Great British food: Making my own marmalade
It would never have happened if I hadn’t been passing the fruit stall and seen the Seville oranges sitting there, bright little balls of sourness and juice. It wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t already posted about marmalade on this blog. It wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t tried some of that Fortnums marmalade, and wanted more…
I wish mine looked this good...
I went mad. I bought a pile of Seville oranges. The kindly stallholders even added a couple of bags...
March 25th, 2010 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: best of week, british food, english breakfast, marmalade
Pieminister – pie but not as we know it
Eel pie and mash was one of the staples of the old East End. Steak and kidney pie has always been a great British dish (though since I hate kidneys, I have steak and ale pie instead). But the quality of many pies is dubious. Enter Pieminister, with a mission to revitalise the British pie.
"Ooh, you are awful" - instructions for eating your Pieminister takeaway
First off, Pieminister’s pies are all natural ingredients – no hydrogenated vegetable fats, preservatives, and so on....
January 12th, 2010 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: british food, fast food, featuredarticle, London fast food, pieminister, pies
Mushy Peas – great English food
If you’ve ever had traditional English fish and chips, there’s a chance you’ll have noticed ‘mushy peas’ on the menu.
Mushy peas are marrowfat peas, simmered until they form a thick soup. Ideally you’ve still got lumps of pea floating in a thick puree. You might add vinegar, or mint sauce, for added flavour.
Mushy peas always used to be incredibly bright green – quite lurid in fact. But this isn’t the natural colour – it’s all down to...
June 8th, 2009 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: british food, mushy peas
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