Holidays and Olive Oil
Hi all,
As some of you know already, every year at Pippa’s Paddock we harvest a very small amount of olives and press them here in Alia to produce some of our delicious Olive Oil. We only have around 50 trees and our production is really small. In the early year we only …
Last weekend Alia again held its annual farmers fair with people attending from the surrounding towns and villages. Its only a small fair but sweet and interesting in its own way. There were some nice animals to see, but I was disappointed to discover that there was no horse parade, or indeed, horses on display …
Alia holds its annual animal fair – and Pippa cooks for the multitudes !! Read More »
NICE EASY MEAL LAST NIGHT…
First pick the Asparagus young shoots growing all around in the garden.
Then cut the soft stems into small bits (around half a centimeter lengths). I boiled some pasta beforehand. Cut up some celery (had that in the garden too)… Fried the pasta first in a wok, stirring continually (well almost), …