Sunday, October 17, 2010

De Brus Centre / Skelton

Yesterday was spent with a lovely group of Pickle enthusiasts!
We spent the day making Chutney and jams at the De Brus Centre in Sunny Skelton.

Thank you for the kind words and enthusiastic feedback.
Here is the recipe for the Chilli Jam.

Simple as you like!

5oz Chillies, any size any type, depends how hot you like it!
5oz Red Pepper.

Chop them up roughly, including the seeds!
Put them through a food processor.

Take 1/2 litre of CIDER VINEGAR
Desolve 1 kg. of preserving sugar in the vinegar on the heat.

When the sugar is dissolved add the purree of chilli and pepper.

Heat to setting point, it will look quite runny, but it always seems to set!

And that's it!

Eat with whatever you like! Especially a Petch's Pie!

Cushty!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

You are never too Old!

Today was the first day of my Language degree at Durham University!

God , it brought back some memories of my first degree more than 20 years ago.
The anxiety I felt then and today of being a mature student.

The students seem so young! But then again , they are!

I wil also never get over the buzz of the first Lecture and the Lecture theatre. A learner enquired the other night, ' You really must love learning, Pete'. You are damn right I do!

Somehow, there seems to be a little less stress than in the past, but I am sure that is to do with my confidence, and AGE!