Summer Eating

Hi Joy here

Summer can't make up it's mind if it is here or not. We have had 3 seasons the last few days. But my mind has been thinking about summer entertaining.  As I have said before I have a got a new kitchen, and in the process of filling the new cupboards I have found all sorts of interesting things that I had forgotten about. Cook books, an astonishing variety of cookie cutters, gadgets that looked good at the time and a box with my recipe cards and lots of folded up bits of paper, which have recipes scribbled on them, from a variety of friends and family. 

Amongst them I found this;

It was a favourite recipe of my Mum, that she wrote out for me a long time ago.  My Mum will have been dead for 7 years this year but the afternoon that I found this I felt a sudden connection with her.  It is funny the memories that a small piece of paper with familiar handwriting will bring.

So this is the recipe I thought I would share with you.  My Mum would have loved this blog and would have been thrilled to have one of her recipes mentioned.

Salmon Mousse

• 1 small can of salmon
• a packet of smoked salmon trimmings 
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp tomato ketchup
• salt & black pepper
• 4 tbsp powdered gelatine
• 1 small can chilled evaporated milk
• 2 egg whites

Method

1. Drain and break up the salmon from the tin.
2. Stir in the lemon juice. ketchup and seasoning. Add smoked salmon.
3. Put gelatine in a teacup and add water. Place cup in a pan of water and and stir over a low heat. Until clear.
4. Stir gelatine into salmon mix.
5. Put evaporated milk in a bowl and whisk until it doubles in size.  Fold in salmon mixture.
6. Whisk egg whites and fold into mixture.
7. Divide mixture between serving pots - there is enough for six generous servings.
8. Chill 
9. Serve with crusty bread or melba toast.

I have also been teaching myself to crochet.  This came about because firstly I coveted the bag that was featured here a few weeks ago and secondly because of my daughter's blankie.  My daughter is 15 yet still has the blanket that my mother-in-law crocheted for her birth.  Sadly she died shortly after Rosie was born. But Rosie has slept with the blanket for 15 years.  The blankie is a little worse for wear - actually it is a collection of woolly strands - but she is very attached to it. I am actually scared to wash it now!

I thought I might unravel the wool and combine it into a new blanket.  So I have been learning how to make Granny Squares.  I have got a small pile, which I have been adding to while the football is on.  I need to learn how to join them together. Then I am going to edge the blanket with the rescued wool from blankie.

 

Hopefully she will be able to snuggle up to this blankie for at least another 15 years.

I must just finish with my cupcake. I am very proud of it. Duncan and I went to a cupcake workshop and this is what I made.

We had great fun and have been making cupcakes non-stop since!

Happy Father's Day

Joy xx 

Comments

[Eleanor]

I'll try your Mum's mousse, love salmon, and I know just what you mean about the piece of paper, I have one my dad wrote for potted cheese.
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[Carmen]

Ditto here. When my Mum passed away I was lucky enough to get her recipe book (we all took something personal with her writing in) just looking ati t brings back memories of Sunday afternoons causing mayhem in her tiny kitchen.

What a lovely idea with the blanket as well :)