Good morning I am waking up to yet another storm warning. Nigel is apparently coming to visit! Well I suppose he will blow even more leaves off the trees and hedges. My side hedge is becoming quite bear in places already but I suppose as soon as there are just have branches it will make it much easier to cut.
I dug up the first of my containers of potatoes this week for our September Supper Club the theme was Harvest.
I made the starter of potted mackerel with pickled cucumber and melba toast.
Recipe
50g unsalted butter melted for the top
350g smoked mackerel fillets, skin removed
150g full-fat soft cheese
1 tbsp horseradish sauce
1 tbsp chopped parsley
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
zest and juice of 1 lemon
Mix all the ingredients together and put it in individual or one large pot and then put the melted butter on top to seal.
Pickled cucumber
1 cucumber
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp turmeric
2 cloves garlic sliced
Chilli flakes
Soak the sliced cucumber in boiling water to soften and then melt the sugar in the vinegar and then add everything together. Place in a screw top jar and put in the fridge.
We followed with boiled beef and carrots and seasonal vegetables and my freshly dug new potatoes and finally a cinnamon apple crumble cake and homemade custard.
I mentioned a new venture previously and can now reveal that we have now been granted a Community Interest Company status. This means we can make money as long as it is used for the good of the Community. The first project we are organising is a family music festival for next July. Whilst I have the admin and accounting background I have no musical background so will be relying on my co director who is a singer and is married to a drummer in a very popular local band to help in that area. She also has a background in sales and marketing.
It is important to surround yourself with people of different backgrounds and strengths when starting a new project and hopefully I have a good core working group.
I will keep you updated on the trials and tribulations of putting on a music festival on a shoestring budget. The first thing was to secure a venue and our local rugby club has agreed to host and is charging us a very nominal fee. So the date has been arranged and is 12th and 13th July 2024 which sounds ages away but there is so much to sort and plan and learn as this is new to all of us.
I have created a landing page for our website to have a place for people to connect with us and also a Facebook and Instagram account.
The name of the company is Tawland Events and the Festival will be Tawland Music Festival. Tawland was the name of North Tawton in the Doomsday book.
With this project underway there has been little time for crafting but as the nights draw in and the horrible weather descends I am sure I will pick up the crochet hooks again.
I will head off now before Nigel starts blowing a gale.
Stepping Into Sixty and Out Of The Comfort Zone 