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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…
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Continue reading →: Shudders
Okay everything in the living room was moved around when the new window was fitted (double glazed sash windows – and the downstairs one can now be opened! It was painted shut before), this meant a load of stuff was dumped on the coffee table and add in the fact…
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Continue reading →: Homemade houmous
Ingredients 400g can chickpea, washed and drained juice ½ lemon 1 garlic clove 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp tahini paste Method Whizz everything together in a blender until smooth – loosen with a little water if you like. If you don’t have a blender, mash smooth with…
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Continue reading →: Chorizo and couscous stuffed marrow
Ingredients 1 large marrow, peeled 100g/3oz couscous 1 lemon, juice only 2 tbsp olive oil 1 red onion, finely sliced 100g/3oz chorizo, cut into small chunks 1 roasted red pepper, finely sliced 2 vine ripened tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 tbsp parsley, roughly chopped 1 tbsp mint, roughly chopped 1…
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Continue reading →: Bah, blast and MEHness
Things have not been going so well in the Wytchy world, since being ill (well in the run up to it as well), I have had no energy for pretty much anything, no crafting and the house went to pot. In particular my desk which (along with the sofa) becomes…
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Continue reading →: Sussex Sausage Rolls
This is a very old recipe. These rolls make an ideal modern day hiker's lunch and it is recommended that they are eaten in the open air, preferably on the South Downs! 1 1/4 pounds bread dough1 pound sausages or sausage meat First make the bread dough with strong white…
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Continue reading →: Menemen (Turkish Eggs)
1 tbsp olive oil 1 small red onion, finely chopped 1 red pepper, deseeded and diced 1 green pepper, finely diced 1 tsp hot smoked paprika or chilli powder 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tbsp tomato purée 4 medium tomatoes, diced or 200 g canned chopped tomatoes 8 eggs, beaten…
