Good afternoon everybody!
I feel privileged that you and your families have opened the doors of your homes and your incredibly warm (in every sense of the word) kitchens to me this week. It has been wonderful to hear about …
- Meal times becoming an increasingly precious part of your days now
- Recipes that have been shared with you by family members and special friends
- Traditional dishes that help you and your family to celebrate religious festivals such as Eid
- Favourite foods that bring back happy childhood memories
- How the smell of ingredients can take you straight back to a holiday in a special place
- Your efforts to plant more bee-friendly plants to help with the growing of food
- How to make a dish even more relevant with a few ‘rainbow’ ingredients
- Your treasured newly-introduced ‘Homemade Pizza and Movie’ nights
- Siblings enjoying each other’s cooking more than their mum’s (and babies not throwing it on the floor!) and being inspired by big brother’s baking skills
- Your experiences of baking alongside granny via Skype
- Favourite recipes from around the world
- Experimenting with new recipes following ‘Mystery’ food deliveries
- How good locally-sourced food tastes – particularly when it’s the delicious rhubarb from your own garden
- Food inspired by heroes such as Mary Berry … and Joe Wicks (can he bake as well?!)
- Harvesting home-grown lettuces
- Reading novels to vegetable plants to help them grow
- Innovative ways to get around the current flour shortages
- Baking bread for the first magical time
- How a Yorkshire Pudding and gravy should be eaten as a meal in its own right
- And how it feels to celebrate Nana and Pop’s 50th Wedding Anniversary without them, but whilst sharing and celebrating a favourite family dish that reminds you of your wonderful childhood (Happy Anniversary Nana and Pops from all at Damers!)
You have made my week once again, allowing me a beautiful insight into our community and our shared love of cooking, alongside all your regular growing and life updates too. Thank you!
Miss Barnes is very kindly collating all of your wonderful recipes into one document and we will share this with you once complete but for now, time for a hearty Damers feast …
And finally, this week’s story involving a magic paintbrush and a very special celebration …
Happy Birthday Damers!
Enjoy your weekend, keeeeeeeeeeep cooking … and don’t forget that main ingredient that makes it taste even better … ❤
With warm wishes
Mrs Smith ☺️