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Buon Natale tutti | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. Buon Natale tutti December 21, 2011. 8212; contadina @ 4:45 pm. 3 Responses to “Buon Natale tutti”. December 21, 2011 at 7:04 pm. Merry Christmas to you too.:). December 22, 2011 at 6:32 pm. Merry Christmas from Liverpool! Had a lovely sunny day for the winter solstice, but I gather it’s likely to rain from now till Christmas. December 22, 2011 at 8:24 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). La Ferme de Sourrou.
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A windy start to the year | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. A windy start to the year January 7, 2012. 8212; contadina @ 4:49 pm. It’s been a pretty wild and windy start to the New Year for us down in the heel. Walking up the lane with the dogs earlier I spotted countless almond and ancient olive trees, which have cracked and lost branches in the strong winds we had yesterday and one olive tree had become completely uprooted. Gaia inspects the damage. The artichokes, which grow so well here are the best I’ve ever ...
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Just bring me some Figgy pudding | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. Just bring me some Figgy pudding November 25, 2011. 8212; contadina @ 12:20 pm. Generous pinch of salt. 1 and half teaspoon mixed spice. 3oz finely grated carrot (or small apple chunks work well). 16 oz dried fruit I used about 8oz figs and a mix of currants sultanas, mixed peel and cherries for the rest. Grated rind and juice of one lemon. 4 tbsp of water mixed with either rum or brandy. Butter for greasing bowl. Some extra basil leaves. 5 Responses to &...
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A cure for bitterness | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. A cure for bitterness October 28, 2011. 8212; contadina @ 1:57 pm. Last year I tried three different olive curing methods lye, brine and brine and bruise. And ever keen to experiment, I’m trying four different methods this year to discover the table olive taste that I like best. Now, onto this year’s quest to find the perfect table olive, choosing several methods from the multitude, which have developed in olive-growing nations around the world. This is o...
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. Pasta pronto meals in minutes. August 27, 2011. 8212; contadina @ 9:11 am. Pasta alla Crudaiola (pasta with raw tomatoes). Crudaiola - the taste of summer. Pasta alla Norma (aubergines in tomato sauce). This would probably push my 11-minute time limit, if I didn’t have a supply of ready roasted aubergines to hand. Whenever the oven is on I usually roast some diced aubergines to be used in dishes such as this, but you could just fry the chunks. Sweat onion...
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It’s Moving Day | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. It’s Moving Day February 12, 2012. 8212; contadina @ 10:55 am. A very short and sweet blog this morning to announce that this blog is moving. See you all at http:/ contadina.growveg.info. With the help of Jeremy, who has been doing a lot of behind the scenes geekery to update the look of my blog and the wonderful admin team at GrowVeg. Who are providing the hosting: I can now perform ad-free blogging and introduce some funky new features. Build a website ...
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The art of dangerous jam and making molasses | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. The art of dangerous jam and making molasses October 4, 2011. 8212; contadina @ 1:45 pm. Sorry for the long hiatus since my last blog, but my time has been mostly filled with deadlines and dentists. In my absence Autumn has arrived, covering the land with a lush green carpet and beckoning us out into the garden. It always amazes me how after, just 36-hours of rain, colour returns replacing the red, arid summer landscape. Prickly pear and pomegranate.
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Lightening the winter burden | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. Lightening the winter burden February 3, 2012. 8212; contadina @ 4:40 pm. So how was the weather for you yesterday? Did it herald the arrival of spring or was it a sign of a second winter? Is Candlemas Day, or Groundhog Day in North America, and marks the midpoint of winter; halfway between the shortest day and the spring equinox, so it’s not hard to figure why it has spawned so much weather-lore around the world. Pretty much all say the same thing. Tradi...
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Two Italian globe artichoke recipes | Contadina's Blog
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Living the contadini life among the olive groves. Two Italian globe artichoke recipes April 9, 2010. 8212; contadina @ 3:40 pm. As the globe artichoke season is nearing its end over here (peas and beans are already for sale) I thought I’d share a couple of southern Italian recipes. Use very small tight artichokes for this. Prepare as mentioned above – making sure they’re are no hard leaves. If in doubt take off more than you think. Boil in lemoned water for a few mins then drain. 8230;] before either pop...