It's showtime again! - The Accidental Smallholder

Posted: Sunday 4 September, 2005

by Rosemary at 9:06pm in Anything goes Comments closed

Well, it's almost time for the local Horticultural Society Show. Next Saturday, actually. I don't think Dan's entering anything - how could he better his "Best Novice" trophy from last year?

However, I'm planning to have a go with some jams and home baking. I've made blackcurrant, strawberry and raspberry. The strawberry tastes fine but is a wee bit scummy. It's my third batch - the first was perfect but we ate that and I've never been able to repeat the initial success. Blackcurrant is easy.

I've just made raspberry - in fact, it's not in jars yet - and it seems fine. I didn't have a recipe so I sort of adapted Delia's loganberry and strawberry jam recipes.

It's in jars - looks fine. We'll try it tomorrow and see what the judges think on Saturday.

I'm also going to enter a chocolate fudge brownie in the traybake class and I might enter some scones. I'm not very good at scones - they never seem to rise - but I found a recipe using buttermilk, so I tried it today and they were really nice. They still didn't rise much but the texture and flavour was good. If I win anything, I should send the prize to Delia!