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FAY-VRITS

07/03/2017 By
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When Mary and I ran the Cyprus Donkey Sanctuary, after a lot of hard work, we found ourselves with reasonable funds to look after our then 30+ animals. So, we were able to hire the very necessary services of a proper professional farrier, who came every Thursday to look after the feet of eventually houses […]

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THIS WEEK’S RECIPE – MEATBALLS

20/02/2017 By
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  Ingredients 60g/2oz fine dry breadcrumbs 125ml/4fl.oz light cream 125ml/4fl.oz water 200g/7oz finely minced lean beef 200g/7oz finely minced lean pork 1½ tsp salt ½ tsp ground allspice 1 small to medium onion peeled and very finely chopped 1 egg, beaten 75g/3oz butter A few grindings of black pepper Method 1 In a bowl mix […]

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IN AN IRISH STEW

15/02/2017 By
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In the “old days” (say fifty years and before) farmers used to keep a proportion of the flocks of their sheep for several years. They would produce several lambs in this time. After which they would be killed and eaten as “Mutton” (any animal of more than one year qualifies for this definition). This was […]

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GARLIC – LOVE IT, HATE IT, YOU CAN’T IGNORE IT!

07/02/2017 By
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                Plump cloves of garlic from my garden in Vouni village. These had been hanging about in my kitchen for a few months and were, in my opinion, as good as garlic gets. Earlier, we had used other cloves when they were fresh and green, imparting a delicious earthy flavour to soup and dressings. […]

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FRANCE IS GREAT… What, again?

29/01/2017 By
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     Inspired by my recent purchase of a big book of French recipes called “SIMPLISSIME”, I have been (figuratively speaking) wearing my big French Toque on a daily basis. Aspects of France – and the French – may annoy us, but it has to be generally agreed that they are very good at the cooking. […]

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At Last! Cyprus Wine on the Web

16/01/2017 By
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Many years have elapsed before Cyprus wines have become properly represented on the Internet. It doesn’t seem long – a few months, perhaps – since I searched the Web and there was not a definitive source of information about the vines, wines and winemakers of Cyprus. Looking recently I found one. It is called Cyprus […]

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