Monday 8 February 2016

In My Kitchen February 2016

What's new in my kitchen at the moment?  Not much folks, to be honest.  It has been a bit of a quiet one here on the home range, though we have been out and about a fair bit.  We were down in Ballina last week for our wedding anniversary, and I picked up a couple of nice things.  But the best thing of all was this gorgeous ring from hubby.  Not strictly in my kitchen but it will be whenever I am there :=) 



my lovely anniversary gift     

Strangely it didn't quite fit my finger when hubby gave it to me, but the next day and ever since, it has been a perfect fit.



odd little biscuits

These are apparently based on an original French recipe, and are meant to be drunk with champagne.  Honestly, they were a bit weird - neither one thing nor the other.  Not a biscuit, not a macaron, not a cake.  It must be a French thing. 



here's the French champagne to go with...  

My fave champers.  It helped wash down the weird French thingies. Our friend the potter came by to share a glass with us.  We added another of her works to our collection: a huge and colourful mug.  I think you could bath the baby in that one.



now that's a mug!     



another sweet little gift from Miss B potter extraordinaire  



hand-made Polish ceramic angel    

Some mates of ours run an art gallery cum gift shop in Bangalow, down in northern NSW.  This is such a cute little village (also where the Hollywood types hang out); you really must get yourselves down there one day folks!  One of their artists comes from a family in Poland who have been making these lovely ceramic angels for decades.  This one is my kitchen angel.  Clearly my cakes will always be perfect from now on. :=)



yes another wooden spoon  


This one is just to give Fiona from Tiffin Bite Sized Food Adventures a laugh.  She knows of my predilection for spoons. 



tea towel showing Harvest café's location  



How can I resist a tea towel?  I have a pile of them in my linen cupboard showing lots of places we have been.  I may be a mad collector but I do actually use them.  No sitting around doing nothing.  Dishes and hands WILL be dried on them :=)   


So that's it for another month everybody.  Join in the fun with our lovely host Maureen from The Orgasmic Chef.



20 comments:

  1. The ring is gorgeous! And it sounds like you were a bigger fan of the champagne than the pink biscuit things :D

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    1. i love my ring! and yep the champers was wonderful as usual but those biscuits...

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  2. I love the ring... and all the ceramics. :D

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  3. Beautiful ring Sherry-Happy Wedding Anniversary! Veuve is also my fav champers :)

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  4. And indeed I am laughing! I don't want to be near your house if there's a spark. I will go up like tinder. You must do a consolidated post about all of your spoons. 'Weird little French things....' LOL

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    1. Great idea Fiona. There are many spoons in my kitchen. :)

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  5. What a beautiful ring! Happy Anniversary! The pottery is all lovely as is the wooden spoon.

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    1. thanks gretchen. we had a lovely time away for our anniversary.

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  6. Wishing you a very Happy Anniversary, and what a lovely ring! I love your description, "weird french thingies" haha. BTW I agree with Fiona you should do a spoon post. Let's see the master's collection! :)

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    1. thanks emily. mmm a spoon post sounds like a good idea. they really were weird french thingies - i didn't eat them after the first one :)

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  7. Beautiful ring!
    Congratulations on the anniversary

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  8. Happy anniversary and love your ring and the French bubbles - one of my fav's also...that pottery is very special and I love a big coffee mug ;) Jan x

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    1. thanks Jan. and it is a massive coffee mug. you can just about stick your head in it:)

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  9. Happy Anniversary, the ring is stunning, how strange it did not fit on the day but did the following. I love that spoon rest.

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    1. thanks shaheen. very odd how it fits perfectly now.

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  10. Happy anniversary Sherry, you're very lucky to get such a gorgeous anniversary ring, its absolutely stunning :) And what a way to celebrate than with a bottle of a great champagne - Verve all the way! #IMK http://missfoodfairy.com/2016/02/09/in-my-kitchen-february-2016/

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    1. thank you! i do love Veuve. Much better than Moet or those other French ones.:)

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