Show and Tell

I’ve been meaning to show and tell these embroidery patterns since I got them framed and hung in my kitchen.

These were stitched by my maternal Grandmother and the pieces were given to my by my Aunt.

I had them framed recently.

Sorry the light isn’t so good in the photos – I get a lot of natural light in my kitchen

I love how it mentions Ireland in this one as I loving having been born and bred here

Sorry for the reflections – my photography skills are poor

I love how this one lets people know they are welcome in our  home anytime.

Thanks for looking at my show and tell.  For more show and tell visit Kelli at No place like home.

My mum’s Lentil Soup.

Saturday afternoon there is nearly always something simmering on the hob.

To-day it’s my mum’s Lentil Soup. I was having a quick blog and found Dorothy’s Split Pea Soup (well actually Dorothy’s sisters Split Pea Soup) and I thought I really ought to add to-days recipe. Even though this isn’t even a Recipe Round-up day!

This is so easy…..

8oz red lentils

3 pints water

1 onion

Piece of Ham/Bacon

Chopped Carrot

2-3 potatoes.

Boil the lentils, water, onion and ham until cooked 1/2 hour per lb.

Remove the Ham. Add chopped carrot and potatoes and pepper.

Boil gently till the veg are cooked.

Blend to required consistency.

Add some chopped parsley.

Enjoy

Elaine

Big Turkey Leggy..

 

So it’s Work’s for me Wednesday over at Rocks in my Dryer to-day and it’s the Backwards Edition which basically means instead of giving a tip we get to ask for one.

 

And so…

 

The season of Turkey and Ham is over it’s time to clear out of freezers of all the leftovers and I have come across 2 of my star buys

 

What do you think of this?

 

 

Pretty gross, I know.

 

This Turkey leg weights 4lb, my butcher reckons it must have come off a 35 – 40 lb Turkey. I love the brown meat of the Turkey so I always buy a couple of extra legs. I usually buy 4 but these were so big I restrained myself for the sake of the freezer shelves

 

Ever year I do the same thing with these – I just make stew. Normally I fry off the leg in my soup pan and and add loads of vegetables, let it all simmer like for ever then remove the join, take the meat off and return the meat to the stew.

 

So you know what’s coming – the one shown above is roasting in the oven at the minute as I just couldn’t fit it into any of my pans for stew!

 

I’ll make stew with it later.

 

So have you any ideas – what way could I cook the other joint that would be real tasty and something different?

 

If I use your suggestion I’ll post some photos.

 

While you are here, perhaps you could also offer a suggestion for cleaning the good old Pampered Chef Square Baker, yes I know all the rules but let’s be honest, it ain’t easy posting such a looking dish on a blog

 

Thanks for all the advice,

 

Be sure to check over at Shannon’s for loads of other bloggers looking for advice.

 

Mummymac.

Fall Y’all….

 

It’s here folks! It’s Monday and that means it’s time for the Fall Y’all Bloggy Giveaway hosted by Shannon at her new giveaway blog.

 

If it’s not already clear to you there are giveaways going on all over the place and the place to find them is at Shannon’s latest blog.

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Welcome to my blog!!

I’m Elaine Aka Mummymac and I’m a blogger from Northern Ireland (which it appears is quite a rare thing)

I’m also a stay at home mum and it also appears that is quite a rare thing too!

Enough about me ………….. on with the business……….

 

and so this is the giveaway with many thanks to the kind editor at Appletree Press I am giving away a copy of An Irish Country Kitchen by Mary Kinsella.

 

I recently purchased a copy of this book as my husband was taking an annual trip to the USA. He normally takes something of an Irish theme to his hostess and this year we decided on this lovely book. The book impressed me so much I decided to contact the people at Apple Tree Press who willingly donated a copy for this give-away.

Click on over the the Apple Tree website where you will find many books on an Irish theme, whether it be recipe books, history of Ireland or books of a more general nature they have quite a brochure.

And so to be in with a chance to win this book – here’s what you have to do.

Simply leave a comment to this post before Saturday 3 November at 10.00pm (GMT) and you will be automatically entered. I will make the drawing some time after this time using this handy random number generator and then post the results here and also at Shannon’s site.

NOTE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A BLOG TO ENTER.

This contest is open to participants from UK, IRELAND, USA & CANADA. (Because I’m kind that way).

Be sure to check out all the other giveaways going on over at Shannon’s all week.

 

** note to the regulars – I’m taking a few days off blogging, have a good week**

** If you have a copy of Bunyan’s classic Pilgrim’s Progress on your shelf please check out my previous post**

 

Mummymac.

 

 

 

 

 

It’s A Boy…

If any of you are interested in seeing the cutest baby who was born this morning, head over to Susanna’s and send loads of comments of congratulations her way.

Mummymac