Authentic Swiss/German recipe for rosti cakes….
Rosti cakes and I go back a long way. It all began with a similar version called reibekuchen which was a bit of a speciality from my mother’s home town in Germany. These little beauties also known as kartoffelpuffer are very similar to the Swiss rosti but with one distinct […]
Nocton Fen and Wasps Nest in the Winter….
Nocton Fen in Lincolnshire is a truly wonderful place. At first glance there is little more than a winding country lane which cuts through vast working fields with veins of dykes and ditches to break it all up. I have written about this favourite place of mine in […]
A visitors guide to Middle Rasen Plantation near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire…..
Across the road from Usselby Plantation is the much larger and quite brilliant Middle Rasen Plantation which I walked around for the first time with my brother this week.
Anyone living close to the A46 Lincoln to Grimsby road will find this quite easily with […]
Memories in a soup bowl….
One of my long lasting memories of working in Germany was a ordering a bowl of goulash suppe in the local bar after a busy dinner service. It would remind me of my mother’s cooking and became something of a warm blanket whenever I needed a shot of home.
Recipes for goulash […]
Information and a visitors guide to a quiet haven in Lincolnshire…
Driving along the A46 between Lincoln and Grimsby there is a turn for Walesby. Take it and follow the road until you come across a sign on the right hand side for Usselby Plantation. Park the car and have a wander…..
Pond at Usselby Plantation […]
How does the last decade compare to previous ones?
Here’s one I thought I’d throw open to comment. It follows a discussion I had with my brother the other day when I remarked that I hadn’t particularly realised we had just seen the end of a decade this New Year. That, I thought said as much […]
Photographs and information on Linwood Warren near Market Rasen…
Linwood Warren is a wooded area I stumbled across with my brother recently and what a find it proved to be. Truth be told we were looking for another, larger wood but this seemed like a good ’stop gap’ during a very cold winter’s morning.
Here is a […]
The truth behind the free light bulbs….
Last week I received a free present from my gas and electricity provider, N Power. Free energy efficient light bulbs. That’s generous I thought, but was it? Why have N Power given away free light bulbs? Well sad to say it would seem that it has nothing to do […]
A quick and easy recipe for an Italian style vegetable broth, perfect for a New Year’s Day hangover….
How’s the hangover? As I am without sin I didn’t have one! But what I did have was a hankering for a thick, one pot meal in a soup bowl which was easy and quick to cook. My […]
How the importance of conservation affects us all….
I am introducing a new section to the blog for 2010 and one which is particularly close to my heart, conservation. I shall be writing posts on issues which I believe in, deserve covering and hopefully inspire thought and debate amongst everyone who reads it. This is by […]