August rain.....!

Raining today, so we can't open.
 It's really tricky when your only cooking facilities are two electric hotplates on a trestle table al fresco; we are pretty good at improvising but when it rains- there's not a lot we can do!
 So - home to make giant rosewater and almond meringues, lavender and honey ice cream, fig jam and, if there's time (and energy) apricot and vanilla ice cream too.

 There's so much ripe and fragrant fruit available at the moment so whenever there's an opportunity, we make ices, jams, cordials and sauces to try to capture the fresh summery flavours to give those dismal, dark winter months a litle bit of a zing!

Tomorrow is the first of our six Summer Evenings at Lynfield Yard.
 We've joined forces with The Cowhouse Gallery, Village Crafts, The Victoria Inn and several local musicians and craftspeople (is that a real word?) to create a weekly event offering food, wine tasting, acoustic music, arts and crafts and hopefully some masssage too!
The evening starts at 6pm and closes at 9pm and we're hoping for fine, dry Wednesday evenings until mid September at least.
We are selling wraps filled with pork and lemon polpettine and salad - or goats' cheese and nectarines fried in butter with a tangy sauce (yet to be invented!), along with our puddings, cakes and drinks, of course.
Stewart Eddy will be giving cookery demonstrations at 7pm- this week it's seafood- all available to buy afterwards; and Anna will be hosting a wine tasting ( that's where I'll be...)
We also have music from Rosie McGahan and Jake Terry, Annie and the Perranners, Kirk and Liam, and there will be more...
We must remember to take photos.