Mary Jo’s demonstration yesterday afternoon was very good, and a few of us were sad we had to duck out early to get in the cab and head into Cork. We missed the tasting, but enjoyed the demo, and listening to her take on the industry. Erin, Alexis, Max, Theresa, and I...
Week four is over, which is nuts! I promised myself that this weekend wouldn’t include staying up until 4am… But when there is wine and good company, it’s hard to say no! Alexis (from San Francisco) cooked a few of us dinner last night (croque madame!) in our cottage....
It was an egg-y day in the kitchens today. We had Pam who is loads of fun, she brought us coffee at about 10:30 and snagged a scone from one of the other kitchens to have with our coffee, not a bad morning. White yeast bred, frittata with oven roasted tomatoes, basil...
Today I made my first loaf of sour dough, it is delicious, and although it takes a few days to make, it is so worth it. I was a bad sour dough owner and hadn’t fed my starter for a few days, so I had to feed him tonight. I will make another sponge tomorrow, and bake...
Weekend three is over, and it was such a great weekend. Mary took Jared, Nicole and I into Cobh for the afternoon, and then we went to Myrtleville for dinner. Fun fact about Cobh, The Titanic last sailed from Cobh. We went into a pub called Rob Roy, John the bartender...
Missed last night’s blog post, but in actual fact (as Tim would say), the blog would have been dated January 25th because we were up until 4am. Nicole kept asking how it got to be 4, and she woke up asking me the same question this morning. I have no idea how it...
The end of week three… Wow! Had a good morning in the kitchen cooking up Ballycotton Shrimp with homemade mayonnaise, and a plum tart. I also made brown yeast bread, flapjacks and ricotta. Lunch was delicious, lots of shrimp and prawns with mayo, and a very...
Just in from a Slow Food talk by a lady called Dorothy Cashman, who is doing her PhD in culinary manuscripts. Very interesting, but a lot of Irish history that means nothing to me (sadly!), she is working to preserve and understand more of what happened in some of the...
What a long day it’s been, but again, a day filled with so much information. We started the morning off with the biscuit of the week, my favourite were the pecan squares, so tasty. We were introduced to a few new Irish farmhouse cheeses, and then it was onto the beef...
This will be a short post, it’s nearly midnight and I am ready for a snooze! Went into the kitchens early this morning to make yoghurt with Denise… What do you do when there is no milk? Head down to the dairy, ask Haulie (who, had just started to milk the girls as we...
