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DUCK EGGS

31/1/2025

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I remember duck eggs from my childhood, so I was delighted to find that you have them in the shop.

My granny always used them for baking, she was an amazing cook.  Grandad had a boiled duck egg for breakfast every Sunday and I would join him, feeling so grown up!

I love that they are local and I can now reminisce while having my breakfast. Thank you, they are delicious. Review by Iseult


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GREEN CORIANDER CHICKEN

31/1/2025

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This recipe is from Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible and also know as Dhania Chicken.
 
It is an exquisite curry and one of our all-time favourites—so easy to make, rich in flavour, and perfect for any occasion. Whether you're cooking for a cosy dinner or a big gathering, simply double, triple, or adjust the amounts as needed. It’s a guaranteed crowd-pleaser!
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INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)
  • 7½-cm/3-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • 5 good-sized cloves garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • salt
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 4 chicken legs, skinned and separated into drumsticks and thighs (I just 4 chicken filets)
  • 1 medium tomato, chopped
  • 90 g fresh coriander leaves and small stems
  • 2 fresh, hot green chillies, coarsely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon tomato purée
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 250 ml natural yoghurt, lightly beaten with a fork
 
METHOD
Put the ginger, garlic, ¼ teaspoon salt and the lemon juice into a blender. Add about 2 tablespoons water and blend, pushing down with a rubber spatula if necessary, until smooth. Place the chicken pieces in a stainless steel or non-metallic bowl. Pour the ginger mixture over the top and rub it in. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
 
Without bothering to clean out the blender goblet, put the tomato, coriander, chillies, tomato purée, ¾ teaspoon salt and 2 tablespoons water into it. Blend until smooth. - Pour the oil into a large, non-stick, lidded pan and set over a high heat: When very hot, put in the chicken pieces, together with the marinade. Fry, stirring for about 10 minutes. Add the tomato mixture from the blender. Continue to cook, stirring, until the sauce is thick and clings to the chicken and the oil separates from it, another 10 minutes. Add the yoghurt. Stir and cook until the yoghurt disappears and leaves a thick sauce edged with oil, 4-5 minutes.
 
Cover, reduce the heat as low as possible, and cook for 5-10 minutes or until the chicken is tender. If you think that the pan is drying out too much, stir in a tablespoon or two of water.
 
Geraldine Fitzpatrick
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RECYCLING

29/1/2025

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Being able to recycle a Christmas tree may be still on your agenda if you are like me and snow prevented you from getting stuff done. But I came across a neat idea to immerse the branches in vinegar for a few weeks to create a household cleaner and disinfectant. So here it is! There are some jars in the kitchen here to check out. I used the strong bulk vinegar assuming we can dilute sufficiently for use later. Looking forward to the result!

Anne Maher
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CHANGE YOUR DIET CHANGE YOUR MIND

29/1/2025

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Change Your Diet Change Your Mind by Dr Georgia Ede

I listened to a recent podcast with Dr Ede on Diary Of A CEO and have recommended a listen!
 
I have heard her speak at a conference too and she is certainly someone that I admire for her work in brain health regarding the role of food… it’s a relatively new concept that our mental health is affected by food.. scratch that, it’s not new but there is increasing recognition that good food is vital for good health. What a coincidence….! Regardless! I like her approach and her messaging. Perhaps we need constant reassurance that this is possible so am looking forward to adding this book to the must reads…

Anne Maher
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FOOD IN EMERGENCIES

29/1/2025

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It was quite surreal to be cut off with snow and watch the unfolding catastrophic wildfires in LA happen in real-time. To lose everything in an instant. In a crisis what do you do? What do you grab at the last minute to escape with your life? For many, they acknowledged that possessions were not important and that people and pets were. The stories that emerge afterwards though take my interest. Managing to feed people in crisis situations is a business. With war zones and famine zones, disaster relief is not uncommon. Tailored though to each culture is the challenge. What will this event bring forward as lessons to learn regarding how we live our lives? Will LA be rebuilt with a completely different food culture? Are the previous homeowners queuing for handouts getting what they need to nourish them through the difficult time that is ahead? For now, with the TV cameras on the celebrity culture, it is early days. We can never take our food culture for granted. When disaster strikes we need access to the basics. Food and shelter. Deliveroo and Just Eat may not cut it. It will be interesting to see how the new systems develop.
 
For what it's worth I am struck by those houses that withstood the blaze. Or rather the insights of the owners who set up systems to protect their houses. Unlike many who relied on the insurance only or waited for the government to solve the problem. Setting up generators to pump water from the pool to the roof to prevent ignition. These were relatively cost-effective ways to withstand the ferocity of the inferno. The lesson from this? Take charge. Don’t rely on the system to protect you. Find ways to protect your house. What a metaphor for our health! 

Anne Maher
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WHEN DEIRDRE WENT TO JAIL…

29/1/2025

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There is no doubt you cannot put an old head on young shoulders. How do you teach younger folk about the importance of a sustainable food system and protecting our farming culture?
 
It has taken me years to understand it, despite being in the food game of teaching home economics and public health nutrition.
 
Gaming teenagers with only interest in phones and play are hard to square with the reality of life sometimes. What life skills do they have that are useful?
 
But I do remind myself often that there was a time when my priorities were different too. A major life change for me happened in 1992 when I made the decision to teach in Botswana. Now with no internet, this did mean finding information in libraries etc. (Remember those times?) Training courses with APSO in Dublin were kind of exotic and adventurous. I know I would not have access to the “comforts” of home and would have to adapt. To be honest I was very naïve at 25 and to put that in context I was slightly obsessed with how I would cope not knowing how I would manage without my weekly fix of Coronation Street. Deirdre was about to go to jail…
 
Suffice to say I survived. The addiction was severed and I saw the world differently. Thank goodness. It’s amazing what you see and learn when you are not distracted.
 
The virtual world is many people's reality now. Rather than a dedicated timeslot for our addictive screen, they are with us 24/7. It is concerning. Are we losing the ability to make common sense of reality? Wellbeing is centred around grounding ourselves in reality. Touch the soil, connect with people, turn your face to the sun. You never know what answers you will find!

Anne Maher
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