You know the drill- here it is, that time of the month again (already!!??). Lots of lovely bloggers around the world show off what is in their kitchen for wistful others to drool over, as we join up with Celia from
Fig Jam & Lime Cordial once again. I seem to have had a busy month in September, with so many festivals going on I could barely blink before the next one was on. I guess that's Spring for you.
So here is my kitchen this month- why is it that I want to say My Kitchen Rules every time the words "my kitchen" appear? Clearly I have been brain-washed by TV!
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| love those rabbit bookends! |
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| seeing a theme here? lots of rabbits in my kitchen |
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| Halloween is a-coming! |
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| another cookbook! and an antique French fruit masher. Oh! and some Jamie Oliver bowls |
I had such a fun month gathering things for my kitchen. I bought the book-ends in a little vintage shop in the middle of nowhere when we were in northern NSW. It is in a tiny village with a couple of shops and lots of cows. How could I resist the siren-call of more rabbits? The little green tumbler with the cow is from our friend Brooke the marvellous potter. The wooden stirrer is from the Bangalow Market; and the odd-looking bronze apparatus was made by a blacksmith in Stanthorpe for his most recent exhibition. It is a 3 legged Lewis also known as St Peter's Keys, and is a real thing! i.e. in medieval times, they used it to lift up massive stone blocks by inserting the 3 legs into a hole in the block then winching it up. Yep sounds weird to me too!
And a spotted enamel jug? not to be passed over. I really like the Jamie bowls; they are pretty and useful. Of course I love Belinda's books- she has the best recipes. And last but definitely not least, my absolutely gorgeous French fruit masher that I bought in the antique centre. Not sure if it is genuinely antique but who cares? It is so lovely, and I am afraid I may have to rush there again to buy a few more things like the wooden pestle and the boulangerie shelves. I do have a few more things that I gathered in September, but I think I better save them for next time. Hope to see you all at Celia's (virtual) place this month.
Oh, I do love those rabbit bookends:) And that fruit masher and I wouldn't be worrying about whether it is genuine or not either:)
ReplyDeleteHi rachel
DeleteI saw some more fab bookends, some with pink flamingoes, some with Westies. Gorgeous. I am just mad about the bookends and the masher.
You have the best stuff!! I need to follow you around for a month. :)
ReplyDeletei do find some good stuff here and there maureen! i love to hunt things down.:)
DeleteI am intrigued by the fruit masher - I would never have guessed what it was Sherry :)
ReplyDeleteapparently it is for cooked fruit Tandy. i guess you stew your fruit then mash it up with the masher- a sort of puree.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely kitchen you have this month and like everyone else... the fruit masher is intriguing...! Thanks for sharing! Liz x
ReplyDeletehi Liz
Deletethanks for visiting. yes i adore that fruit masher. it is my fave little gadget at the moment tho i think i will just stare at it rather than use it:)
We don't celebrate Halloween here in South Africa, although the supermarkets things we do as there are loads of goodies to be bought.
ReplyDeleteI love your fruit masher - don't think I have seen one before.
Have a wonderful weekend.
:-) Mandy xo
Thanks Mandy. We are off up the coast as it is a long weekend. Halloween has become a bit of a thing here in Oz now. We never used to have it.
DeleteSo the fruit masher is a sort of early 'stick blender' then? :) Quite interesting. That little spotted enamel jug is adorable. Thank you for sharing your kitchen bits and pieces Sherry.
ReplyDeleteyes i think you could call it that Ardys! i love my spotty jug too. thanks for visiting.
DeleteLots of goodies indeed!
ReplyDeletei do love my kitchenalia:) thanks for visiting..
DeleteTreasure Sherry! Hard to pick a favourite, but if I had to narrow it down, it would be between the bookends, the enamel jug and that gorgeous wooden pestle! Is it really for mashing fruit? I've never seen one like it before! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Celia
DeleteYes I love those things too. My bookends and masher are big faves. Imagine pureeing your cooked fruit with that!
I want one of those fruit mashers... and that jug. You've got heaps of good goodies in your kitchen Sherry.
ReplyDeleteyes that fruit masher is such a cute thing- i love kitchenalia. i haunt the op shops for it. thanks for visiting.
DeleteThose rabbit book ends are gorgeous :) And I have read Cadence and loved it!
ReplyDeletethanks kari. i do love my rabbits. Cadence was interesting if a little bit technical for a non-muso:)
DeleteI love the rabbit bookends. My daughter would adore them. That antique fruit masher is a fantastic find but most of all I love the enamel jug. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeletehi tania
Deletethose bookends are divine. and i love the other sorts i have seen-with pink flamingoes, or Westies or elephants! and i cannot resist jugs of all kinds. i have mmm quite a few:) and dots of course are my fave pattern-well apart from stripes.:))