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| Fresh berry pavlova for Christmas day breakfast - a decade-long family tradition |
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| A dip in the local river with the dogs (the Wifie's tradition) |
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| Dogs playing in the river at Brightwater |
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| Scenery beside the river in Brightwater |
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| Prawn cocktail and pink fizzy wine for lunch |
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| Homemade Christmas cake with tasty Cheddar cheese. . . yum! |
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| The first wedge of cheese from my month old very first Gouda cheese. . . yum! |
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| The haul of British sweets and biscuits from Sonny Jim's dad :) Yum!! Now to try to make it last. . . |
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| Cutting the curds after leaving milk and vegetarian rennet to set overnight - that's all there is to it! |
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| Cheese press with fresh Gouda inside, mature Gouda, whey, bowl of unstrained quark and straining bowl. |
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| Tasting platter at day 1 of Gouda/Quark cheese-making course |
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| One of my favourite foods ever! Recipe 20 years ago from great friend VG. |
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| My first successful homemade Pöffertjes (by which you may deduce that the first batch was spectacularly unsuccessful!) |
