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Lovely Tarts

With late summer upon us the home made jam season is in full swing. The NCOTAASD jam cupboard is now groaning after being topped up with Strawberry Jam, Raspberry Jelly and now Bramble Jelly. The mighty NCOTAASD kitchen mixer's fruit strainer attachment has been busily removing all the pips, which saves on dental floss bills.

It seemed too good an opportunity to miss not to make 36 jam tarts, which will no doubt come in handy over the next few days. We also have our eyes on some wild plum trees which should be ready for a raid in about 2 weeks time.

Perhaps you too have become obsessed by Jam recently or just throught about it for a bit. If so drop us a line, we already have an icon!

Nicey made some tarts all on a summers day
the younger members of staff ate the tarts
which then had to be put away
in a tin actually

It's suitable spoon month

Yes it's that time again when we look at a burning topic not far from everybody's minds. This month (probably the rest of the summer actually) we are looking at things that you stir your tea with. Perhaps you have a trusty teaspoon that serves you faithfully, or maybe you can never find one despite there allegedly being hundreds in your cutlery draw. Do you have to resort to using dessert spoons, knives or even pens to fish out your teabag and stir in the milk?

Perhaps you are forced to use those little plastic stirrer things, although you're not sure which way up they go. We want to hear about it. We may even make a new icon if we get some replies.

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Take to the Lakes for tea

tea trail

Lovely view

If you've ever visited the lake district then you'll know that drinking in all that wonderful scenery can soon leave you wanting to drink in a pot of tea or two. Some freshly baked biscuits and a nice slice of cake wouldn't go amiss either or maybe some home made scones and jam.

Well now some enterprising ladies in Cumbria have launched the Cumbria tea trail, a collective of rural tea shops that covers the county. Not only will you find maps on their website to help you plan a trip around lakeland, but also details of local walks so you can choose to work up a healthy appetite or walk off a big plate of goodies. And if you can't make it to Cumbria there are even a few recipes on the site including the famous Grasmere Gingerbread.

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