I know, it’s the middle of January so it’s unlikely any of you lot (dear readers) are going to want to digest anything referring back to Christmas, Christmas dinner or any of its associated trimmings. But trust me, in 344 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes and 55 seconds (at time of writing) you’ll be desperately […]
Entries Tagged as 'Christmas'
Chestnut stuffing
January 10th, 2013 · No Comments
Tags: Bread · Christmas · Side Dish · Vegetarian
Vegetarian gravy
December 31st, 2012 · 1 Comment
If you don’t have access to the rendered fatty juices which have oozed from the roasting flesh of a recently slaughtered animal, making a decent gravy can be quite a challenge. A vegetarian gravy requires time and attention to build up a sufficient depth of flavour, so I suggest you make this in advance and/or […]
Tags: Christmas · Sauce · Vegetarian
Mulled cider
November 11th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Obviously you don’t really need to be told how to mull cider as like us you’ll just explore the deeper regions of your spice cupboard and gather together whatever seems to conjure up memories of Christmas. Then you’ll discard anything that is more than a year out of date, guess how much of the remaining […]
Tags: Christmas · Drink · foraged · Vegetarian
Gravalax the 3rd way – Beetroot
January 23rd, 2012 · No Comments
It’s taken a while to write up this, the third of our festive gravali because to be honest I got a little over excited at the fishmonger’s (Paul, Todmorden Market) where I bought the salmon and ended up with 1.5kg of the stuff. Delicious as it was (and this beetroot version was the tastiest of […]
Tags: Christmas · Fish · Seafood
Gravalax the 2nd way – Ginger spiced
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments
Obviously our enjoyment of Christmas was seriously curtailed by the devastating news of Prince Philip’s hospitalisation – thank God the BBC ran half-hourly news bulletins to keep us up to date with every nuance of this never-changing national cataclysm. Here at Yumblog Cottage we tried to keep our subjective peckers up by preparing and scoffing […]
Tags: Christmas · Fish · Seafood
Egg Nog
December 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment
Thus far we have glogged and grogged… time to get nogging.
Tags: Christmas · Drink · Eggs
Grogg
December 17th, 2011 · No Comments
Despite being grammatically only one letter away from Glogg, this is actually a toddy far removed from its near namesake. The alcoholic element can be supplied by either Rum, Brandy or as in this case Kirsch – we had some left over from our post-modern ironic fondu phase. Less of an infused libation and more […]
Tags: Christmas · Drink · Vegetarian
Happy Christmas from yumblog
December 15th, 2011 · 5 Comments
Here’s wishing you, dear reader(s) a very happy Christmas. We have of course sent each and every one of you a beautiful handcrafted card which you should be receiving any day now. If you would like a magical insight into the brilliant young artist behind this challenging work, please watch the video below. Warning – […]
Wintery Pimms
December 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment
We had some Pimms in the house, we wanted to make a new hot boozy drink, a recipe was found that indicated a potentially minimal expenditure on further ingredients in order to fulfill our warm Pimms dream. After no debate apple juice was bought.
Tags: Christmas · Drink · Vegetarian
Glogg
December 12th, 2011 · No Comments
The plan is to try out as many festive toddies as we can in the run up to Christmas so that you, dear reader(s), will have a selection of Yuletide tipples to choose from come the big day. With only 12 drinking days to Christmas we realise we have set ourselves a daunting task, but […]
Tags: Christmas · Drink · Vegetarian
Happy Christmas from Yumblog
December 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Christmas Panna Cotta
February 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment
This recipe was featured in the Fat Bastards Hairy Bikers ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas‘ which aired late last year. We have gradually warmed to these two over the years, so when they signed off saying ‘if you only cook one thing this Christmas, make sure it is this Panna Cotta’, we knew we had […]
Christmas Yumie Magazine now available
January 7th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Hi guys. Hot off the mustard* the new issue of Yumie Magazine is chock-a-block full of exciting colourful Christmas ideas to make your humble monochrome existence less shabby, bleak, and let’s be honest, pointless. Look on with slack-jawed envy as we honour you with a glimpse into the kaleidoscopic sumptuous magnificence that is a Christmas […]
Berlin & Prague: Christmas 2009
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments
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Tags: Christmas
Christmas in Suffolk
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
As it’s Christmas, I thought you’d might like to see last years magnificent festive display put on by the bloke who lives opposite my sister. Turn up the volume …it’s all about the music and startled animals.
Review: Interflora Merry Christmas Tray
December 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Now we had no idea Interflora sold anything other than flora, so when they got in touch and asked if we’d like try one of their Christmas hampers we thought we owed it to you, dear reader, to say ‘Yes please’. Two days later we were sent the ‘Merry Christmas Tray‘ which we greedily hurried […]
Happy Christmas from yumblog
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments
If you would like to spread this message of Christmas joy, click on ‘Read more’ for our FREE Christmas card download. Just imagine how lovely this will look on your Grans’ mantlepiece
Tags: Christmas · Downloads · Uncategorized
More Christmas gift ideas from Yumblog
December 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
A magical winter wonderland treat for all the family
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Christmas gift ideas from Yumblog
December 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Happy Christmas from yumblog
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
It’s the 1st of December, so officially Christmas starts here. Happy Christmas to all our readers. R&D. xxx
Tags: Christmas · Vegetarian
A free Christmas card from yumblog
October 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Well freeish. All you have to do is click here to download the pdf, then print, mount on card, trim, fold down the middle and buy a stamp. Get a grown-up to help if necessary and be careful – scissors and scalpels can be sharp and dangerous. Have a safe xmas, R & D. x […]
Tags: Christmas · Downloads · Vegetarian
Stollen
December 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Every December Dresden holds its annual Stollen Festival. It is a celebration of all things Stollen and involves among other things, electing the Dresden Stollen Maiden (Dresdner Stollenmädchen) and baking the world’s largest Stollen in accordance with the standards laid down by the Stollenschutzverband. This is a recipe for a stollen of more modest proportions […]
Tags: Baking · Christmas · Dessert · Vegetarian