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GOING WILD ABOUT WILD BLUE BERRY JAM IN FINLAND

I have been in Finland for the last couple of weeks with my wife Hanna, a native of this beautiful tree filled land. Finland is the most forested country in the EU. Approximately 74% of the country is covered in forest. One gets the impression that even the biggest towns and cities are living areasContinue reading “GOING WILD ABOUT WILD BLUE BERRY JAM IN FINLAND”

Beef Stock and Oven Chips in Beef Dripping

Roasted beef bones in roasting tin Last Saturday we made our weekly visit to the Farmers Market in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. My partner Hanna and I love to  do as much as possible of our week’s grocery shopping at the market. Dealing with stall holders in the grounds of the historic King House is suchContinue reading “Beef Stock and Oven Chips in Beef Dripping”

Bergamots

Lovely Bergamots and limes “Can I photograph your bergamots?” I innocently enquired. “I have never been asked that before” the lady replied. Her husband enquired if I wanted to photograph his, I declined. It was all quite innocent, I was asking the friendly couple who run Kinnedan Organic Farm stall if I could photograph theirContinue reading “Bergamots”