Tea loaf is a really traditional British recipe, sometimes you can find it in cook books as ‘brack’ which is its Irish name. When I was younger I never really enjoyed tea loaf much as it can have quite a bitter flavour and it’s really a fruit cake which I know isn’t to everyones taste. With no butter in the loaf itself it is quite low in fat and ideal paired with a cup of tea, smeared with butter or a piece of cheese.
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Sometimes I get asked what’s the difference between your two styles of yarn bowl?
The differences start even before the piece is made in the raw materials that go into making each yarn bowl. The size of the piece of clay thats used to throw the different styles varies between 1 kilo and 1.3 kilos. In making these pieces there is only so much clay to go into it and generally that helps in achieving the same sizes time after time.
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It seems that spring is finally here and with sunny days ahead I thought I’d practice a bit of iced tea making. I love tea either warm in the winter or cold and refreshing in the summer, I usually end up buying quite a few bottles of it! Making it at home has a number of benefits – not having to pay for a bottle every time you want it, the fresher brewed taste and a lower sugar/sweetener content.
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At the start of the year HippieDalek and I took a trip to the bright lights of the big city, it was nice to be in London as a tourist rather than being there ‘for’ any particular event. We had a great time touring the city. There were so many ‘highlights’ from our trip its hard to pick out just a few but here we go!
I think most photos on my camera are of the facinating props and sets of the Harry Potter Studio Tour. If your a massive Harry Potter fan like me then you’ll love taking a peek behind the scenes, even if your not I do think its interesting to see quite what goes on in making feature films quite on that sort of scale. Be warned though grab lunch before going on the tour as it can take up to three hours! Having seen so many of the sets and visiting so many of the Harry Potter locations from the first film it has made me want to re-watch them all over again.
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Ok so I’ll be the first to admit this; Asian cooking is scary. Maybe it’s not scary for everyone but for me it is, I love eating Asian food all those noodles and gorgeous sauces but put me in the kitchen with some of the ingredients and I just start freaking out a little bit. Sure I can cook a stir fry but recently I was feeling adventurous, I decided that every time I wanted Miso soup I didn’t want to have to travel an hour to go to a restaurant to get it.
The last two weeks I’ve been determined to conquer the Miso mountain and to an extent I think I’ve succeeded. I certainly have the love for Miso its so rejuvenating and can be quite a filling meal when it’s bulked out with noodles and tofu.
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Hello! I'm Victoria and I make hand thrown pottery. I create pieces designed to be used and loved everyday. Find out more about me.
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