Posts Tagged ‘Jar’

Marmite Revival

Monday, September 13th, 2010

The nice people over at Marmite sent me this lovely vintage inspired, limited edition jar of yeasty goodness last week, and as one good turn deserves another, I thought I’d give it a bit of a plug.

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Created in honour of this year’s Goodwood Revival Festival in a limited run of 750 (I’m rather flattered), these retro jars will only be available at a 1960s style ‘convenience store experience’ at the event, which could be a welcome distraction when you’ve satisfied your inner petrol-head.

Goodwood Revival runs this weekend between 17th and 19th of September, so check it out if you’re in the ‘hood.

Jam On It

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

The summer fruit season is pretty much done and dusted, but you can hang on to it by making your own strawberry jam. It’s a piece of piss with just three ingredients, and it’s reet tasty.

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Ingredients

500g English strawberries

75g vanilla sugar

Juice of half a lemon

Method

Hull the strawberries (remove the leafy top and pale fruit) with the tip of a sharp knife and then wash. Dry off with a tea towel and place in a large pan. Add the vanilla sugar (vanilla sugar is easy to make – every time you scrape out a vanilla pod, put the remains in a jam jar with caster sugar – after a week or so the sugar will take on a lovely vanilla smell and taste) and lemon juice and stir. (more…)