Medicinal garden

Posted on August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Food, Ford Green Hall, Gardening, Green, Healing, Health, Life, medicines, Plants, remedies, TimeLeave a comment

At Ford Green Hall there is a small medicinal garden, various herbs are grown there including oriental poppies, marjoram, lavender, mint, teasle and other plants including apples and wild flowers.

I wish I could get some things to knit and heal my foot and ankle. Maybe I should have collected some seeds while I was there. The wet weather has made cottage garden plants really big and blousy. Life is interesting how medicinal plants like feverfew and valerian can help with illness. Not everything is safe to take, but it’s good that medicines have plants as a basis for remedies and cures.

Treat

Posted on July 30, 2023July 30, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Eaten, Food, Fun, Lunch, Poem, Poetry, Star, Sweet, Tart, Treat, yummyLeave a comment

Treacle tart treat

You were a star!

You filled my tummy

You were yummy

At lunchtime

You gave me a boost

You loosed

Energy

Sweet and

Tasty.

Cheese oatcakes

Posted on July 29, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Breakfast, Cheese, Food, Life, Lunch, Meal, Oatcakes, Oats, Poem, Poetry, Tasty, Tea2 Comments

Lunch today

Cheese on oatcakes

Yummy tubes

Of oaty goodness.

Made of batter

Made with oats

On a griddle

Served sizzling hot

Melted cheese

And hp sauce

Make a snack

Or a meal.

Delicious with jam too

Staffordshire oatcakes

For me or you!

English breakfast

Posted on July 21, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Breakfast, Food, full English breakfast, Penkhull, penkhull sandwich shop, Tasty2 Comments

We had to go out early this morning so we popped in a cafe at Penkhull for breakfast. It was nice to sit down and eat in although there was only one table inside, (there are more outside but it was raining).

I don’t normally take photos of food, but this struck me as an image that explains what a full English breakfast is. Hiding under the tomatoes were two slices of bacon. It also came with toast and a cup of tea. Additionally you could have mushrooms and black pudding, but this was too much! I was defeated and left some toast and beans.

I’ve never been sure about hash browns though? Are they part of a traditional full English breakfast? I don’t know.

Don’t forget Ukraine!

Posted on July 19, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Attack, Crimean, Food, grain, Hunger, Oddessa, Putin, Russia, Thinking, Ukraine, War4 Comments

Ukrainian grain silos and stores came under fire in Oddessa yesterday after President Putin of Russia stopped allowing ships transporting grain to leave the port and travel in safety.

By doing this Russia is not only attacking the country of Ukraine and it’s Crimean cities, but also the countries that they supply with food.

Before the war started Ukraine exported food around the world. They helped feed hungry people. Now with all the war and vile behaviour the Russia has enacted on the country they are not able to continue. So the behaviour of one man is impacting on people in many countries.

I don’t know what the outcome will be, but the war and destruction, killing of innocent men women and children, and the threats against their infrastructure must stop.

Chomped cherries!

Posted on July 1, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cherries, Food, Fruit, Life, pecked, Red, Tasty, Time, Tree, Umbrella, Water, WindLeave a comment

We just gathered some cherries off the ground because the rain and wind has knocked a lot off the tree. This is about a third of them that were too bruised, damaged or pecked. The rest have just been washed thoroughly in salty water and I’ve put them in the fridge to eat tomorrow. I will thoroughly rinse them again first.

The plan is to get a broom or a stick to try and pull some more down and collect them in an upturned umbrella. I hope the weather doesn’t intervene in the meantime! Praying the wind doesn’t whip up and blow them off. There’s still plenty left for the birds…

Waiting for cherries

Posted on June 26, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cherries, Cherry tree, Food, Fruit, Gardening, Life, not ready yet, Red, Ripening, Sweet, Tasty8 Comments

Three years ago our cherry crop was already picked. The tree came from the old Woolworths shop in Stoke about twenty five years ago. It must have been happy because now it’s about thirty feet high.

The cherries are starting to ripen, but they are not ready yet. Maybe next week we can reach the lower ones. The rest we donate to the birds. One thing I need to do is buy a big umbrella, it really helps to stop the cherries we pick from rolling off into the undergrowth!

Willows pattern plate (Thai food)

Posted on June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Food, Good food, Hill Street, Sawadee Thai taste, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on trent, Tasty, Thai foodLeave a comment

I haven’t got the hang of social media food posting. I either take photos of the plates before I get the food or after I’ve eaten it!

We’ve just been for a birthday meal at Sawadee Thai taste in Stoke. It’s becoming a redular thing. Tonight we had starters of athai fishcakes and spare ribs, then red duck curry and jasmine rice. We used to have more food but I’m trying to be good as its all too nice but too filling! Plus I had some mango and pineapple pieces for afters. Full up and sleepy now…

Tiers

Posted on June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Colourful, Drawing, Felt pens, Food, Sketching, Tasty, TrifleLeave a comment

Sunday’s #bandofsketchers prompt was Tiers. Only just drew this. I made a trifle at the weekend to share with my sister who was visiting. Plus it is my birthday today, this is a low sugar version. I realised it has three tiers…

Trifle time

Posted on June 11, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Birthday, Blancmange, Chocolate, Cream, Food, Jelly, Raspberry, Strawberry, sugar free, Tasty, Trifle, whipped2 Comments

Made a birthday trifle, raspberrysugar free jelly with blackberries and port, strawberry blancmange with a bit of sweetner, whipped cream with chopped strawberries and grated dark chocolate.

Now that’s what I call a trifle!

Mallaband-Brown

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