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Short entries from the stillroom.
Recipes, market reports, what's in season, the occasional disaster.
Posted when there's something to say.
Strange that something so green & leathery would smell, when steeped slowly in warm water, of coconut. But fig leaves do. Closer to fresh coconut than the dried kind. It's the cordial they usually end up in. The other thing they're good for, I've learned, is wrapping rice.
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The stillroom has shifted into its autumn rhythm. The hibiscus is nearly done. The figs are off the tree. The quinces (finally!) are in. A short list of what's being bottled this week, & what's nearly ready.
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The fork in the road, in the stillroom, is hot or cold. What a cordial is, what a drinking shrub is, and when each one is the better answer.
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