The BBC reports that the EC, in their great wisdom, have dropped a number of rules that forced up to 20 percent of certain crops to be thrown away, because they didn't conform to EC food beauty standards.

This Sunday afternoon, I decided to take a walk locally, simply to stretch my legs and perhaps burn up a few calories. I have walked past the St Mary's church tower many times in the last 20 years, and knew that there had been some restoration done upon it or iniside it, but had never seen inside, or walked to the top. Imagine my delight to find that today was an Open Day, and that I could actually visit inside.

Yes, where have I been? Nowhere, really; it's just that somewhen last September (2007, that is) I didn't feel like putting more onto the blog. Not that there wasn't anything to write about, it was just overcoming the hurdle of getting started.

Found this link earlier today when Stumbling - it fits the bill here, so I have added it! Enjoy.

Veggie Art

This one was cobbled together from several other recipes of a similar type; it turned out well. See *read more* for photo.

I'm not sure if it has been my technique in the past, or if I had bad batches of flour, but since I switched to a 'very strong' white flour - so-called 'baker's grade', the loaves have risen far more than in the past. This is the first time I've actually had a loaf that looked anything like those the baker makes. See more.

I stumbled upon these earlier today; thought they fitted into the general theme (and certainly the title) of this blog, so here they are. See the mutatoes right here .

This isn't strictly a vegetable or a fruit - though I suppose it is the fruit of a tree.

Full story and picture here