I found some late English strawberries on offer in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago so I decided to make freezer jam with them
I’ve yet to taste the results but if it retains the taste the berries had it will be wonderful.
Today I got to sample some of ace baker Scandilicious buns.
She’s been madly baking test batches of recipes for possible inclusion in her next cookbook (out next year and all about Scandi baking).
Wow.
I’m not renowned for my sweet tooth and neither is my husband but these were just the ticket with our morning coffee (we shared one of each so there are some left for tomorrow).
The round one with custard is a Skolebolle and the other an almond twist.
We particularly loved that they were sweet enough but not crazily so whilst the dough had a lovely gentle spice to it.
I’m hoping they make the cut for the book.
(And big thanks to Sig for the bag of free buns)
Eric kitten has developed a liking for lounging in unusual places
This is where I found him yesterday
He’s mad that one, mad….
In my various letterpress adventures I’ve been trying out some different inks and paper combinations.
I have a ‘standard’ forme I use for testing the papers and inks…which I’m sure you’ll see popping up as I experiment.
One of the inks I’ve really liked so far is this metallic mid gold
Inked rollers
Inking the forme
Ink on glass
Inked forme ready to print
Print operators view
Final result (printed twice on same card)
It’s particularly good on red paper
Also known as Ocimum Basilicum var. crispum
As used last night in my Japanese style burgers from Everyday Harumi.
Lovely basil aroma, slight hint of aniseed. Delicious. Slightly weird looking.
Since getting my Adana 8 x 5 I’ve been accumulating bits and bobs of kit.
You don’t quite realise some of the things you might need to be able to do projects.
Type obviously. But also hand rollers, inks, glass to pre roll ink, cleaning kits, spacing stuff, paper and so on and on.
Here’s a peek inside the the IKEA filing cabinet that the Adana lives on top of…
Some mixed wooden type
Type and plates
Metal type (sooo heavy)
Chases and quoins and spacing stuff
Inks
Hopefully soon I’ll do a list of where to find…..