Watermelon Rind Pickles

Watermelon pickles

I bet you didn’t know you could pickle the green rinds from the watermelon until now unless you happen to be from the Southern states of the USA and living in Brixton currently….

I discovered this because I’ve been buying so much watermelon recently. The stall under the on the corner of Pope’s Road and Atlantic Road by the Village is selling massive hunks of it for a mere pound and I can’t stop myself. (Nor can I resist the bargain cherries and flat peaches.) I felt wasteful simply tossing the rind in the bin as it doesn’t compost. So I was delighted to discover you can pickle it and end up with something as crunchy as cucumber but a little bit different for once.

Originally published at Brixton Blog….

Read more

fore rib of beef

Nutella Cupcakes

/
This weekend was World Nutella Day (no, really) and since I…

Game, ceps and mash…

/
We've written before about our shared love of game, especially…
fore rib of beef

One is fun!

/
We are very excited to tell you that we are one today! And…
fore rib of beef

Sprats, spuds and Swedish sauciness

/
Miss South and I have a long-running appreciation of the herring…

Never Fail Fudge…

/
Among the many things Father Christmas brought for my kitchen…

Pleasant pheasant…

/
It may have been noted by regular readers of the blog that…
fore rib of beef

Lupita

/
After meeting a few friends for a refreshing wheat beer or two…
fore rib of beef

Forearmed and fore-ribbed: Christmas beef

/
  At the end of the festive season, on the twelth day…
fore rib of beef

Posh squash nosh…

/
The festive period is just the time for some serious indulgence,…
fore rib of beef

Nesselrode Pudding

/
I have been cooking with chestnuts a lot this winter and…
fore rib of beef

A Classic in Coke…

/
As a family, we don't have many Christmas traditions (unless…
fore rib of beef

Any (hot) port in a (snow) storm…

/
  There are some firm favourites which I indelibly…