If, like us, you’re addicted to cooking and baking pages on Instagram, then you know you will never be short of a good recipe.
One page we go back to regularly is good ole @odlums_ireland.
The recipes are fool-proof. Decadent and delicious, impressive and attractive without breaking the bank or giving you a headache.
These prosecco cupcakes are just one example of a recent post but we’ll also be trying our hand at their chocolate brownies!
A time to remember
COVID’s gone, hip hip hooray
We’ve lived to fight another day
We can now discard the daily task
Of wearing that awful COVID mask
It’s been with us now for two long years,
For many folk, a vale of tears
So lonely when we had lockdown
Not visits to our local town
Friends and neighbours stayed away
Waiting for another day
Grandchildren didn’t understand
We didn’t even shake their hand
But recent days are looking good
We can meet our friends for a bite of food
Sport and leisure back on track
Those in power say not going back
We’ll soon be back to our normal way
And join a parade on Patrick’s Day
We’ll join the crowd who go to watch
The goings on at the ploughing match
Its back to before COVID came
We’ll now enjoy the Sunday Game
It’s the simple we’ll value most
–Paddy Egan
The general rule of thumb for freezing is three to four months for prepared food. It’s not that it’s harmful if it’s consumed after this date but the quality and flavour deteriorates.
Flavourings such as spices and salt fade. With stews and curries, this is easily rectified by tasting and re-seasoning as necessary. Frozen food is always better when thawed slowly.
Fresh joints of red meat last about a year, chicken for six months and fish for three months.
If food has been in the freezer over a longer period, use common sense when assessing whether you can eat it or not. Is it slimy or smelling bad? This is a sign that food has gone off.
Freezer burn is not harmful, cut off that piece as it will be tough. In a power outage, do not open the freezer. Cover it instead with blankets to prevent thawing. A full freezer will last a few days.
3 – The number of people in every 10 who have experienced food poverty in Ireland.
Alla's Patisserie, Fethard, Co. Tipp, a Ukrainian owned cake shop, open today with all proceeds going to Ukraine... This is the queue at the moment... and their cakes are delicious too ?? pic.twitter.com/3VVStU9YiA
— James Ward (@IrishParamedic_) February 27, 2022
From Elaina Ryan, on the importance of making reading fun for kids:
At age nine, about 6% of kids report that they don’t read ever and when that comes up to those teenage years, it rises straight up to about 21% who don’t read ever because there’s so much going on with them
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