Recently, the Hairy Bikers visited Oxfordshire on their Food Tour of Britain.  The show featured many of the food hotspots of Oxford and the surrounding area, including the Covered Market and, most interestingly, Foxbury Farm.  As many people know, we regular order food from Foxbury and have enjoyed many doorstep conversations with Colin – the farmer behind Foxbury’s farm shop and great produce!  From Foxbury, the Hairy Bikers got the ingredients to make a traditional skinless Oxford sausage … here is a PDF of the Oxford Sausage Breakfast (from the BBC) … something that we definitely want to try!

Additionally, they learned about quinces … another very traditional British food and quince cheese is my favorite part of any quality cheese plate.  Quinces are a strange looking fruit but they make some wonderful products.  The local producers that they visited make a whole range of things from quinces … unfortunately, they do not have a stockist in central Oxford, so it may be harder for me to find some to try.

To use more of the raspberries that we picked at Medley Manor, I made Raspberry Muffins for breakfast yesterday morning.  I found this recipe online and more or less followed it.  They turned out pretty good, but they are not sweet muffins.  If you like your muffins sweet, then add extra sugar … at least double the amount in the recipe.  Also, you will likely need to add more milk (up to another half cup) because otherwise the batter will be too dry. Read more »

I based my recipe on this English Trifle Recipe but, as is normal, I changed it … added some vanilla to the Custard and added Rum Cream to the whipped cream.  This was the second time that I have made custard … the first time was for ice cream and so I did not eat it directly … but it turned out very good this time.  So, if you are looking for a simple custard recipe, this one will serve you well. Read more »