by richard | Apr 6, 2023 | Baking, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe, Spring
Hot Cross Buns Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th-century monk, is widely credited as making the very first hot cross or Alban buns in 1361. A sweet, fruity bake bearing a cross on top, the buns were given to the local poor on Good Friday. This Easter treat so pleased the...
by richard | Mar 25, 2023 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Foraging, Homemade, Nature, Recipe, Spring
Wild Garlic / Ramsoms / Ransoms / Somerset’s ‘Onion Stinkers’ / stink bombs or stinking nannies are widely available to forage throughout the British Isles particularly in the Westcountry where it grows in abundance in woodland & hedgerows. Often...
by richard | Apr 3, 2022 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe
Try Bannock Cross Buns this Easter With Easter approaching I thought i would try an alternative to traditional hot cross buns. Sourdough Selkirk Bannock Buns. Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th-century monk, is widely credited as making the very first hot cross or Alban bun in...
