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I have never tasted one of these cakes, or rather I didn't think I had ever tasted one before. And not being a religious sort of person, it wasn't a tradition in my cooking. The 11 marzipan balls on the top of this cake are supposed to represent the 11 apostles of Jesus, minus Judas. This cake is normally served around Easter time and traditionally on Mothering Sunday according

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Sorry for not blogging. My excuses are Hedgehogs, Cardmaking and writers block. And Brian will tell you it has also been Facebook. LOL I do like playing Country Life and Zoo.   I don't know if you all have heard of Amazon's Kindle. I thought since I was starting to get back into reading again, that one for us would be a good idea...... Needless to say, one wasn't a good idea..... But Two were!!!

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I apologize for not blogging about food, but we have had a busy year here. Baby hogs, new windows and a new boiler along with making cards and keeping my craft group going. But I will try to do better. I have still been doing a bit of cooking and some new recipes. I found a lovely website that has German and Austrian recipes. And Google Translate, does a really good job of translating the recipes

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Hi all, I am still here. Just been extremely busy with the hedgehogs lately we have had 7 in this summer all at once. With 5 of them being rather small when we got them in. So I have been doing like 2 hourly feeds with some and that is even through out the night. So I know I have neglected my food blogging. Anyway, I just wanted to warn you all that I have a person who keeps trying to post a

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Hi all, Sorry for not blogging for a bit. But we have been a bit on the busy side here with our rescue hedgehogs. It sort of snowballed. Although we thought we would only take in a couple at a time. It is hard to say no and when you get a litter of 4 at once....... well....anyway, hopefully I can get back to blogging about food again. Most of the hedgehogs should be hibernating now or starting to

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Hi all, sorry I haven't been posting of late. But we have been caring for baby hedgehogs. You can read all about what has been happening with them over on my other blog . Needless to say it is almost like having babies all over again. Night time feedings at 3 am. And baby formula to warm up. Eye droppers of meds etc. etc.. Oh and nappy changing too. Things are starting to get calm again and soon

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Summer time is salad time and our lettuces are growing well. I have been succession planting them so we can have lots of lovely salads throughout the summer. This one I put together using fresh lettuce, some sauteed butternut squash with a bit of balsamic vinegar, some tomatoes, cucumber, chunks of goats cheese and some pine nuts. :) Quick and yummy.I recently purchased a book from John over at

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I came up with this recipe for the contest over on the allotment website - Allotment and Vegetable Gardening - I belong to. It was a contest to come up with a recipe using Seasonal British ingredients. I actually used some ingredients from my own garden. You can use spinach in place of the chard and try using different cheeses too and you could even try different veggies for the filling also.....

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Hi all, Keeping busy here with all sorts going on at the moment. I have a few new "old cookbooks" to share with you all soon. We have been busy in the garden growing veggies and all sorts. And I have been busy with sewing and card making too . And we have another little visitor, Spot, that Brian and I are looking after. :) We have been enjoying salads here from our own home grown lettuces. And

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Cooking from the past....I have to admit I have an addiction, although from my size you might think the addiction comes from eating, but that isn't my addiction. My addiction is collecting cookery books. The older they are the more I want them. I do occasionally want a new one or two and at the moment I am keeping an eye out for Angela Hartnett's Cucina. But I am not frivolous in my addiction. I

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Planning for Leftovers.... With the recession looming and food prices going up and up.... I thought this week I would see how far I could make a roast beef joint last and how many dishes I could make from the leftovers. Day one (Sunday) we had roast beef with all the trimmings. I made Fiona's Yorkshire puds, roasted some potatoes and carrots and stir fried some purple sprouting broccoli served

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It has only taken about 13 years!!!! YEAH I have a lovely new Mixer tap. We sprang another leak under the kitchen sink, but luckily we have insurance that covers things like that. So Brian called to find out if they did cover it and they did. They said a plumber would contact us soon, and in less than 10 minutes they called and set up an appointment for the plumber to come see us. So we hurriedly

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Okay more comfort food here lately. This was a yummy chicken dish I made. Fry some chopped onions and sliced mushrooms in a little olive oil. Then mix in some pine nuts and bread crumbs, herbs of choice, I used some oregano and parsley and some garlic. Mix well. Take part of the mix and add some crumbled blue cheese, I used Stilton and then cut a pocket inside your chicken breasts and stuff. The

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Hi all, sorry for the absence lately. I had planned on doing some blogging about the Christmas treats and food and all, but I came down with the flu over the holidays. And just now actually getting to the point of not feeling tired and coughing myself silly. And then we had to have poor Cheeky put to sleep. So, so far this new year hasn't been all that great yet. I did manage to loose some weight

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Sorry all for not doing any recent recipes. I have been down with the flu and find it quite difficult energy wise to keep up with my food blog. Not to say I haven't been cooking as I have done a bit.I made my Gingersnaps and Snickerdoodles over the holidays and two more biscuits.... Swedish Tea Cakes and some refrigerator slice and bakes. Both recipes to soon follow once I get over this bug.But I

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Hi all, Sorry for not blogging. I have been busy busy busy.... If you check out my other blog you will see I am in Christmas card making mode at the moment along with trying very hard to diet and exercise. So the cooking hasn't been all that experimental lately. Although I have tried out one or two new dishes. This is one of them....This is Layne's Dad's Secretary's Pork Chili Verde (My version)

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TomatoesThe homegrown tomato have been doing exceptionally well after the initial panic of the plants not setting fruit. I think there were lots of folks having the same problem with their plants as I did and they set fruit rather late. These were started from seed back in February here and I nurtured them and tended their every need until it was time for them to go outside in their grow bags.

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Well summer sure went way too quickly here!!! It feels well and truly like fall now. Brian and I went for a walk this afternoon and I noticed how the trees and bushes are starting to change. So with the change of the season I am going to change my blog this time, and blog about one of my cook books. Most foodies have heard of Auguste Escoffier. I had heard he had been the chef at some of London's

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PastryThere is one thing that I rarely buy here and that is shortcrust pastry premade. I more often than not make my own. I will buy phyllo or Puff, but not shortcrust. And at this point in time I haven't made the watercrust pastry that pork pies are famous for. I guess I need to give that a go sometime.I hardly ever measure my flour, butter, salt and water for my pastry. There are loads of

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TagineWell Brian and I haven't gone away on holiday this year, so I thought I would treat my self to a new kitchen gadget and maybe have an exotic meal right here at home. So I bought a Tagine from Lakelands. First off for those who don't know what a Tagine is, it is a Moroccan stew and you cook it in this funny shaped pot. The purpose of this weird shape is to keep the stew moist because the

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Okay sorry!!!!! Been a bit busy of late. You can read about some of what I have been up to over on My World . I have been cooking honestly, but nothing really spectacular. Just quick everyday type of meals.... I did find a new product, or rather Brian found it. A non dairy whip cream substitute. We were having Hamish and Yuk-kin around for lunch and I made a summer pudding and I wanted some

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Okay we have finally had some lovely weather here so that means salads and BBQs. I have posted before about how to do the corn on the BBQ, so I won't do that again, although my friend Fiona at Cottage Small holder has come up with a yummy idea I want to try for my next BBQ. She posted on her blog about doing some stuffed vegetables and I don't see why you couldn't do them and then cover in foil

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Hi all...... Well I am still here.... and still blogging. They say that most blogs don't last more than a few months.. Well mine is now a few days over a year old!!! I have met alot of lovely new friends in this past year and we all have at least one thing in common, our passion for food. So hopefully this blog will be here again in another year's time with more recipes and more new friends.The

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Honest I have been cooking. LOL Just been really busy with things here this past few weeks. Gardening mainly and crafting. Have had some friends' birthdays this past month too. I have been experimenting with a cake for one of them and trying hard to see if I can get it right. This was my first attempt. And though it was nice it needed a bit of work. But my other friend who took this photo after I

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I have been tagged by Fiona over at The Cottage Smallholder. I read Fiona's blog just about every day to see what she is up to there at the lovely Cottage. I enjoy the recipes, money saving tips and especially the escapades of the lovely hens and Guinea fowl, oh and can't forget the Min Pins that she writes about. And her recipe for Yorkshire puds is about the best around!!! Anyway, she has

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Retirement is keeping me on the busy side here. I thought when you retired you retired.... well it seems to be busier here than before I retired, but one thing is I am not feeling so tired. Well except for the late nights we have been staying up watching telly. I still get up fairly early but take the mornings in my stride so far. So yes, I am enjoying the retirement.Since this is a food blog, I

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Well since my last blog, there have been a few changes around here.... I am now retired!!! YEAH!Brian has given me a super 50th birthday present in letting me retire early. We did all the sums and if we are good, we can afford it. That means cutting back slightly on the grocery bill and also cutting back on our eating out. By doing those two things and watching what we spend, that more than makes

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Hi all, sorry for not blogging more..... But this has been a bit of a hectic month. You can see some of the reasons why I haven't been here over on my other two blogs.I have been cooking, but not like my big meals in the past. Trying hard to loose a bit of weight here, but not doing starvation dieting either. But the meals haven't been all that exciting.I did attempt to make a watercress soup....

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Sorry for not blogging sooner. Had a bit of a computer problem. My computer crashed!!!!! I think I have now got the programs reinstalled back onto it and recovered some things I lost, but mostly I lost some of my photos since December and some of my recipes I had saved from various sites. So word of warning to all - remember to back up your files!!!!Another reason for not doing much blogging is I

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I am really sorry for not updating sooner. But I have been a bit busy and in a bit of a slump in cooking. I haven't really had alot of time to try out any new recipes, so I have been making some of my old standbys lately. While there is nothing wrong with old standbys, some of which are recipes you use over and over again because they are good and you have perfected it to just how you like them

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Winter seems to be well and truely here as I am suffering from the winter blues at the moment. Hate getting those. Must make sure to get one of those special daylight bulbs for the computer or the craft room to help combat that blue mood.The holidays were a bit rushed so I didn't get the chance to take alot of photos while I was cooking. I did however manage this one of my Poached pears using

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I would like to appologize for not writing sooner. I had all these great plans and recipes I wanted to share this month. But time and the flu had gotten the better of me. I would like to thank my dear friend Fiona over at the Cottage Smallholder for nominating me for the Happy Meme and the True Blue award. Thanks!!!!For the first one I am to list 8 things that make me happy...1. My husband

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I have been rather busy this past month but not too busy to cook. On the way home from work one day, I stopped by the farm shop and picked up some Cod from the fishmonger. I was looking for some halibut, but he said the awful storms we had a few weeks back had affected the fishing. But he should be back in a weeks time and should have some then.I had been perusing my cooking magazines and I came

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Sorry for not updating the blog sooner.... Been a bit busy. Lots of cooking going on though....Over halfterm a few weeks back my friend Linda and her two kids came by for a crafting day. We get out loads of crafting stuff and make some greeting cards. Mostly we chat, laugh and eat. The kids really enjoy coming by and I usually try to make them something to eat that they haven't had before or that

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Thanks Fiona for giving me this award!!! You are so sweet!!!So I guess I must pass it along to bloggers I find a treat to read too.... Well I would pass it back to you as you are my must read daily.... along with...David Hall at Book the CookAmanda at Little Foodies Patricia at Technicolor Kitchen the English version Joe at Culinary in the Desert Wendy at A Wee Bit of CookingHappy Halloween

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Herman the Sourdough is still going well and each week he is being fed and is changing ever so slightly. Getting more sour tasting and more glutinous. I mainly make rolls using my ole standby recipe for rolls. Which is 1 cup sourdough into breadmachine pan, 1/2 cup milk warmed with some butter(about 2 to 3 tablespoons) one egg, all put into the pan along with 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp salt. Then

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Well we have had a busy past couple of weeks here. We went to the farm shop to get some Lamb for our lunch last Saturday and while we were there I bought some lovely local sausages and so wanted to have them and try out Fiona's(Cottage Smallholder) Yorkshire pudding recipe. The puddings came out really light and airy!!! I was having problems with the recipe my step mom gave me ages ago. They just

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Sourdough Cinnamon rolls!!Okay if you are on a diet of any sort please look away now!!!!! Because I am about to give you the recipe for my gorgeous sourdough cinnamon rolls...First you must make your dough and I did this in the bread maker on the dough setting and let it go through the paces for dough.....Take 1 cup of your starter and place in the bread maker pan.Add 1/2 cup of milk and 3

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It still feels a bit like summer time here so enjoying the fresh salads and sweet corn as much as we can. I keep hearing this talk of food miles and carbon foot prints and all the damage we are doing to our environment. So I have decided to buy some things from the farm shop a bit more. The food there is mostly local and I will be doing my little bit for the local economy and environment.

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I would like to Thank Patricia over at Technicolor Kitchen in English for her lovely Melting moments recipe . These little beauties do melt in your mouth, they taste rich and buttery with a hint of lime and were super quick to make and bake. They aren't over sweet and you don't need to pipe them as she did. I just dropped mine from a teaspoon onto the baking tray. The flavour matures upon sitting

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I have started a new project this month, it is one that I have had great success with in the past. I am hoping I will have the same success again. What is it??? His name is Herman. And every living thing has to have a name.So please meet Herman, the Sourdough Starter!It is something that you must be committed to and not to forget in the back of the fridge or else he will take on a life totally of

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I received this lovely award from Fiona over at The Cottage Smallholder Thanks Fiona!!! And if I could I would award it right back to her for being so Nice!!!!I guess I have to pass it along too so I would like to pass it along to Cynthia at Tastes Like Home For all the nice comments she leaves me and others.And also to Patricia at Technicolor Kitchen - English version for being so nice in not

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A big thanks to Linda over at In My Canadian Garden blog for this lovely surprise!!! It is going to be difficult to choose who to pass it along to, as there are so many talented bloggers I have gotten to know lately!!! So these are the ones I have decided to bestow this honour on...although there are several more that are worthy of it also!!!Fiona at The Cottage Smallholder She has such a

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Do you ever have one of those nights where you change your mind on what you were going to cook, because you just want something hot and fast and comforting??? I sliced some courgettes(zucchini) onion, red pepper and fennel; stirfried for a until crisp tender, threw in some chopped tinned tomatoes that actually now come out of a box, bit of chopped garlic, some herbs had some penne pasta on the

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I've been Tagged!Fiona over at The Cottage Smallholder has tagged me with The Fantastic Four Meme. I am just now learning about this blogging etiquette of tags and memes. All great fun!!! Fiona's blog is lovely and full of smallholding life, lovely recipes and lovely stories of her life with Mrs. Boss and the Keets! Oh and Danny. I love reading about what they get up to.This Meme you have to

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Brian is still suffering a bit with the shingles and I have been keeping busy here at home as you can well see over on the main blog page. Also keeping busy cooking with the new stove.Well it was my turn to make rolls this week and I wanted something a bit different. So I found a recipe for some yummy date and rosemary wholemeal rolls.So I dumped all the ingredients into the bread machine and let

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I don't know about all you other food bloggers out there on the internet, but I for one love gadgets!!! If my kitchen were bigger and it is probably a good thing that it isn't I would have it filled with all sorts of gadgets and they would be out in the open not tucked away out of sight. I sometimes forget which gadgets I have and where they are hidden in the kitchen. This is one of my favs and I

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Brian is finally feeling much better thanks to the meds and all the smoothies. The latest smoothies have been extra cold!!!! And extra fruity!!! The last trip I had to the grocery store I picked up some Scottish strawberries and they really did smell like proper strawberries and some lovely big red raspberries and some blue berries. Once i got home I separated them out into 4 containers with a

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Sorry for taking a while to post again. Been a bit hectic and busy here. First off it is summer break from school(my place of employment) Anyway break starts out okay and I have a few days of rest.... then we decided to do a bit of DIY. Thought hmmmm we will do the bathroom as that is the smallest room in the house.... Ended up taking at least two days before it was finished!!!! Then my stepson

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Sorry gang, cooking is taking a break for a bit. Busy doing a bit of DIY and just having quick type of meals here. Will be back real soon!!!

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Ohhhhhhh Friday the 13th!!! Hmm didn't realize it until I went to write this blog. Not really supersticious here, but find the number 13 actually lucky for me as that is the day my twin sons were born. I don't think it was on a Friday though.It has been a bit of a busy week here. Cooking and gardening. The poor Courgettes that I was sooooo counting on have been hit by Mildew from all the weird

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My new friend at Little Foodies blogspot was asking about what to cook as they were learning about America and with yesterday being the 4th of July.... I had mentioned Southern Fried Chicken and boy did their chicken make my mouth water. I remember when we would be having picnics and how my mom and my grandmother would be frying chicken in big huge skillets. And the lovely smell of the chicken

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I am still in love with my new cooker/stove!!! Still testing it out on all sorts of dishes lately. And some more baking too. Brian has even used it now for the first time to bake his rolls. He does do bread. I think it has something to do with him being a bit of a scientist and he enjoys the experiment of putting the ingredients together like in Chemistry class and then producing something

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Okay I am back to finish what I started. The Lemon and Lavendar cake. As I said it took an hour and a half in the oven to bake. And it smelled yummy!!!After it had cooled I made a lemon glaze to go over it and then sprinkled on a few more lavendar buds.Now yesterday you could definately taste the lemon and the lavendar in the first bite, which was a bit unusual. But after the initial bite, you

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The new Cooker/Stove has arrived!!!!!It is here and it is working!!! And it is sooooooo cool!!!! I really do love it. And so far have only used it twice. I do find myself just going down to the kitchen and sitting looking at it. Occasionally walking past it and wiping it with a cloth. Sad isn't it. It is my very very first brand spanking new stove ever. And not only that it is a gas hob!! I have

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The other day I decided I wanted a salad of sorts for supper, and so we had this I sometimes over do things and probably could learn to simplify things a little. But it was rather yummy!!!I started out pan frying some butternut squash and boiled some salad potatoes and about 10 minutes till they were finished threw in some fresh trimmed green beans just till they were blanched. Drained the

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Fingers crossed the New cooker/stove should be on its way here next Wednesday!! We went into town last Tuesday and bought it. And I think all in all I did well, as this is a very very much better one than the one from the horrible shop!!!! It has a Wok burner and a super dooper grill that heats up in 15 seconds and a fan oven that has different settings for different foods...... one for cakes,

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Some lovely Cheese!!!Ohhhh What lovely tomatoes!!I just couldn't resist thesunblushed ones and so gladI bought them.Always wanted to try ceps!!!Aren't they gorgeous!!More tomatoes!Oh I wouldn't have a cluewhat to do with that eelThis is hardly busy!After 1.pm it got reallyBusy!!!Ohhhhhh this stall smelled lovely.Ohhhh Chocolates!!!And Breads!!! Banana Bread Tips: Always sieve your Bicarbonate/

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Sorry for not keeping up with the blogging this week. Been a bit busy as we all are I am sure. Well it looks like I won't be getting my new stove/cooker anytime soon. I asked for a full refund from the store I was to get it from. I was not happy with the way they treated me. The stove was on back order so I have wasted a week of sitting around waiting on a phone call for it. And the shop didn't

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Still attempting to stay on the Mediterranean diet we had roasted vegetables with chicken last night for supper. It was really quite easy to make and didn't take long to prepare or cook. I like to have dishes that sometimes don't take any concentration at all. Especially on days when I am tired from working or when we have had a busy day. This is one of those types of dishes. The secret to this

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This is the start of my food blog. Okay I admit it I am a foodie.... I live to eat. I love food. I enjoy eating and drinking for that matter. And no matter how hard I try, I can't stop. I don't want to stop. I enjoy it. I am not sure when it all started, possibly when I was a small child and my grandparents introduced me to some great home cooking. My Grandpa Deaver taught me to cook... the first

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