by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 4, 2019 | Bulgarian life, Cat lover, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
You know what’s the surest sign that winter is on the way? It’s not the arrival of this year’s wood order, which finally turned up about a week ago… The annual Rob-in-front-of-the-wood-delivery picture. Nor is it harvesting the tempting butternut squash, which...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 3, 2019 | Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Just a small selection of this week’s bounty. Following last year’s ‘What to do with all those courgettes’ post, I thought I’d do the same with tomatoes – except this time with more of a plea for ideas. Here’s what we normally do with all our toms: Eating...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jul 16, 2019 | Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Here’s a neat way with courgettes that I made up all by myself, like the clever sausage I am. Now that we’re ramping up to Peak Courgette, it’s useful to have yet another courgette recipe to put into rotation, alongside other favourites like cake, briam (Greek...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 13, 2019 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
Kaufland didn’t have any avocados the other day. Just typing that sentence makes me realise how much Bulgaria has changed since we first came here in 2011. I don’t think I saw an avocado in a local shop until … maybe 2014? 2015, even? I mean, you’d see them on...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Dec 21, 2018 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
You know what’s great about Christmas? All the lists. Sure, the mince pies, days off work, and presents are all very nice, but on top of all that jolly stuff, I get to write lots and lots of lists. (Does list-writing count as an actual hobby? I’m claiming it as one.)...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 23, 2018 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
Not bad food of the ‘bad for you but utterly delicious’ variety, like a bacon double cheeseburger or a Cornish pasty so dirty you smell it on your face (and scarf and coat) for the rest of the day. No, I mean food that turns out to be bad or off or, as seems to happen...
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