Thus far we have glogged and grogged… time to get nogging.
Entries from December 2011
Egg Nog
December 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment
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
Gravalax one way
December 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments
According to this year’s Yumblog Winterval menu, on Christmas Eve we’ll be sitting down to a meal of ‘Gravalax 3 Ways with Horseradish Cream and Vodka’. Ever wary of eating raw flesh, we thought we’d do a dummy run of this, the most trad of the trio just to make sure it wasn’t too ‘wet […]
Tags: Fish
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
Banana & chocolate bread
December 6th, 2011 · No Comments
At the last count Yumblog Junior had an impressive vocabulary of 38½ distinct words*. These range from the traditional and vital Mummy, Daddy, Dog, Cat through Cheese, Spoon, Cock-a-doodle-doo to more personal choices such as Shoes, Crumpet and Cheers (accompanied by the touching of the parental beer glasses). One of her first and still most […]
Tags: Baking · Banana · Bread · Vegetarian
Mushy Peas
December 5th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Restaurants in the Dordogne serve them under the name of ‘Pois Détrempés’; in Italy they are commonly known as ‘Piselli Pastosi’ and are a popular filling for ravioli; the Germans claim ‘Deutsche Matschig Erbsen’ to be their national dish, and of course the Spanish love nothing more than a tapas of ‘Guisantes Fofos’. Here in […]
Tags: Side Dish · Vegetarian · Yorkshire