In my kitchen…
…is a beautiful Acacia wood board, a gift from the lovely Bev and Les…
In my kitchen…
…is new Falcon enamelware. I’m so suggestible that after seeing photos of Lorraine’s and Brydie’s baking sets, I couldn’t resist buying one for myself. The red trim matches our Turkish tile trivets perfectly.
Both Peters of Kensington and Odgers & McClelland stock the Falcon brand – Duncan and Megan at O&M are lovely, and particularly helpful if you’re looking for something specific (I’ve been buying pie tins from them for years)…
In my kitchen…
…is a fabulous dark chocolate by Mast Brothers that lovely Jo brought all the way back from New York for me to try. The Dominican Republic blend is a dark 70% cacao, with interesting smoky tobacco notes – it was too much for Pete, but I absolutely loved it. I ended up eating the bar whizzed into 30g chocolate shots…
In my kitchen…
…was my first and possibly last attempt at cooking pigs’ trotters. They were incredibly cheap – about 80c each – so I bought five home to experiment with. I ended up adapting Ai-Ling’s belly pork recipe, and I thought it all went rather well.
Pigs’ trotters don’t have much meat on them – they’re basically skin and cartilage. When I posted the photo below, I had a very mixed reaction – Nancy in Shanghai and Chicago John both offered to join us for dinner, Ali in Canberra nearly brought up her lunch, and my friend Dan rang from California to chastise me for scaring my followers.
Pete wouldn’t go near them and insisted on dumplings for dinner, the boys ate one trotter each, willingly but not particularly enthusiastically, and I thought they were delicious, but hard work to eat.
So here’s a photo for the records, as I won’t be making them again…
In my kitchen…
…are gifts from my friend Jane, who picks up treasures for me on her travels. The eclair liners and cucumber twister were from her last trip to London and France, and the culinary lavender from Tasmania. I recently read a recipe for lavender shortbread, but can’t now remember where – if it was on your blog, could you please let me know? Thanks..
In my kitchen…
…is Australian sea mullet, a cheap and (I believe) sustainable fish. I’ve never seen them for sale before, so when I found this one for just $5.99 a kilo in Flemington, I bought it home to try. The large fish below set me back just $6.80 and easily fed all four of us – I roasted it wrapped in foil and seasoned with soy, ginger and spring onions.
The flesh was firm and mildly flavoured – pleasant, but not particularly interesting. I think it would work well as a base for strong flavours, so the next time I buy one, I’ll use it in a fish curry…
In my kitchen…
…are gifts from lovely Madge – shaped bread tins! I’m still thinking about how to use them…
In my kitchen…
…there seems to always be yellow cherry tomatoes from the garden. The passionfruits are off the vine overhanging from our neighbour Mark’s yard…
Finally, in my kitchen…
…are scones for afternoon tea, made with Pepe Saya buttermilk…
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Here are this month’s posts:
Bernice @ Dish ‘n’ the Kitchen (Calgary, Canada)
Mel @ The Cooks Notebook (Brisbane, QLD)
JJ @ 84th & 3rd (Sydney, NSW)
Emily @ Cooking for Kishore (first IMK post! New Jersey, USA)
Emilie @ The Clever Carrot (New York, USA)
Laila @ Table of Colors (Finland)
Selma @ Selma’s Table (London, UK)
Fran @ The Food Marshall (Canberra, ACT)
Ella @ Mulberry and Pomegranate (Sydney, NSW)
Moya @ Food & Tools (Bahrain)
Fran @ Life in the Food Lane (Houston, Texas, USA)
Jason @ Don’t Boil The Sauce (Melbourne, VIC)
Glenda @ Healthy Stories (Melbourne, VIC)
Lisa @ I’ll Be There With A Fork (Brisbane, QLD)
Claire @ Claire K Creations (Brisbane, QLD)
Danielle @ The nOATbook (Melbourne, VIC)
Anne @ Anne Lawson (Melbourne VIC)
Ale @ Ligera de Equipaje (Argentina)
Christine @ Food Wine Travel (Brisbane, QLD)
Jane @ The Shady Baker (Broken Hill, NSW)
Barb @ Just A Smidgen (Calgary, Canada)
Aneela @ The Odd Pantry (San Francisco, USA)
Nicole @ Miss Food Fairy (first IMK post! Melbourne, VIC)
Lisa @ Gourmet Wog (Sydney, NSW)
Liz @ Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things (Canberra, ACT)
Kim @ A Little Lunch (Oklahoma, USA)
Kari @ Bite-Sized Thoughts (Western Australia)
Shaheen @ Allotment2Kitchen (Wales)
Anne @ Life in Mud Spattered Boots (Essex, UK)
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe (Melbourne, VIC)
Sandra @ Please Pass the Recipe (Melbourne, VIC)
Sherry @ Sherry’s Pickings (first IMK post! Brisbane, QLD)
Jennifer @ Milk and Honey (Gippsland, VIC)
Brydie @ CityHippyFarmGirl (Sydney, NSW)
Kylie @ Town Mouse Country Mouse (Northern Victoria)
Nancy @ Jamjnr (Shanghai, China)
Joanne @ What’s on the List? (Adelaide, South Australia)
Tandy @ Lavender and Lime (Gordons Bay, South Africa)
Clare @ The Life of Clare (Geelong, VIC)
Becca @ The InTolerant Chef (Canberra, ACT)
Taryn @ The Wooden Spoons (Canberra, ACT)
Debi @ My Kitchen Witch (Sheffield, UK)
Lauren @ Living the Savory Life (Perth, Western Australia)
Mandy @ The Complete Cookbook (Sundays River, South Africa)
Ardys @ Ardysez (Alice Springs, Northern Territory)
Charlie Louie @ Hotly Spiced (Sydney, NSW)
Tania @ The Cook’s Pyjamas (Perth, Western Australia)
Gail @ Using Up The Veggie Box (Ballarat, VIC)
Maureen @ Orgasmic Chef (Sunshine Coast, QLD)
Francesca @ Almost Italian (Melbourne, VIC)
Siobhan @ Garden Correspondent (Ulupinar, Turkey)
Sally @ Bewitching Kitchen (Kansas, USA)
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella (Sydney, NSW)
Liz @ Mother Hubbards Cupboard (first IMK post! Gold Coast, QLD)
Sarah @ Chantille-Fleur (Queensland)
Glenda @ Passion Fruit Garden (Perth, Western Australia)
Fiona @ TIFFIN – Bite Sized Food Adventures (Brisbane, QLD)
Fantastic looking scones Celia, we adore Pepe Saya butter, I’ll have to look out for the buttermilk! I’m so glad timber bowls and boards are back in fashion, food always looks so good on well oiled wood. I’ll be curious to see what you bake in those fancy bread tins. Thanks for the peep….
Sandra, the buttermilk is really lovely – sometimes it has little pats of butter floating in it!
Here’s the link to this month’s contribution http://wp.me/p2frs2-1zZ
Thanks Celia
Awesome IMK post, Celia!
I love that wood board, and your beautiful arrangement of scones! WOW!
This month I will be joining your crowd…. in a little over 12 hours… ;-)
Yaay! Always a joy to have a cup of tea in your kitchen, Sally! Meant to tell you that I found a Brazilian butcher in a neighbouring suburb!
I’m ever so slightly suggestible as well so will be interested to see you put your enamelware to good use. It might make me decide I really do need some. I like sea mullet with spices and stronger flavours so think it will work well in curry. Jamie Oliver as a recipe for mullet and cous cous in one of his books which is really good. Love the look of the bread tins too.
Thanks Tania, I’ll check out the Jamie books. I’ve been using the Falcon for a while now – it’s pretty cheap, the coating is quite good, but best of all it’s light and goes in the dishwasher. Sometimes the enamel chips off, but I read (and loved..hahaha) this on their FAQs:
If my enamelware chips can I still use it?
Yes. Just like any other ceramic, the outer porcelain layer can chip if dropped, revealing the steel beneath it. When this happens the steel below naturally oxidises and the enamelware remains safe to use. Plus, in our opinion, it gains a little more character.
Hi Celia, so you eventually got a Jarrah cheese board, it looks lovely. Being the queen of gadgets, I love the look of that cucumber twister. I also love the look of those bread tins. I wonder whether you could make a very fancy date and walnut loaf in one of them. Have a great month.
Here is a link to my post.
Not Jarrah, my mistake, it’s Acacia wood. I’ll let you know how the bread tins go! :)
Its funny, I thought it was a bit pale for Jarrah, but I gave you the benefit of the doubt :)
I do have a most gorgeous Jarrah board that my brother in law Steve made made me a couple of years ago.. :)
Yes, I remember you saying he was making you one.
Love the look of those bread tins and could just do with one of those scones now. I tried cooking pigs’ trotters a couple of times but decided they weren’t really worth the effort. However, they are excellent for making stock and whenever I make pork pies, I use pigs’ trotter stock because I know it sets firmly.
Anne, I’m going to try that next! Thanks for the tip!
Oh Celia, your tins reminded me of my mum’s date and nut bread. She made it in a tin just like those. Mmmm! I can almost smell it warm out of the oven, sliced thin with butter. She of course, had the inevitable cup of Bushell’s tea with it.
Joanne, those date loaves are an Aussie classic – I think I have a recipe somewhere in an old Women’s Weekly! :)
Beautiful things in your kitchen! We have used the trotters to make head cheese. Very time consuming though.
Manuela, that DOES sound like a lot of work! Thanks for all your support of the IMK posts last month! :) xx
Celia, I love pig trotters but only served as per this recipe from polish cuisine. http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/polishmaincourses/r/Jellied-Pigs-Feet-Recipe.htm Don’t give up on them :-)
Ania, I’ll have a look! Thank you! :)
Fish wrapped in newspaper…very evocative!
Chinese newsprint too, even though we’re in Australia! :)
Your kitchen is full of fragrances Celia; (wood, chinese pork, scones, fresh fish, fruit) just lovely thank you for sharing. I love good boards in my kitchen. We made my three sons and their wives kitchen boards for Christmas last year out of recycled timber, recycled brass handles and polished to a soft finish with olive oil…… Consider making lavender ice-cream, it is delicious
Sandra, what a wonderful gift! The handles sound like a nice touch…
Wonderful things in your kitchen Celia! I love falcon enamelware too & also recently enjoyed some mast brothers chocolate – I hadn’t heard about them but my brother bought me a bar together with their cookery book. Have you seen it? If not it’s a beautiful book, such inspiring chocolate recipes interwoven with their story.
Andrea, thank you, I’ll look out for it! The chocolate is very nice and earthy (but a bit too much so for Pete). I can see Falcon enamel ware fitting in perfectly in your Cotswolds kitchen! :)
Hi Celia! I hope to have an IMK ready this month- soon!
I have those tins and use them to make bread for finger sandwiches. The heart tin is perfect for a Bridal luncheon.
Your bread board is lovely.
And my husband loves the trotters. He likes cartilage and its crunchiness- so I make soups with them and let him have all the ‘meat’ product.
Love you post!
Heidi, hooray! We missed you last month! Frank loves trotters? He’s so hard to predict! Won’t eat hard bread, will eat trotters.. ;-)
You have a lovely kitchen as always Celia although the chocolate was too much for me as well and I can do without the pigs trotters. The scones I would jump through hoops for – they look delicious.
Jo, you’re too funny – the trotters are very divisive! :) Thanks again for thinking of me, I was so touched to get the surprise in the mail! :)
I’ve always wanted to try pig’s trotters but have never been brave enough. We have a delicious looking recipe for them in our Chinese Cookbook, and since we buy half or a whole pig (all in it’s different cuts, thought) from a local free range pastured pork farm we have trotters and often the head too….I’m not sure what to do with either?
I enjoyed your post and for the first time are joining the In my Kitchen series!
Here’s the link to my post:
http://chantillefleur.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014.html
Have a lovely Sunday!
Sarah x
Sarah, thanks for playing! Buying a whole pig must be fun – like a scene out of River Cottage! :)
The shaped bread tins are interesting, look forward to seeing what you do with them. Hope to link up with IMK this month.
Shaheen, look forward to it! Any dragons this month? :)
Right that settles it. I have been craving scones for weeks and I have all the infredients for your lemonade scones. Must make them today!
I cant wait to see you use the bread tins but I’m a bit jealous of the passionfruit. Still none on my vine :-( Beautiful treasures yet again!
Claire, it’s not really our vine, but Mark certainly has it growing well! Hope the scones worked well!
Lots of goodies sweetie! My favorite Jarrah of course :) Pigs trotters are great, but certainly fiddly, I love them to make sticky, gelatinous stock. I’ve been trying to justify buying the enamelware too- but where would I put them? I have recipes for lavender shortbread, lavender scones and lavender chicken on my blog if you’re interested. It’s also nice infused into a cup of tea for a tasty change. Have a lovely weekend sweetie xox
Sorry hon, my mistake, not Jarrah, it’s Acacia wood. Lovely nonetheless! :) The enamel ware set does nest very well, and best of all, it’s super light compared to other cookware! Will check out your lavender recipe, thanks Becca! xx
Hi Celia, love…. wow, I haven’t seen anyone cook with pig’s trotters since the days my mum would make her special brawn! With all those bones, I think my Peter would shudder! That Falconware is so beautiful! I was eyeing it off in a gorgeous little shop in Orange… I covet it, but honestly have nowhere to put a full set (and it’s $$), so will keep an eye out at our local green shed… I’m always finding gorgeous enamelware there. My daughter is ‘sharing recipes’ on instagram and keen to set up her own little blog (clean eating, diet and healthy lifestyle), so we went op shopping at the shed recently. She beat to me to a gorgeous set old battered, coloured enamel plates! : )
Incidentally, your scones look quite delicious. I’m inspired to make some too. And that board, gorgeous! Happy cooking. xo
Liz, they are actually very reasonably priced I think, although buying the whole set at once can be expensive. Hope you find some nice pieces at the op shop!
Thanks Celia : )
My father loved trotters although in Maine they were called ‘pigs’ feet’. Your scones are high and beautiful. I love all your new things!
Thanks Maureen! I was so happy to read your Costco post – kept thinking how excited you’d be! :)
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Not looking at the Falcon enamelware… I’m also very suggestible when it comes to kitchenware… I did give them a second glance on the POK website. I have a vintage enamel dish reminiscent of the one my grandfather used to bake rice pudding. And sea mullet might be exactly what I need to make a fish tagine.
ED, I haven’t looked in Faros Bros yet to see if they have the mullet – must check it out. It’s apparently a traditional fish for Indian fish curries, so I think it would be fab in your tagine! x
Fantastic :) I have a set of those fantastic baking trays.. They are so great and easy to clean. I particularly like the little individual ones for pie and puddings. I also can’t wait to get some culinary lavender and I’m like to try it in some macaroons. I’ve also posted a In My Kitchen for the first time so I’m very excited to get involved in the world of food blogging.
http://www.themotherhubbardscupboard.com/in-my-kitchen/
Liz, fabulous! Thanks for playing! :)
look at the height on those scones..they’re magnificent..i’ve always made mine with buttermilk but not with the egg..on my must try soon list celia..x
Jane, they did rise really well – they’re Small Man’s favourites, and he always eats oodles – plain and unadorned. :)
I am rather envious that you still have tomatoes up there and lovely passionfruit from next door. The scones look superb, I am salivating at the thought, and the jarrah board is so pristine it will be difficult to use it.
Francesca, it’s not a Jarrah board – my mistake, sorry – it’s an Acacia wood one. Not nearly as heavy as my Jarrah one that Uncle Steve made me for Christmas. Beautiful for serving bread!
Ah, Then you can use it to your hearts content. Now a home made Jarrah board, wow, we all need an Uncle Steve!
Here’s a photo – it’s seriously heavy! Uncle Steve is Pete’s brother.. :)
I agree that the trotters are scary. Because they are cheap, my grandmother used to cook them for us. Most unattractive and hard work to get much meat out of them. However the chocolate and scones are much more comforting.
Amanda, I’m going to try making them into stock next time – they should work! :)
I was also of course brought up on pig’s brawn and still make it often: unparalleled flavour and texture and one of the few European recipes I still prepare! But LOVE the look of yours and would have joined John and Nancy within a heartbeat :) ! Methinks that will be prepared within days!!!! The fish looks good and what a wonderful price! And absolutely love that board: simple elegance!!
Eha, the fish was a great find – I haven’t seen it around much, but I’m going to look out for it from now on!
Hi Celia, my father loves pigs trotters. He cooks them from time to time, mum won’t touch them and us kids wouldn’t eat them either when we were home. Dad always comments how cheap the whole pot is! Kudos to your boys for giving them a go. We’ve just come from our weekly visit to my parents and my kitchen is now full with a box of fresh fruit and veg from mum and dad’s shop,at Flemingtom markets yesterday, I feel very fortunate my parents may not express their love with words but it’s always shown with food.
Stefanie, my boys are game to try most things at least once, but there wasn’t the enthusiasm there to warrant trying it again! Hooray for parents – they obviously love you dearly! :)
G’day! I love peeking in your kitchen (with your permission of course) Celia each month, true!
I love your shaped bread tins and in your making pigs trotters too!
Your scones look lovely and I can almost smell them from here!
I have made Joanna’s Lavender and Orange Shortbread should you wish to try!
Thanks again for all you do with this fun monthly series which I will shortly be posting my kitchen view too!
Cheers! Joanne
Jo, thank you! I’ll check out your recipe! :)
This month I would have loved an invite! I have a recipe for lavender shortbread but nice on my blog so please email me if no-one let’s you know whose it is. I think pigs trotters have to be dealt with like sausage casings after loads of cooking, too much effort for me :)
Thanks Tandy, I’ll do that! The trotters were a lot of work – not to cook, but a bugger to eat, actually! :)
What fabulous tall scones you have! Lavender is commonly used in baking, but it is also a good substitute for thyme in savoury dishes. I usually dry some of mine every year – some for scenting sachets and some for cooking. Do you think pig trotters might be good for making stock?
Debi, that’s what Anne above suggests, so I’m going to try that next! Good to know the lavender is a sub for thyme! Thanks!
I do love fatty pork belly, but unadulterated trotters are too much for me. That said, I’ve really enjoyed Pierre Koffmann’s famous trotter dish, what that man does with a pig trotter is genius. And rightly lauded.
Woman, you were my last hope.. :)
I’m so with Pete on those trotters! He’s a man of great taste in my humble opinion. Your last minute freezer dinner tonight looks great… And I’m fighting the urge to purchase those enamel dishes until my kitchen miraculously grows in size. Xxxx
I know, I know…you’re too funny Ali! :) You can buy a single enamel baking dish from O&M…
Celia, you always have the most wonderful and inspiring IMK posts! I love your board and your Falcon enamelware – now if I could get that in all white…
Have a beautiful week ahead.
:-) Mandy xo
Mandy, now that’s an interesting one, I think they probably do sell it in all white in the UK? Have a great one too! xx
And also a link to my post.
http://almostitalian.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/in-my-kitchen-june-2014/
cheers, F
Got it, Fran! :)
Duncan & Megan sound like enablers to me…. I alway remember going with my mum to the Cut Price Store for groceries and she used to give my brother and I a pig’s trotter to gnaw on as we went around the shop. Simpler time hey? Looking forward to see what comes out of those bread tins. Thanks for hosting Celia.
Fiona, Jan let you chew on a raw pig’s trotter? :) And it’s probably not fair to call lovely Duncan and Megan enablers, just because I’m weak-willed…hahaha…
Yes she did – terrible woman. I think they were probably cured (like bacon is).
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Hi Celia, always lots of interesting things going on in your kitchen. I love the enamel dishes, they remind me of my mother’s apple crumble dish. I don’t think I will ever be brave enough to try pigs trotters at home but your scones are truly inspirational in height. Here is my post, thanks so much for hosting.
http://usinguptheveggiebox.com/2014/06/01/in-my-kitchen-this-june/
Thanks for playing, Gail! And so pleased you’re enjoying your Romertopf! x
I’ve never had pig’s trotters and good on you for giving them a go – it’s not good to be wasteful so we do need to try these less-loved cast-offs. I have been meaning to get a few new boards and I love the look of your board. How handy to have a passionfruit vine hanging over your side of the fence – just think of all the passionfruit curd and cream and passionfruit covered pavlovas! xx
Charlie, I’m going to give them another go for stock. And yes, the passionfruit vine is very handy indeed! :)
Seems a common theme but my Dad loved pigs trotters too. he used to make them in the pressure cooker. What are you going to do with those enamel trays girl?. You are very popular with so many wonderful gifts aren’t you?
I have very generous friends (yourself included)! Thank you xx
Can I raid your kitchen, Celia? Just kidding, LOL! I specially love the acacia board from Bev and Les. :).
Julie
Gourmet Getaways
Isn’t it lovely? Bev and Les are our neighbour Brett’s parents, whom we taught to make dumplings recently!
Great haul! And I got my enamelware from PoK because it was easier and just down the road from me :P Those bread tins look so interesting!
I buy Falcon from PoK too! It’s nice to have a couple of sources! :)
I love the enamelware! Pigs trotters are something that’s always interested me, but I don’t think I need to try them anytime soon.
Clare, the enamelware is just gorgeous! I’m going to try the trotters for stock next time – that sounds like the go!
I don’t know where to find the lavender shortbread, but I make a killer lavender poundcake! I simply substitute the same WEIGHT of lavender sugar for sugar (my recipe calls for 14 ounces).
For my lavender sugar, I used 1/2 lb of lavender blossoms in 6 lbs of sugar.
That’s a fantastic idea, thank you!
What a gorgeous view In Your Kitchen this month!! I just love the wood board and the tins. I chuckled a little at the pig trotters. I love that you gave it a go. Being adventurous in the kitchen can be so rewarding and other times, well, not so much. I, like you, love to try new things using new ingredients. Goat is next on my list.
Here is a link to my post. As always, thank you for hosting and for letting me play along too!!
http://www.livingthesavorylife.com/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014/
Lauren, I can’t get goat anything past Pete – he can’t stand the smell or taste! Great shame, as goat curries can be lovely! :) Thanks for playing! x
All looks great (though I’ll pass on the pigs trotters), particular thanks for the link to the chocolate shots as I don’t think I’ve read that one before. Nice idea for winter afternoon drinks … :)
Rose, the chocolate shots are such a winner – we have them all the time here. It’s like a chocolate espresso! :)
Add me in please honey. I’m finally in early for a change!
http://intolerantchef.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-14.html
Yaay! Thanks darling, on the list now! xx
Oh I do love these posts Celia – they’re always so interesting. I also loved your previous post on the beautifully golden tea cake. My dad used to cook pig’s trotters with rabbit because rabbit is so lean and can be dry, the trotters gave it the unctuousness factor. I have used them also for making jellied chicken stock, they make a wonderfully rich stock. I haven’t seen trotters for sale in ages. I much prefer the ‘nose to toes’ approach to eating. I feel that if we are going to kill an animal – or have them killed on our behalf – then we should do honour to the animal and not discard any of it. I’ve not tried sea mullet but I’ll look for it. It sounds as though it makes a good base for other flavours and a brilliantly cheap meal for four people.
Jan, that’s such a good idea to combine the trotters with a lean meat, although I can’t get rabbit past Pete either. I’m going to use them to make stock next – everyone seems to be recommending that, and I think I could do it in the pressure cooker! Thanks love, hope all is well up north! :)
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Hi Celia, those scones had me drooling! I absolutely love lavender flavoured anything ever since I tried some white chocolate and lavender flavoured fudge.
My IMK post is up now too:
http://thewoodenspoons.com/kitchen-june/
Thanks Celia :)
Thanks for playing, Taryn! :) I have to get more creative with my culinary lavender!
Looks like there’s more pig trotters in the world for me and you judging by all the comments:) Rick Stein had a mullet and pasta recipe that looked good many years ago if you can find it? That enamel ware is crying out for a pie crust surely? Good to read if it chips it’s all good. My IMK post is up now too http://www.jamjnr.com/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014/
Nancy, we’ll need to eat them with bibs and hand towels – they were messy work! I’ll google for the Rick Stein recipe, thanks! :)
Hi Celia….I love your new enamelware- just gorgeous! Im sure it will be used a lot in your kitchen- they are just so handy! I also love your bread tins too, and those scones look sooooo good.
Here is my IMK post for June…http://townmousecountrymouse1.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014.html
Thanks so much Celia xxx
Kylie, the enamelware really is the business – it’s pretty, lightweight, washes well in the dishwasher, but it’s also quite cheap, which means I don’t feel precious about using it, if that makes sense! Lovely peeking into your kitchen this month! :)
Great Share – your kitchen probably smells SO GOOD :)
Thanks Renee! It often does! :)
Hi Celia. Loving your kitchen goodies this month. I’ve got a soft spot for enamel ware, it’s so attractive and functional at the same time. Here’s my In My Kitchen post for June.
http://milk-and.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014.html
Great stuff Jennifer! Thanks for playing! :)
hi celia
i love your “stuff” this month:) I too have culinary lavender that a friend gave me- I have made sorbet with it in the past but am thinking of lavender ice cream or truffles. I have done my first IMK post this month; it was alot of fun.
http://sherryspickings.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014.html
cheers
sherry
Sherry, lovely to have you joining in, thanks for playing! :)
what magnificent scones – and lots of fun stuff (but pigs trotters make me involuntarily shiver) – love the cucumber twister and all your goodies – can barely imagine how the bread from those tins would look but I am sure the slices would be great fun – imagine using it for sandwiches!
Sorry about that! :) And yes, I’m really looking forward to experimenting with the bread tins!
oops and forgot to leave you my in my kitchen post
http://gggiraffe.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014.html
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Hi Celia, what a great event you have created, love the scones and the enamelware.
Thanks Cheri! The enamelware is proving very popular in the blogosphere this month! :)
I love your new dishware and am also impressed with the height of your scones! Very impressive!
I don’t think you saw lavender shortbread on my blog, but I have made lavender and lemon shortbread biscuits and loved them – http://www.bitesizedthoughts.com/2012/04/lavender-biscuits-with-lemon-and.html .
I have also just published my IMK post for June :) http://www.bitesizedthoughts.com/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june-2014.html
I love this part of your blog. We make pigs feet and garbazo stew which is called “patitas de cerdo y garbanzos”..absolutely love it…it clogs every artery, but over white rice…reminds me of my mom…
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Celia, it sounded like an experimental month in your kitchen, defining and/or appeasing everybody’s tastes, including your own — isn’t that always the challenge?! (FYI, I knee-jerk clicked on your chocolate shots link before I even read on… lol… many thanks!) Loved your new red enamelware — my fave color-scheme — and your bread tins, too. Sadly, I gave mine away many years ago… (aarrggh)… they’re fun to bake with around the holidays (or any day) — just make sure you spray or grease ’em well beforehand! Thanks again.
There’s so much happening in your kitchen! I love the sound of that dark chocolate! The enamel ware is such a happy color and the acacia wood cutting board a thing of beauty! I’ve never baked in one of those tins, but the shapes would be so pretty! I’ll gladly have a scone pretty please, but after googling trotters.. I would have to pass despite the wonderful sauce served over them;) Coincidentally my mother’s maiden name is Trotter.. so I wonder where that came from.. I’ll be linking up this month:)xx
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Hello Celia – loving your party! Very excited about my first In My Kitchen. http://missfoodfairy.com/2014/06/05/in-my-kitchen-june-2014/
Everyone has so much in their kitchen’s this month and lots of lovely inspiration too! Great to be a part of a great party
Hi Celia, just letting you know that Gourmet Wog and Little Miss Fairy both go to the Gourmet Wog webpage :) Liz xx
Thanks Liz, I’ve sorted it! :)
Hi Celia
Pig Trotters!! Interesting! I’d happily munch one down given my love for anything pig.
What I found more interesting though is the thought of chocolate with smoky tobacco notes! Do you eat it or smoke it hahaha, well given the size of that bite, I think we both know the answer to that question!
Ha! That was a break, Lisa, not a bite! :D
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I am laughing so hard at the reaction to your pig trotters Celia! My mother grew up on a farm at the top of Maine right on the Canadian border & they were very isolated up there. When I say they used every part of the animal, I mean EVERY part & actually the pig tail was fought over.
I love everything you’ve got in your kitchen this month but please share with me what you hear on those bread shapers! I went to a home party and bought one exactly like that. It went into the back of a cabinet & just came out when we re-did the kitchen. I think I remember the demonstrator at the party taking a pre-prepared bread dough & just stuffing it into the shaper. I can’t even remember the size of the dough she put in there which I think might be helpful as it expands. But when it came out of the oven it really was beautifully shaped & so pretty. I think she may have sprayed the inside with PAM or some sort of greasy stuff so the dough wouldn’t stick. I’d love to use mine so I hope we hear what others have to say about this marvelous toy.
Di, I’ll blog about it once I’ve given them a go. I’m still a bit nervous about them sticking, but a few people have commented on using them before, so I’m feeling a bit braver now! :) Hope you’re feeling much better! xxx
The chocolate bar from the Dominican Republic made me smile. We lived there for 6 months and when riding out on the country roads you would see cocoa beans drying on big cloths right along side the roadway.
Karen, what an interesting life you’ve had so far! And still so many more adventures to come! :)
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Hi Celia,
The cucumber twister might be one of the few single-use devices I would love to own. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before!
Thanks for hosting your lovely monthly party. Here is my entry — it’s my second!
Cool! Thanks for playing Aneela! :)
Another month of beautiful things Celia. A girl can never have enough wooden boards or enamel ware I say. I have not had pigs’ trotters before but they don’t offend me. You never know until you try these things do you?
The eclair liners and cucumber twister are both interesting, more essentials! I look forward to seeing what you do with those bread tins. My favourite for this month are those scones…they are impressive. Instant scone envy!
Thanks for the tour and hosting our kitchens. My post is linked x
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Hi Celia!!!
Just letting you now that my IMK post is ready.
http://ale-ligeradeequipaje.blogspot.com.ar/
Your board looks beautiful! We have a wooden one and occasionally I still get a waft of the perfume of the wood. Not sure about the pigs’ trotters though :)
The sneak peek into my kitchen this month is at
Oh goodness. I get hungry every time I peep into your kitchen Celia! Thank you for sharing, as always!
My post is also live: http://withafork.blogspot.com/2014/06/whats-in-my-kitchen-june-2014.html
That cucumber twister looks really interesting. I wonder if you could use it with zucchini as well? I quite like thinly sliced raw zucchini in salads, so the twister could add an interesting ‘twist’ to it (lol). I also think those shaped bread tins are quite fascinating, although I have this horror thought of the bread getting stuck in them.
My IMK post is also up now too: http://healthystories.com.au/2014/06/in-my-kitchen-june/
Never a boring month in your kitchen Celia. Bravo on the pig’s trotters – I think I can tackle eating anything since I tried sheep’s head last weekend! My family were appalled to hear this :)
Hi Celia,
Even though they were for One Night Only, I would pay for your trotters!
I think the feet genre is an acquired taste, and just like chickens feet should be eaten in the privacy of your own home, alone…messy!
great to pop in again
cheers
Jason
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Hi Celia, though I am fully recovered and ready to get back to blogging, I wasn’t able to join in this month — I do love being part whenever possible.
I have a thing for beautiful cutting boards, your Acacia wood is lovely! New bake ware, chocolates, scones — ah, I could sit with all that for a spell just dreaming up what to do next. :)
Lots happening in your kitchen and love when I get new kitchen equipment, love the new bakeware and you can never have enough chopping boards. Will not say no to nice chocolate but will pass on the pigs trotters. I love making lavender lemonade and a lavender and honey butter which would be lovely with those scones. I have a similar baking tin called a nut roll tin, love the shape, your looks interesting though. Thanks for the peek into your kitchen this month and look forward to next. :) My IMK is up, do I need to include the link here every time?
Wow, look at all these IMK posts, I need to stop working just so I can read them all! Mines done now too, took me forever, I was too busy shopping. I covet your enamel ware, but I wonder if it would work in my new induction cooktop, I love rendering down sauces and gravies straight from the oven.
Even though I’m the worlds biggest lover of all things pork, I can’t come at trotters, but I have made boiled trotters just for my Poppa as he loves them. But, my goodness, the smell! Ewww. The things we do for our Poppa’s eh?
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Hi Celia – I saw your post last week and thought that I would comment when mine was ready, then got really busy but managed to get it written up in the nick of time! Mum used to cook goat’s trotters (called pya); it is slowly braised in water, garlic, ginger, chilies, cumin powder and lots of coriander leaves. It’s a sticky, delicious affair more about the texture and flavour than the meat. The photo of your trotters took me straight back to the outdoor kitchen in Nairobi where a huge pot would be simmering away…your bread tins are gorgeous and I love the tea too. Those scones have an amazing height and I am craving some now…thanks for the peek into your kitchen this month – here is the look into mine…
I just love the bread tins and I don’t think I would be able to pass up the oven dishes…they would be perfect for my Christmas casseroles. Glad to join you again with IMK…last month I had to pass due to too many things on my plate. My post will be up in an hour or so. Love your event and love peeking into everyone’s kitchens.
…okay it’s up! :)
Hello Celia,
I found you through Selma :). My understandig is that you started this series of “In My Kitchen”. I must congratulate you on starting this great series. What a fabulous idea. May I become a part of your series too? I blog from simplyvegetarian777 at wordpress.
I loved the bamboo board, ceramic bowls set and scones on your display today.
Cheers,
Sonal
What a wonderful series, Celia. It was fun to see what you’re up to in your kitchen. I would love to join next month!
Hi Celia! Love the idea, and would love to join for this month. PS I love the cutting board. :)
Emily @ Cooking for Kishore
Oh I’ve been eyeing enamelware for ages… may have to finally breakdown and get some! Those bread tins are great, will keep an eye out for the sea mullet too. Thanks for sharing!
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Love all your new bits and pieces – getting kitchen items is always so exciting!
Mast Chocolate is one of the best bars I have tasted, have you tried the Black Truffle one? Its absolutely amazing, with the heady scent of the truffle.
when we were kids all the mums had those bread tins. and everyone’s mum made nut loaf in them! it was the thing back then.:)
Sherry, I’ve seen old recipes in the Women’s Weekly for nut roll recipes, and some for date loaves as well, baked in the closed tins. But all of those tins were round – not sure how they’d work with the shaped ones. Will have to experiment! :)
hi celia
you are right about those tins:) a bit difficult i think perhaps for practical use?
Sherry, I’m going to experiment with a bread dough and see how I go. That’s what they’re supposedly made for, but I think anything too sticky would be impossible to get out!
I didn’t know Falcon made accessories!!! My stove/oven is a Falcon and it is BRILLIANT. I’m going to look out for that! I have eaten mullet often – there are two types though, so beware. One is very muddy flavoured and horrible, the other is more fresh (like the one you presumably ate). One is freshwater, one salty I believe, forget which is which. My FIL often catches it on his fishing trips with the boys :)
Mel, not sure it’s the same Falcon – this one is a enamel ware manufacturer from the UK? And I think you’re right – I believe river mullet is quite muddy, but the sea mullet was actually ok! :)
suspect it is the same – Falcon is a UK brand, made by Aga.
or maybe not… might have to consult google :)
Loved reading your blog not just about the food but the gizmoes. I have a few favourites from overseas. I might share my food but rare for me to loan my gizmoes.
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I always love looking at your kitchen gadgets and gizmos Celia – thank you for sharing them. I must say the pigs trotters look…ahem…well lets just say I won’t be giving those a go!! Your scones look AMAZING and now I have a craving.. ha ha. Im a little late with my posting (again) sorry x
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