tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72178032178218445912024-03-05T05:05:22.249+01:00Made in SuisseMade in SuisseMade in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-72275194865617840842013-07-21T13:25:00.000+02:002013-07-21T13:25:16.440+02:00Quick knitsHello again everyone,<br />
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Thank you very much for your kind messages on my <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2013/07/once-bitten-twice-shy-not-i.html">knitted socks</a> last week. They gave me enough confidence to maybe attempt knitting a third pair...at some point in the future :-)<br />
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I had some sock wool left and decided to attempt knitting some cute little baby booties for a friend's baby. I used a pattern found in this book,<br />
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, a book that had been gifted to me while I was expecting Baby Suisse and which I had already used to knit him a <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2012/10/baby-suisse-proudly-presents.html">woolly hat</a> last winter. I really like the colour of the booties although I can't believe how small they are (how quickly one forgets how tiny babies' hands and feet are). Using some more wool I had kicking about in my stash, I decided to slightly adapt the pattern for a <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/handmade-monday.html">hat</a> I had used in the past for myself (which you can also find on Ravelry, follow my link on the side of the blog) and which I posted on Handmade Monday in October 2011.</div>
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The giant button on the front of the hat has always been my favourite part of this hat. It is obviously to big for the little baby girl just now but it'll be handy to survive the Glaswegian winter in a few months time. Once again, waste not, want not, I used the left over wool to make a neckwarmer for one of my nieces for this winter too (pattern found on Ravelry page once again). </div>
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All items have been posted to their new home this week. After the socks' debacle, it was very satisfying to get not 1 but 3 projects done in a short amount of time! And no, there's nothing wrong with being a little bit smug from time to time :-)</div>
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Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-11973727444921642122013-07-13T21:21:00.001+02:002013-07-14T18:33:49.095+02:00Once bitten, twice shy... not I!Despite my best intentions, I have actually managed to set a new record for the longest WIP project on my knitting needles after 2011's disaster of my<a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/06/labour-of-love.html"> first pair of knitted socks</a>. That first attempt had taken 6 months and I had sworn never to bother with socks again.<br />
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But it's true that home-made socks are so warm and comfy in winter, and I thought that I was bound to improve my timing with the second lot...ha,ha,ha...erm...</div>
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Started in October 11, I had managed about half a sock by the time I got pregnant with Baby Suisse. As the first trimester of my pregnancy was spent wanting to sleep, and the subsequent two were spent pretty much the same way, I got very lazy craft-wise and half forgot about them. I then had dreams of a super productive maternity leave during which I could sew/knit/cross-stitch/bake/have a life and those dreams were fairly quickly shattered. Four months is not a long time and I was then off to work. To cut a long (and boring) story short, I got annoyed with myself for letting this happen again in February 13 and I picked up the project and finally finished it in July. Yep, a whole 20 months later...</div>
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At least, I had learned from my mistakes this time and grafted the toe properly! Looking at Baby Suisse's socks, I still feel his are way cooler! Nevermind...and yes, it is another ball of sock yarn in my craft cupboard...please don't ask me why! (or when!!)</div>
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Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-56400570171271455872013-07-13T20:57:00.000+02:002013-07-13T20:57:04.845+02:00Here... there... everywhere!I have felt a little bit that way in the past couple of weeks and have missed out on my self-imposed bi-weekly blogging...grrrrrr!! With winter behind us, I had hoped that Baby Suisse would be relatively healthy for the next few months until the start of next winter but it seems that germs don't take holidays. We have been through 2 anginas and 1 stomach flu in the last few weeks which has been unsettling for Baby Suisse and for us as we had got used to our undisturbed nights... Couple this with 2 weekends spent abroad and here we are mid-July in the blink of an eye. In between rushing to work/nursery/home/doctor/abroad, I have had a little bit of time to:<br />
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1) make some strawberry jam (unfortunately not from our own strawberry plants which have so far this year produced a grand total of 6 berries...)<br />
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2) Finally use the chimenea we bought last year second hand from a expat who was leaving Switzerland<br />
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3) rejoice in the fact that the plants have finally picked up and started to produce small crops...about time!<br />
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4) picked a few kilos of cherries from our tree in the garden and turned some of them into a delicious cake (<a href="http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_clafoutis-aux-cerises-express_17365.aspx">clafoutis </a>if you're curious) which I brought to work.<br />
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I need to sort my pictures from our various trips to share with you soon...stay tuned :-)Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-92202458598747436812013-06-29T15:37:00.000+02:002013-06-29T15:37:04.230+02:00Old car rally<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't believe how much the weather still changes from one week to the next. This time last week, we were enjoying a great day out in Brugg, visiting an old car rally (and this time last year, we were experiencing the hottest day of the year on our wedding day!)... and it is raining hard today, making our small town look rather gloomy.<br />
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When we saw in the local newspaper that this event was going to be on 5 minutes away from our house, we naively thought that it would be a small gathering of local enthusiasts with less than 10 cars. Only because last time we were told about an open day in our neighbourhood, we ended up crashing the <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/07/farm-with-view.html">local goat breeders' association annual meeting</a>...<br />
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We'll never cease to be surprised with the quality of the events behind organised in our little corner of La Suisse most weekends!</div>
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For more information and pics about the event, go to <a href="http://www.oldtimer-gp.ch/">http://www.oldtimer-gp.ch/</a></div>
Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-34786385843087154832013-06-27T19:09:00.002+02:002013-06-27T19:09:47.759+02:00Anniversary<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In two days' time, Mr T and I will be celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary! Our <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2012/07/another-unexpected-event-in-2012.html">wedding </a>was one of many unexpected events in 2012 and was a very small last-minute affair with only our parents. As many people were disappointed to not have been with us on our big day, we had a belated wedding party in the UK in February and will have a small family meal with my family in France next weekend.</div>
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Anyway, I thought that with the anniversary coming up, it would be a suitable time to show you pictures of our "pork pie" wedding cake from the celebrated pork pie establishment <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stanforths-Celebrated-Pork-Pie-Establishment/10150128087485156">Stanthfords</a> (Mr T's favourite pie shop located in a small town next to his)...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Largest pie reads "Mr & Mrs"</td></tr>
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I have shared with you before our love our <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2013/05/pie-love.html">pies</a>, so it only seemed natural for us to have a pie feast back in Yorkshire in February (alongside an amazing hog roast!). One of our university friends also made this very special cake for Baby Suisse...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">top layer: fruit; middle layer: chocolate; bottom layer: Victoria sponge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and a LOT of marzipan!</td></tr>
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As Baby Suisse is half-French and half-British (well, actually he is 100% French for now as we haven't done the paperwork with the British embassy for him to get a British passport like Mr T), our friend went for casual French racism with a giant beret-wearing frog, a garland of onions, with a final garland of Yorkshire roses for good measures.</div>
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With summer officially gracing us with its presence last week (he has since decided to go on holidays somewhere else), we had been spending a bit of time in the garden. Baby Suisse love playing outside bare foot on the grass and splish-splashing in his paddling pool. I had been on a look out for an outdoor blanket in our local supermarket in May but could not find any. Mind you, they have only recently started displaying them so they must have been waiting for warmer days too!I saw blankets in charity shops but I wanted something that was water resistant and not too warm to sit on...</div>
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During a trip to IKEA last May, while walking past the fabric aisle (my favourite aisle ! ), I saw that they had some <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ch/fr/catalog/products/80239045/">nice strippy outdoorsy fabric</a>, the plastified kind that you can use to make table cloth with for your garden furniture. I had bought some in the past to make the lining for a <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/09/beach-bag.html">beach bag</a> and realised it would also be perfect for what I had in mind!</div>
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I bought 150cm of the stuff and decided to use up some fabric from my "African stash" which I have used for plenty craft projects before: read more about it <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2012/11/not-quite-like-in-picture.html">here</a>, <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/09/african-animals.html">here </a>and <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/09/african-dress.html">here</a>. This particular fabric came from a market in Senegal. I have shared with you in the past some of my African adventures (pre- Baby Suisse days) when I was very fortunate to spend 4 years on and off working in various parts of Africa. I have done posts on my travels through Tanzania (<a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/08/eventful-first-week-in-tanzania-march.html">here </a>and <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/08/lion-spotting-mikumi-national-park.html">here</a>), <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/08/zanzibar-march-2010.html">Zanzibar </a>and <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/08/journey-on-white-nile-uganda-april-2010.html">Uganda</a>...maybe I'll take the time one day to share with you my pictures from Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ethiopia.</div>
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No fancy design or stitching, I just cut a piece of African fabric about 8cm smaller all around than the plastified lining, made a border as well as I could without worrying about how nice the corners would turn out and quickly machine-stitched all around. When I occasionally manage to get a bit of free time to myself to craft, it never is for more than 30 minutes so I need to be able to do the whole project in a short amount of time without overly worrying about perfection. The end result does look "home-made" but I would never get anything done otherwise!</div>
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And here it is, a perfectly suitable and one-of-a-kind summer play blanket for Baby Suisse. I wanted to take more photos of the finished product and have a mini artsy photo-shoot with toys and all...yeah that never happened due to lack of time and cooperation on Baby Suisse's side. Apologies if this post is a little bit poor photo-wise, must try harder next time!</div>
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Right, I am off to share this on Wendy's <a href="http://handmadeharbour.blogspot.ch/">Handmade Monday</a>. I haven't posted there on a while due to lack of crafting time so it will be nice to catch up and see what other bloggers have been up to :-)</div>
Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-91734639973668838282013-06-19T08:00:00.000+02:002013-06-19T08:00:00.334+02:00I'm going cuckoo!<br />
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A trip to the Black Forest would not be complete without setting foot at least once in one of the many cuckoo clocks shops in the area (literally <u>everywhere</u>!!).</div>
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There must be widespread fear of industrial espionage in the cuckoo clock industry as I got sent off from the shop above in <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2013/06/why-is-black-forest-called-that-way.html">Titisee </a>for taking a photo of the clocks on display...</div>
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You would have to try very hard in the lower Black Forest area to not stumble across one of these clocks. You don't even have to step into a shop, even houses dress up as cuckoo clocks!<br />
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The size of a house, it isn't a bad looking cuckoo clock but the cuckoo itself is proportionally underwhelming. We waited for the hour to strike for 3 minutes, prepared to be amazed and could not believe how little thought was put into this. Here's a (boring) video of the world's most boring cuckoo in action.</div>
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The shop itself at the back of the clock is very nice though and people were a lot friendlier. I could take pictures of the different clocks and ended up buying some little hand-carved and painted nutcrackers to put on our Christmas tree. Alongside the more traditional clocks...</div>
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We had decided to take advantage of a long bank holiday weekend to go to Germany and spend 2 nights in the Black Forest with some friends. As we found out that weekend, we only live 15 minutes from the German border (and after almost 2 years we did not have a clue we were that close) and 90 minutes away from the South border of the Black Forest. We broke our short journey in Titisee-neustadt as Baby Suisse was having a very bad day and had decided 20 minutes into the journey that he had had enough. After a spot of lunch, I had imagined an afternoon of strolling along the shore taking pictures and buying souvenirs but thought the better of it after realising we hadn't packed anything warm or waterproof to wear at all. We have got quite good at packing everything we're likely to need for Baby Suisse on trips away but somehow forget about ourselves. Never mind, we said goodbye to Titisee after a last chuckle...</div>
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Another 20 minutes up the road, we unpacked our things in the <a href="http://www.ochsen-voehrenbach.de/Englisch/home.html">hotel</a> we were staying in Vöhrenbach (nice and dog/kid friendly, we recommend!) and decided to take advantage of the sun briefly coming out for a short walk in the area, skipping up the hill, singing and...well not quite but you get the jist.</div>
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The first evening was spent eating far too much schnitzel and trying to convince Baby Suisse to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep">go the fuck to sleep</a> (do you know this children bed time story? GENIUS!). Baby Suisse, we realised, does not like not sleeping in his own bed so ended up with us.</div>
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After a very short night's sleep and a breakfast of cheese, bread, eggs and meat (why do you always feel obliged to eat 3 times as much for breakfast when you're away from home just because it's free and there??), we set off to Triberg for a hike around the waterfall.</div>
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The Triberg waterfall is one of the highest in the whole of Germany and was impressive given the surreal amount of rain we've had this "Spring".<br />
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Annoyingly, you have to pay to see the waterfall but we took the opportunity to buy a bag of peanuts at the gate to feed the squirrels. Alf was going nuts for the squirrels, he is very keen on them shall we say...</div>
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We stopped for a coffee near a big pond and a spot of duck feeding...<br />
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Because of the light rain, the site wasn't too busy on that day and we thoroughly enjoyed the hike in the woods around the waterfall. Not much to see in terms of wildlife...<br />
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...but the many different sights of the waterfall were worth it.<br />
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And yes of course, we saw plenty of cuckoo clocks too, but that'll be the topic of another post :-)Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-47918386891125477752013-06-12T08:22:00.000+02:002013-06-12T08:22:02.853+02:00A weekend of fooding<div style="text-align: justify;">
Oops, I meant to write a blog post at the weekend but I got to Sunday night feeling completely shattered and desperate for an early night. Mr T left us last Thursday to go to Ireland on a stag weekend until Sunday afternoon and I was on Baby Suisse's full time duties after work on Thursday and Friday and at the weekend. My little boy and I had a great time together but we were pleased to have Mr T back home after a few days!</div>
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One of my resolutions for this year was to take up cooking again every now and again, and in particular to make use of the many great cookbooks we have accumulated over the years. Mission accomplished this weekend, with 3 recipes from 2 very different cookbooks.</div>
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The weekend started with a recipe I had tried before: <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2012/01/more-sunday-baking.html">chocolate banana bread</a> from my Green&Black's cookbook. Last time, I added a twist to the recipe by making muffins rather than a loaf, but both are equally tasty!</div>
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A new recipe from the Jamie at Home book was tried and loved, simple but delicious home-made pizza with courgettes (home-grown), mushrooms, taleggio cheese and parma ham. I realise now that I was so desperate to tuck in that I forgot to take a picture of the pizza after it came out of the oven...oh well...</div>
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Sunday dinner was light, perfect comfort food again from Jamie's book: home-made beans on toast. Perfect for the evening, put all ingredients in a pot and simmer for an hour:<br />
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A new favourite in our house!<br />
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Apart from cooking, Alf, Baby Suisse and I went on many walks in the neighbourhood (including a trip to the <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2012/09/historic-windisch.html">Roman amphitheatre</a>) and Baby Suisse spent a lot of time splashing about in his paddling pool. It's beginning to look a lot like Summer :-)<br />
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<i>Do you have a favourite Sunday night dinner recipe?</i>Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-73005619087987029782013-06-05T12:20:00.002+02:002013-06-05T12:20:20.382+02:00What about me??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some of you have been wondering how I am doing and what I have been up to recently...it was time for me to post a quick Alf update!<br />
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They say it's been hard adjusting to the arrival of Baby Suisse and the sleepless nights but have they thought how difficult this has been for me? Everyone's been paying far too much attention to that bald crying baby and not enough to me! To make sure I am not being forgotten, I have resorted to following Baby Suisse around like my own shadow so that I am always in the middle of the action.<br />
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Things were easier when Baby Suisse did not know how to crawl, I could just lick his face and feet whenever I felt like it, there was no escape! Now, he's all over the place, gone are the days when I could snooze in peace in the open...I have to hide under the table now!</div>
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It's not all bad really, now that Baby Suisse is eating in his high chair, there's always an opportunity to get snacks in the middle of the day ;-)<br />
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I've started my twice-weekly trips to the office in Bern with my mistress back in January and I have been enjoying meeting up with my canine friends there and my walks in the woods at lunchtime. On the occasional sunny day, we've been on hikes in la Suisse and abroad (this is me in Germany...I was told a blog post on that adventure would follow soon). Life is slowly returning to normal...if only that Baby Suisse would stop pestering me!!</div>
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<br />Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-59676539057328598142013-06-02T09:12:00.000+02:002013-06-02T09:12:13.284+02:00It's a green disasterI am not going to start a long rant about how messed up the weather has been this "Spring" and how this has badly affected Nature and those of us trying to grow stuff in a garden or on a balcony. We have been held at ransom by rain in the last few weeks, culminating with over 24 hours of non-stop rainfall this Friday/Saturday.<br />
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The river at the bottom of our garden (seen above on a normal day) has burst its banks, firemen have been on duty all weekend setting up sand bags and blocking roads, whole tree trunks have been floating past and bridges have been submerged. Needless to say that with the lack of sunshine and over-generous amount of water, our tomato/pepper/chilli/courgette/aubergine seedlings are not looking promising. We had very good crops last year but this year will likely turn out to be a wash-out (no pun intended). The only plants which are doing well (probably because they are inside!) are Mr T's collection of carnivorous plants:<br />
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Pretty and keeping the winter garden fly-free! :-)<br />
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<i>PS: I have recently discovered the panoramic setting on my camera and Picasa Photo Editor, so, as you can see, I am going through a mad phase with both of these!</i>Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-22576736998634378472013-05-29T19:49:00.000+02:002013-05-29T19:49:15.527+02:00Pie love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I heart pies and if I wasn't married to Mr T, I probably would be married to one of the <a href="http://www.hairybikers.com/">Hairy Bikers</a>...fact!<br />
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Maybe you don't have a clue what I am on about if you haven't lived in the UK, and even if you do you may not understand my weird crush on overweight hairy middle-aged men but I am digressing...PIES!<br />
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Being French, I had no ideas what pies (or Yorkshire puddings) for that matter where until I met Mr T, a Northerner...and God was I missing out!</div>
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I bought Mr T the Hairy Bikers' "Perfect Pies" book at Christmas and did not have the patience to wait for him to try one of the recipes (he never follows any recipes) so I got stuck in!</div>
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Mr T being lactose-intolerant, it was a bit of a challenge to find a pie recipe that did not heavely rely on cheese or cream but the "sausage and apple puff" recipe ticked the right boxes.</div>
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No fancy ingredients: good quality sausage meat, an onion, an apple, bread crumbs and seasoning.<br />
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Mix everything and put in the middle of a roll of puff-pastry.<br />
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This glorified giant sausage roll is very good, super easy to make and got Mr T's approval (and he is a pie connoisseur).<br />
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With the left-over pastry, I decided to make some mini apple turnovers to be enjoyed with coffee the following morning.<br />
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Two were not enough!<br />
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I have really enjoyed doing a bit of cooking lately. Mr T is our official cook and does a very good job but I do miss taking the time to cook something special and trying out some new recipes. I have made more of an effort lately to actually browse all the cookery books we have at home and bookmark some recipes to try in the near future. This success has spurred me on!</div>
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When in need of inspiration to plan little trips in our neighbourhood, I head to the My Switzerland <a href="http://www.myswitzerland.com/de/home.html">website</a>, full of great ideas for walks or sights to visit in each of the Swiss cantons. Canton Aargau where we live is full of castles so you're almost assured to see one in the distance on any walk in the countryside. It is on that website that I found out that 15 minutes away from us were the Schenkenberg ruins, the largest castle ruins in the canton.</div>
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Built in the 13th century by the Habsburg family (they've built most of the historical sights around here), it was abandonned in the 18th century as it had become too costly to maintain and repair. Built on a 631m high hill, its first use was to protect core areas around the Brugg district. It is now a Swiss heritage site of national importance.</div>
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From the main road in the small town of Thalheim, up and up we went, past some vineyards...</div>
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...past some grazing sheep...<br />
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...leaving the town behind.<br />
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I had read online the day before that there are two main paths to the ruins and that the shortest one was not pram-friendly. We therefore decided to test-drive Baby Suisse's hiking rugsack now that he is big enough to sit in it properly.<br />
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At a power-walking pace, the climb took us about 20 minutes. We were prepared for how extensive the ruins of the castle are... the site is surprisingly big and large sections of the derelict castle still stand.<br />
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Because the weather was fairly touch-and-go that day, we were alone up there although we had walked past a few people during our speedy ascent.<br />
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Nature has taken over the site in many places<br />
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We enjoyed very (cloudy) nice views over the valley and the town of Thalheim.<br />
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What a great way to spend our afternoon on bank holiday Monday. This would make a good day trip to anyone passing through the canton or visiting Zürich (public transport links are very good but the bus dropping you at the bottom of the hill).</div>
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Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-4143467451929511012013-05-22T19:30:00.001+02:002013-05-22T19:30:42.278+02:00Popping by to say hello and hopefully stay for a while...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Almost 6 months on since my last post, I am starting to feel like I can breathe again. After 4 difficult months at the beginning of the year when Baby Suisse was constantly ill and more often at home than at nursery, I think I am starting to master this full-time working and commuting mum thing...it's about time, Baby Suisse will turn 10 months in a few days!<br />
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Alf, Baby Suisse, Mr T and I have been on a couple of excursions in la Suisse and abroad (I am hoping to share these with you in the near future) and a few small crafty projects have been completed. Nothing outlandish but I guess that's part of the changes in your life following the arrival of children...small victories appear disproportionately grandiose!<br />
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I look forward to catching up with all of you :-)<br />
<br />Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-30943670496943673072013-01-10T19:12:00.001+01:002013-01-10T19:12:50.251+01:00Because there are only 24 hours in a day...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... I am going to do like Alf and take a little break from blogging. I have really be struggling to find anytime to go on the internet since going back to work full-time in December. I knew it would hard but juggling commuting, work, nursery and evening classes with a teething baby has been leaving me with very little free time. You know things are bad when you struggle to find 2 *30 minutes time slots a week to wash and blow-dry your hair...</div>
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I haven't been able to catch up with what has been happening on blogland, let alone do any crafting of my own so I have to face the reality that I will not have anything remotely interesting to blog about for a long while and that I should momentarily "shut the door" so to speak. I truly truly hope that I'll have more time to nurture this little corner of my life later in the spring or summer. Until then, Alf and I wish you all the best for the start of 2013 and we look forward to catching up with you in a while :-)</div>
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Visiting Lucerne was something I had wanted to do for a long time. Alf and I had been through Lucerne to go to the <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/alf-climbs-mount-pilatus.html">top of Pilatus</a> last summer but we hadn't seen anything of the old town. Back at the end of October when a friend came to visit from Glasgow, I decided to brave going on the train with Baby Suisse and the pram to go and spend a day there. Baby Suisse is quite a chilled baby and usually content to be out and about so I wasn't overly anxious about the journey and being away for the day.</div>
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And what a great decision this was! It had <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/first-outing-of-snow-boots.html">snowed</a> a few days before hand but we enjoyed the most magnificent blue skies. The view of the white-capped mountains from Lucerne was rather spectacular!</div>
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We picked up a map from the Tourism Office and decided to do the recommended walk in order to see most of the important sights in the old town in as short a time as possible (I didn't want to push my luck with Baby Suisse's patience...). As soon as we left the station, we hit the world-famous Chapel Bridge (<em>Kapellbrücke</em>):</div>
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The bridge also contains a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century.<br />
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From the bridge, we could also spot the impressive Jesuit church:<br />
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Lucerne's old city centre makes for a very pleasant stroll and is full of nice shops (shops aren't so pram-friendly so we didn't manage to indulge in some shopping...probably best that way!). Everywhere you look, you can spot lovely painted facades, water fountains and charming old buildings:</div>
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After a spot of lunch (which included <em><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzerner_Ch%C3%BCgelipastete">Chügelipastete</a></em>, a Lucerne's speciality), we set off to gaze at the Lion Monument:<br />
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This giant lion hewn in the rock commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution. 10m long and 6m high, it is a truly impressive and solemn sight.</div>
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Although we couldn't go on the walls because of the pram, we walked alongside the old city fortifications (<em>Musegg Wall</em>) dating from the late 14th century. </div>
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The view from the top of the hill were worth the struggle of pushing a pram up a snowy road!<br />
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On our way back to the railway station, we walked past Lucerne's second famous bridge, the Mill bridge (<em>Spreuerbrücke</em>). Dating from the beginning of the 15th century, it zigzags across the Reuss river.<br />
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After a quick look around in a fabric shop, we decided to head back to the station to start the 90 minutes journey back home.<br />
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And it burned, burned,burned... I have learned my lesson last week chopping and de-seeding chilies for some new recipes ;-(<br />
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With the snow paying us a visit 10 days ago (albeit a brief one), we decided that it was time to bring some of our balcony plants in for the winter. We harvested all the chilies from our chili plants and ended up with two punnets of them!<br />
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What to do, what to do??? We don't like our food that spicy (and these little b*ggers are hot!) but it seemed a shame to not attempt to make something with them. Once again, the Tinterweb came to the rescue and I found a recipe for <a href="http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/chilli-jam-2692">Chili Jam</a> courtesy of Nigella. I can't stand the woman but her food often turns out to be good so I thought I'd make peace with her, just for this time.</div>
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All I did was cutting and de-seeding 150 g of chilies. It doesn't even look THAT much in the picture below but oh god, did I suffer!! </div>
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Schoolboy error, I didn't have any plastic gloves so I wore no protection on my hands. I didn't feel anything while doing it but I did not escape THE pain!! I tried rubbing olive oil on my hands to take the sting off and although it momentarily worked, it didn't make removing my contact lenses later on that day any less painful!</div>
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We are yet to try it so I have no idea how spicy it is or what we can have it with but I will keep you posted!<br />
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While I was in agony, I thought that I might as well cut a few more chilies and make some chili oil! Why not? This time, I found a recipe on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/homemade_chilli_oil_54985">BBC Food website</a>.<br />
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I chopped another 40g of chilies<br />
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ermmmm, I am not sure we will go through this amount of chili oil in a year (or whether putting it in my mouth is a wise idea) but at the very least, the bottles will look good in the cupboard!<br />
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Let's hope that it was all worth THE pain!!Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-54489205859378200492012-11-12T08:00:00.000+01:002012-11-12T08:00:12.931+01:00Snuggle blanket<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Inspired by the <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/mini-quilt.html">mini-quilt</a> I made last year and by how simple I had found the whole process, I decided to use some of my left-over Buttercup Moda Fabric to make another little blanket for one of my nieces for Christmas.</div>
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I simply love the fabric squares from that collection, the colours are so beautiful...</div>
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I am genuinely thinking of getting some more of these squares to make myself a double bed spread!</div>
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The problem with making the quilt was that I did not really have a backing fabric that matched the beautiful Moda fabric and that I could also use to make the quilt border. I wanted to use some of the fabric I already had without having to buy anything. I found an old Barbie fitted sheet from my childhood (which my Mum had kept for some unknown reason) with pink and white stripes which I thought looked nice and girly but clashed a bit with the front of the quilt.</div>
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Another success I would say, using fabric I already have and learning a new technique!<br />
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I hope my niece will like it :-)<br />
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<em>Join me on a craft tour over at Wendy's <a href="http://handmadeharbour.blogspot.ch/">Handmade Harbour</a> .</em>Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-52859028741908687812012-11-07T09:00:00.000+01:002012-11-07T09:00:19.645+01:00Not quite like in the picture...When a friend lent me a sewing book a few weeks ago, I had a bad case of "Why doesn't my house look like this?"<br />
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This book is very inspiring although you may just get depressed flicking through it for too long as there is no way that any normal person I know (with a day job, children, messy dogs, a budget...) can have a house that looks so effortlessly stylish. <br />
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Anyway, while I knew that the overall look couldn't be achieved, I thought that I'd give a try to these little sea creatures to cheer up my bathroom.<br />
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Blame it on the fabric I chose, on the fiddly shapes or the lack of detailed clear instructions for the shells (or blame it on the boogie...) but this is what I now have in my bathroom...<br />
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Not quite like in the picture as I said... but at least I got to use <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/09/african-animals.html">some</a> of my <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.ch/2011/09/african-dress.html">stash of African fabric</a> that have been lying about in my cupboard for over 2 years now!<br />
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Hip hip hurray to half-successful sewing projects :-)Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-3091357539787746722012-11-04T19:00:00.000+01:002012-11-04T19:47:42.531+01:00Gardening bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am very happy to be able to share with you my biggest cross-stitch project to date...my little gardening bear! It is by no means a giant bear but it has taken me a rather long while to get finished...mostly because of my laziness!<br />
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<a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/craft-legacy.html">Earlier this year</a>, I was very kindly given a whole lot of cross-stitch stuff from Mr T's Nan. It included a little kit to make this cute little guy.<br />
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A few months later, a frame was bought to showcase this little achievement of mine:<br />
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Small in size but not in the number of hours it has taken me...I am not sure I am ready to take cross-stitching to the next level??!<br />
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I am keeping this post short as I am suffering from a very bad case of burning chilli hands after cutting and deseeding a subtantial amount of <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/beautiful-like-chilli.html">chillies</a> to make preserves. I will write about these once I'll be able to properly feel my fingers again!<br />
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<em>Please pop across to <a href="http://handmadeharbour.blogspot.ch/">Wendy's blog</a> for Handmade Monday :-)</em>Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-37303755756362918112012-11-02T19:35:00.000+01:002012-11-02T19:35:07.321+01:00First outing of the snow bootsI did not at all believe my friend Annabelle who said that snow was forecasted last weekend. Seven days before we had a beautiful weekend and wore shorts and flip-flops so there was no way we could have snow and a drop of 20 degrees celsius!<br />
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Erm...and this is what we woke up to on Sunday morning...<br />
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Annabelle 1- Made in Suisse 0...well at least the dog was happy there was snow to roll around in! So the snow boots came out of the cupboard and we set off all together on a morning walk. It felt a bit surreal to be seeing this winter wonderland in October!<br />
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Back home, the snow boots came off and I remembered to top up my bird feeders as my little feathery friends were having a tough day!<br />
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<em>Was la Suisse the only place to get snow or did you also enjoy a white weekend where you were?</em>Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-46715928806874106192012-10-29T10:01:00.001+01:002012-10-29T10:01:42.739+01:00Baby Suisse proudly presents...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are yellow and green stripes and what I call "waffle" stitches...<br />
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Both items were quick to knit and much needed now that la Suisse has entered winter...<br />
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The pattern for the hat can be found in this lovely book full of ideas for babies (yours or your friends...)<br />
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It has been a little while since I have been able to sit down and spend time with you all. I have been kept rather busy with Baby Suisse and a stream of visitors coming from France and the UK to marvel at the little one.<br />
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Every time I sit down to start a blog post, Baby Suisse wakes up from his nap or decides that playing alone on his mat is not fun anymore and my efforts are thwarted...fingers crossed this time...<br />
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Let me tell you about my tomato plant...<br />
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We have now moved into Autumn and while we still have a few days of sunshine every now and then, the temperatures have dropped and it is well and truly the end of the summer vegetable growing season. The tomato plant would unlikely survive the winter so I decided to scrap it but I didn't want to waste all the green tomatoes that were still on it.</div>
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One full kilogram of green cherry tomatoes...what to do?? After looking around on the internet, I came across <a href="http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_chutney-de-tomates-vertes_26582.aspx">this recipe</a> to make green tomato chutney. The French recipe calls it a chutney but to me it is closer to relish than chutney taste-wise. But enough about semantics.<br />
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The recipe calls for green tomatoes, onions, brown sugar, cider vinegar (although I only put half of what the recipe called for), chillies (I used 2 of <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/beautiful-like-chilli.html">these</a> from my garden)...<br />
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Not too many ingredients (unlike my <a href="http://madeinsuisse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/pink-chutney.html">rhubarb chutney</a>) and an easy-peasy recipe. Mix everything in a big bowl and leave to macerate for an hour.<br />
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Then cook for an hour on a medium heat,occasionally stirring before blitzing with a food processor.<br />
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Pour into sterilised jars et voilà!<br />
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It truly is delicious, best enjoyed with meat or add a spoonful to ratatouille or pasta sauce.<br />
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<em>à bientôt :-)</em>Made in Suissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602606903956202238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217803217821844591.post-78078125245816328022012-10-07T08:00:00.000+02:002012-10-07T08:00:02.075+02:00Silent Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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