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October 09, 2009 08:35 AM EDT
(featured date: October 14, 2009)
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I've got a bumper harvest from our plum trees this year. We've eaten so many, and I've baked pies, made crumbles added them to other fruit dishes - and I'm running out of ideas. Then I was . . .
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October 14, 2009 09:20 AM EDT
(featured date: October 14, 2009)
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My mother knew how to cook. She couldn't wait to host the next party! She, also, volunteered at a non-profit organization and she coordinated all the food at the fundraisers. She loved to try new foods, . . .
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June 16, 2009 08:32 AM EDT
(featured date: September 30, 2009)
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When Rose H. recently shared a recipe for Vension Stew - Cooking with Wine , it brought to mind this recipe. So by request, the Meat Pie we make at the Blue Belle Inn. The pie crust is a family . . .
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August 01, 2009 09:19 AM EDT
(featured date: September 30, 2009)
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We could hear the bellowing long before we could see the bovine perpetrator, a new mother cow who had somehow managed to get on the wrong side of the barbed wire fence from the herd – and therefore . . .
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May 03, 2009 12:19 PM EDT
(featured date: May 03, 2009)
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2 ounces Rose Bud Tea Blend (about 28 tea bags)
2 cups water
1/2 cup white grape juice
1/2 cup red grape juice
2 ounces pectin
3 cups sugar
Boil 2 ounces of tea in the 2 cups water. . . .
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March 23, 2009 09:14 PM EDT
(featured date: May 03, 2009)
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In going through the freezer the other day, I found a boneless lamb leg I'd bought a couple of months ago. It was a bit big to roast for just the two of us, but I had a real urge to make something . . .
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April 19, 2009 08:09 AM EDT
(featured date: May 03, 2009)
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A friend who travels to England and Ireland a lot asked me to duplicate scones he had tasted there - it took three tries, but this one seemed to come close to what he was wishing for. And is it . . .
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May 03, 2009 12:19 PM EDT
(featured date: May 03, 2009)
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2 ounces Rose Bud Tea Blend (about 28 tea bags)
2 cups water
1/2 cup white grape juice
1/2 cup red grape juice
2 ounces pectin
3 cups sugar
Boil 2 ounces of tea in the 2 cups water. . . .
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October 07, 2008 06:16 AM EDT
(featured date: October 08, 2008)
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There are probably as many family recipes for this soup as there are Scots! Here's mine.
350g red split lentils
3 tablespoons vegetable/sunflower oil
A smoked ham hock or . . .
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September 27, 2008 12:20 PM EDT
(featured date: October 08, 2008)
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Not to in any way diminish the real suffering that is going on in this country with 401ks flatlining, houses being foreclosed upon and people losing their jobs... I thought publishing my Bankruptcy Stew . . .
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September 04, 2008 10:45 AM EDT
(featured date: October 08, 2008)
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Welcome to St. Conan's Kirk on Loch Awe - one of my favorite places in all of Scotland. I was so impressed with . . .
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August 28, 2008 11:19 PM EDT
(featured date: August 31, 2008)
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Sausage Potato Coddle
1/2 lb. thick-sliced bacon
1/2 lb. pork sausage links
1/2 lb. crumbled Italian sausage
2 onions, sliced
6 lg. potatoes (2 - 3 lbs.) . . .
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August 26, 2008 11:25 AM EDT
(featured date: August 31, 2008)
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Scotland's romantic, breathtaking castles are some of the most lovely in the world. Today, I'd like to give you a peek at some of my favorites.
Glengorm Castle, on the Island . . .
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August 24, 2008 08:18 PM EDT
(featured date: August 31, 2008)
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Counting calories gets old by my age, so I have instead elected to create dishes with extremely low caloric content or extremely low carbohydrate count. This recipe satisfies both criteria. . . .
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August 17, 2008 09:24 PM EDT
(featured date: August 31, 2008)
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This is the Blue Belle Inn's lunch menu for Monday. We have a new item on the menu again, and I'm curious to hear what people think, and what you would order if you were here. Since . . .
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June 18, 2008 10:02 PM EDT
(featured date: June 19, 2008)
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The British invented trifle as a way to use up dried cake, by soaking it in sherry and adding jams. We may not be familiar with the concept of leftover cake, but we shouldn't let the trifle slip away. . . .
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June 06, 2008 02:32 PM EDT
(featured date: June 07, 2008)
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What's that, you say? Well, it's what the British often use instead of jam. I've found it delightful on English muffins, as well as fresh bowls of strawberries and blueberries, . . .
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April 22, 2008 02:42 PM EDT
(featured date: April 24, 2008)
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As a Scotsman, I'm often asked (well, most often in bars): "What's the difference between whisky and Scotch?" The answer I usually give, which doesn't always answer the question . . .
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March 30, 2008 09:59 PM EDT
(featured date: March 30, 2008)
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It was Mother's Day. My mother and stepfather were just coming back from a trip. I can't recall if the trip was for business or pleasure, but I do recall I was 16-years old.
I decided . . .
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March 21, 2008 09:19 PM EDT
(featured date: March 21, 2008)
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This is my recipe that ended up being published by Family Circle magazine in August 2007!
1-1/2 cup (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2-1/4 cups granulated . . .
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