Firstly, I shall take a bow over this Rhubarb and Custard cake which is going to be taken for a surprise dessert for the folk on the course, two doors down. They have asked me down for a meal tonight (soup and salad I think, like Monday), so perhaps this may fill any corners which need filling. It really rose and is fluffy, and the perfect brown and a good 4 inches deep.
I took a photo of the cheese counter on the Market today. I bought some plain Monkland to try (that's a local cheese, on the way to Ludlow). Now Gabby can't wait to have a trip to Hay market as she's a proper cheese hound! She must take after my grandad on mum's side as mum used to say he liked his Gorgonzola so ripe it was trotting across the table!
I treated myself to an enormous Cumberland sausage roll for lunch and the other half for breakfast tomorrow - as I said it was a mighty one!
I chatted with my usual friends, bought a pretty little Raku fired bud vase and bought a little Corinne Lapierre craft kit - Mrs Cat loves knitting - to make up for Rosie.
It was pleasant browsing in the craft corner in Boothes bookshop.
My friend Rob found this unusual item recently - probably from a Museum exhibition. It will look great in the window of his shop, The Keepers Pocket, for Festival Week.
Then I went church bothering and explored Saint Mary's for the first time. That post is for tomorrow.
Perl Las is one of my favourites. A friend brought us Roquefort from France, back in the day. They’d driven it home in a leisurely fashion. We had to put it outside when they left because our dog wouldn’t stop barking at it.
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Oh that made me giggle, your dog barking at the cheese for being too smelly! I haven't eaten it, but remember in Outlander, Claire used to pack wounds with it for antibiotic properties in its mould.
DeleteYou did have a lovely gentle spend, my kid of shopping. Looks like a delicious cake too.
ReplyDeleteI just bought what I needed, with one little indulgence for Rosie.
DeleteLucky people getting your rhubarb custard cake to fill up the corners. I have been saving recipes for the same to make my first attempt with leftover rhubarb from last year. It will not be for a while as I am now between houses and living in a bedsit for two months. We were very lucky to find somewhere but I discovered if I have the oven on it sets off the smoke alarm. I try to open the door but either my two dogs escape or the landlords much larger dogs get in and all hell breaks loose. Imagine how soothing your day out in Hay was for me to read, a blissful interlude. I would have loved every stop and shop.
ReplyDeleteWell, it got saved for today as Sam had made a Rhubarb crumble. I think they will enjoy it. Last cake for tomorrow, will be my famous Lemon Drizzle . . .
DeleteOh gosh, your house sale is hurtling through on the moving out side of things. Delighted for you it is going ahead, but not ideal where you are renting re: the smoke alarm and the doggy meet ups if the door is opened. I hope you get the chance to visit Hay some time.
Now that is a great deal of cheese. Many of which I really would like to try. Your cake looks great, so nicely browned and risen.
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There's a cheesemongers in Ludlow, which Gabby has been to. This is a closer alternative.
DeleteThe cake turned out well but then I had to turn it upside down to get the cake tin base off (loose one) and then back down on the plate, by which time it was squashed a bit.
Lucky neighbours indeed, that rhubarb custard cake looks and sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteI am afraid I would either be still trying to decide which cheeses to sample, or coming away with a basketful of sample sized pieces! I've never seen such a selection.
Some of those fabrics made me think of the heady days of Rose and Hubble selling in Ocky Whites in Haverfordwest for around £3.00 a yard!
Really enjoyed this little trip around the shops this morning.
Well, I'm not doing it for love - I will be paid for my labours. A portion of that will be a reward for ALL that washing up!!
DeleteGosh, just shows you how much fabrics have gone up. Liberty is about £18 a metre now . . .
Glad you enjoyed the stroll around the shops, I will try to show some of the baked goods next time, before they sell out. Not cheap, but excellent eating. My huge sausage roll was £3.75 but will do me two meals - had half with salad for lunch yesterday.
I've been wanting to go to Hay for a long time, after reading so much about it. That might fit in with a plan to go to South Wales.
ReplyDeleteMarket Day is Thursday, and worth going specially. All of Wales is so beautiful. If you want any tips on special parts of it to visit, I am happy to help.
ReplyDeleteOh my word, that cake looks amazing! My other 'alf is a total rhubarb addict and would walk over hot coals for some of that beauty. Having just come home from a holiday in the amazing Vale of Rheidol, I am looking forward to our next Welsh jaunt very soon .Best wishes, Lisa.
ReplyDeleteOh that looks like a VERY good shopping expedition. I have never been to Hay, I need to make an effort it looks amazing. And your Boothes is so very different from ours. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I don't like that statue at all! It would give me the heebies. Do you know what it is meant to be holding? I love your cake and everything else, your posts are always so interesting. Here in Wiltshire we have had no rain for weeks and none forecast. Very worrying when you see the huge cracks in the ground.
ReplyDeleteThat statue looks like a little boy working way too hard to carry something far too heavy. It is very detailed and well done though, isn't it?
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