2011

Its been a long and very hectic month since my last blog, Christmas and New Year has come and gone and was a round of parties, receptions and fairs.  As it is too hot (for me anyway) to spend hours cooking in the kitchen, we decided to do what we did last year and had Christmas dinner at the Hilton Hotel.  That was 5 hours of eating, drinking and being entertained in a stunning setting, overlooking the Caribbean Sea and the yachts at anchor.Now it is 2011 and we have to get back to a semblance of order.I'm going to start the year by giving you an insight into produce that grows here on the island and what we do with it.  First up is the Golden Apple.  We have a miniture of this tree in our garden, as they can grow to very large proportions.  A mini tree is ideal.  We harvested most of the apples before they ripened to a golden colour, as our last crop were stolen by the indigenous green monkeys that live wild.  We spent an evening cutting up and pulping the fruit, then bottling it in flagons for storage.  Actually it doesn't stay in storage very long as M (husband) can't resist it and so it was drunk very quickly.As you can see by the photographs a G & T is vital to the procedure. (blog won't upload photos, will add later)