Saturday, October 27, 2012
By Mike on Saturday, October 27, 2012, 12:32
October 2012 - it's a great year for sweet chestnuts - must be all that rain we had instead of a summer.
It's a race against the squirrels for these tasty treats - but this time, I won, and returned home with a couple of pounds of lovely plump chestnuts.
Friday, September 7, 2012
By Mike on Friday, September 7, 2012, 19:39
When I go camping, or when I cook foraged food in the field, I've often wished for a little pinch of some kind of spice or condiment, only to have forgotten to bring it.
So I set about making a compact, all-purpose spice kit, containing a basic, but dependable inventory of seasonings, that I can keep packed and ready to go.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
By Mike on Sunday, August 26, 2012, 19:34
I have some friends who don't eat pork and they happened to mention one day that the one thing they really miss, since they gave it up, is a pork pie.
This seemed to me more of a challenge than an obstacle, so I set about trying to recreate something equivalent to the Pork Pie Experience, but without any pork or pig products - indeed without any products of mammalian origin at all.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
By Mike on Thursday, August 23, 2012, 23:40
Making yoghurt is an easy way to use up a surplus milk. With a little care and experimentation, you can tailor the end product to be exactly the way you like it.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
By Mike on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:36
No, you're not seeing double - this project really is the Atomic Shrimp Atomic Shrimp!
An experimental attempt to make a giant version of a childhood favourite - Pink Shrimps.
Friday, August 3, 2012
By Mike on Friday, August 3, 2012, 21:05
I like doing things just a little bit wrong on purpose - this time, I thought it might be interesting to try making bread using the wrong kind of yeast - beer yeast.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
By Mike on Sunday, July 22, 2012, 22:16
This summer of rain finally let up, so we headed off to the New Forest for a walk; I picked some Bog Myrtle to make Gale Beer.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
By Mike on Sunday, July 8, 2012, 21:20
I love custard. Egg custard is great, but I also like conflour-based custard - especially the skin that forms on top when it cools.
But there's never enough skin - so I set about trying to make more.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
By Mike on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 22:37
Up until some time in the 1980s, there was a confectionery bar made by Rowntree Mackintosh, called 'Nutty'. Sadly, it's just a memory now - discontinued before Rowntree became part of Nestlé.
It was my sister's favourite - and she often reminisces about it. Well, I thought it was time to try to bring it back - so here's my attempt to reverse-engineer it.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
By Mike on Sunday, June 17, 2012, 20:53
A lot of recipes - including a few here at Atomic Shrimp - call for separated egg whites, but what are you supposed to do with the yolks?
How about some of these sweet little cookies?
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