Lassi not Lassie!

No – I haven’t been spending time with a Scottish person, but just thought you might like to take a peek at our Rhubarb Lassi recipe. 

Our pink Yorkshire wonder (better known as Rhubarb) is having its own festival this weekend in Wakefield – please spread the love for this amazing Yorkshire stem.

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Trekking with Triceratops

During a recent visit to the family up in the Settle region we decided to go for a walk and take the nieces and nephews and the dog.

We had a hearty bowl of Jerusalem artichoke soup to come back to bubbling away in the bottom of the Aga. Wonderful stuff, especially when served up with a nice crusty baguette! The allotment gave us these wonderful tubers and I have to say it is one of my personal favourites. Served with some crispy bacon bits, you cannot beat it …

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Sprouting and Spouting

Purple Sprouting Broccoli

It is very seasonal now for everyone to be eating purple sprouting broccoli …

So dust off the wellies and get into the allotment folks.

Everyone loves Broccoli … although apparently George Bush does not!

Speaking of George Bush, I remember I was cleaning down late one night in the kitchens at Rudding Park’s Clocktower, when a docket came through for a Club sandwich. Most of the chefs had gone home, so I started the sandwich when news came through it was for his father, George Bush senior!

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Grousing it up at Simon’s Seat

What a trek but great fun – not sure exactly how many miles it was but it felt like a lot to me with the Proclaimer’s song ringing in my ears!

But what a find up by the seat itself  – not that it’s really a seat, more of a huge great rock if you ask me, but look at my feathered friends I found up there.  As these birds are not in season we must respect that and leave the recipe until later in the year.  But what a weird noise they make – almost like a warbling siren running out of battery!

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