The English Paysanne

 Monday was spent at the spinning and weaving group I belong to, a workshop on mixing and carding coloured wool.  With my 100g pack of colours I wold not normally choose - orange,/apricot, black and dark green with a bit of light blue and abergine thrown in I carded away and  managed to spin a hank of wool, enough for a little something but not yet sure what.  With longer days and Spring nearly here a collection of eggs are building up, still waiting for fair weather neighbours to return who buy eggs on a regular basis.  Blossoms are now on the trees and bushes, its quiet yellow around with wild flowers popping up all along the verges and fields.  An afternoon spent taking photos of the gites by farmer J. I was the one making up the beds, setting tables, moving furniture around and tidying as one of the websites we advertise on  has changed its photo sizes or something technical like that this means the photos that were on that site w...

We have a young couple staying in one of our gites for a fortnight, they stayed here last year with friends.  This time they have come on their honeymoon, we are very flattered that they wanted to stay at  La Singlaire 1  and hope they have a wonderful time. If we had known we would of done a honeymoon thing with bubbly and chocs. Even more flattering they took a meal last night, this is what they had. Starters of homemade pork pate with caramelised tomato chutney, our own air dried ham and saucisson that we made early in the year.  Main of pork cooked three ways, confit cheek, tenderloin and sausage meat stuffed apple served with potato dauphinoise, vegetable spaghetti and a Madeira sauce. Cheese course, regional Roquefort and a ewes milk cheese. Dessert wicked chocolate cake by Orlando Murrin found  here  With chocolate mint ice cream  made by infusing milk and cream with chocolate mint leaves before making the custard b...

Happy gite guests