Well here we are nearly half way through the year. How the hell did that happen? You can tell Summer is approaching as the heating has had to go back on and the knee length socks looked back out. We may get another couple of nice days in September, and that will be it till next year. Ho hum. Can't really complain when the place you live is quite close to Iceland. The country, not the shop. Although, I do actually live close to Iceland. The shop that is, not the country.
I digress. As usual, I have been slack at updating this. I will make it my half year resolution to try and update this every week. I have been prompted to do this tonight after a lengthy phone call from a very good friend of many years, Craig Grozier, who is a very good Chef, who has recently opened Heart Buchanan Deli, on Buchanan St in Glasgow. We had a good chat about the trials and tribulations of setting up a business, and with Craig being a chef, we had a chat about recepies and so on, and it gave me a little burst of motivation.
Since having gone back to work fulltime, my day is filled with work, pick up Lily, home, sort out dinner for the three of us, and by the time that is done, it's almost bedtime!
It is also Lily's first birthday party on Saturday, so my head is full of cakes, macaroons and cake pops. I had my first attempt at cake pops at the weekend. Frogs, for my friend Mands birthday. Not as easy as they look in the book. Mine resembled John Merrick style martians. However, I like to think they looked quirky, and it is the thought that counts....
Anyhoos, on the Chutney front, they are on sale at Renroc on Montgomery St now, and I have handed in two or three samples this week.
Also, I have been asked back to Real Foods for another tasting, so I will keep you avid readers posted on that. Also handed a load in to the shop on castle St, and they said people had been asking for them as they had run out, so that was nice.
I had my first negative feedback a couple of weeks ago, which was a bit disapointing, but you can't please all the people all the time. I have also taken the advice on board, so its all good.
So, off to bed Igo, feeling pretty smug about getting round to getting this written up. Night night. Don't let the bedbugs bite
