time 30 minutes makes 750 g/1 2/3 lb of jam Vegetable marrow is used quite often in preserves, both sweet and savoury. It makes an excellent ginger flavoured jam and is also good when blended with lemons or oranges. Some of the recipes for various kinds of pickle include marrow.…
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Continue reading →: 8th October 2016
Butter 6 oz (4 oz) Cheese 8 oz (3.5 oz) Cooking fat 4 oz (0.755 oz) Milk 3 pints (2 pints) Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months Tea 2 oz Eggs 1 fresh egg per week (0.5) Sweets/Candy 12 oz every 4 weeks (10.5 oz) Breakfast – none Lunch – Quorn sausages, brown sauce…
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Continue reading →: 7th October 2016
Butter 6 oz (4 oz) Cheese 8 oz (6 oz) Cooking fat 4 oz (1.25 oz) Milk 3 pints (2 pints) Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months Tea 2 oz Eggs 1 fresh egg per week (0.5) Sweets/Candy 12 oz every 4 weeks (10.5 oz) Breakfast – none Lunch – Vegetable sausages,…
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Continue reading →: 6th October 2016
Butter 6 oz (4 oz) Cheese 8 oz (6 oz) Cooking fat 4 oz (1.25 oz) Milk 3 pints (2 pints) Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months Tea 2 oz Eggs 1 fresh egg per week (0.5) Sweets/Candy 12 oz every 4 weeks (10.5 oz) Breakfast – none Lunch - Vegetable cup a…
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Continue reading →: 5th October 2016
Ended up going out for lunch so a weird and wonderful day Butter 6 oz (5 oz) Cheese 8 oz Cooking fat 4 oz (1.5 oz) Milk 3 pints (2 pints) Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months Tea 2 oz Eggs 1 fresh egg per week (0.75) Sweets/Candy 12 oz every…
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Continue reading →: 4th October 2016
Butter 6 oz (5 oz) Cheese 8 oz Cooking fat 4 oz (2 oz) Milk 3 pints (2.5 pints) Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months Tea 2 oz Eggs 1 fresh egg per week (0.75) Sweets/Candy 12 oz every 4 weeks (11.5 oz) This is the veggie options slightly tweaked (namely…
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Continue reading →: Monday 3rd October
Bacon & Ham 4 oz Meat to the value of 1 shilling and sixpence (around about 1/2 lb minced beef) Butter 2 oz Cheese 2 oz Margarine 4 oz Cooking fat 3 oz Milk 2.5 pints Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months Tea 2 oz Eggs 1 fresh egg…
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Continue reading →: Weekly ration for 1 adult
Weekly ration for 1 adult Bacon & Ham 4 oz Meat to the value of 1 shilling and sixpence (around about 1/2 lb minced beef) Butter 2 oz Cheese 2 oz Margarine 4 oz Cooking fat 4 oz Milk 3 pints Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months…
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Continue reading →: Knitting MoJo Back!
Yesterday for the first time since early July I picked my knitting up, and decided to do rows per the date – now bearing in mind I started on the 11th this means I have some catch up to do! So yesterday I did days 11, 10 and 9 and…
