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cuttlefish

Catch It and Cook It – Cuttlefish

My featured recipe marinates the fish with lemon, chilli and garlic. The acidic lemon juice partly cures and tenderises the flesh before cooking very quickly over high heat.

rhubarb and apple crumble

Apple and Rhubarb Crumble

Apple and rhubarb crumble is both sweet and tart and very satisfying. There is nothing better than a homemade crumble served with lashings of hot custard to finish off Sunday dinner. Crumble History Replacing pastry, crumbles were first made during world war II because of rationing. Conversely, rhubarb was unpopular […]

pork belly with rhubarb and apple sauce

Rhubarb and Apple Sauce

Sauce for Roast Pork It’s traditional to serve apple sauce with your Sunday roast pork, but have you tried rhubarb and apple sauce or even all rhubarb? They make a good pairing and this twist on the classic apple sauce goes great with pork. Rhubarb History Rhubarb seems to have […]

traffic light jellies

Traffic Light Jellies

No kids party is complete without jelly and ice cream. These traffic light jellies from Netmums are great for kids of all ages, myself included.

brindisa shop

Brindisa

Living in central London I am very lucky to have access to authentic imported Spanish products from Brindisa. Many UK supermarkets now sell a few Spanish products like pimenton and even Padron peppers. The main shop is in Borough Market across from London Bridge station. They also have a smaller […]

herring

Catch It and Cook It – Herring

The herring is an oily silverfish high in omega 3 oil. Grilled, smoked (as kippers) or baked, they are very good for you!

spam fritters

SPAM Fritters

History of SPAM Let’s go back in time to World War II. Fish was unavailable so we Brits made SPAM fritters instead for our weekly deep fry with chips. SPAM is canned pork luncheon meat made in the USA by Hormel, introduced in 1937. It became popular during WW II […]

fish size mat

UK Minimum Size Limits – Sea Fishing

As responsible anglers we must all observe the minimum size limits for keeping any fish we catch. There are also seasonal restrictions like those for Bass and local restrictions in addition to the national ones. The current UK size limits are constantly maintained at britishseafishing.co.uk.