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Micheline Mongrain Dontigny's avatar

I am happy that you take time to do things you like. I didn’t know about preparing mincemeat that way using the oven. When I met people of Quebec Eastern Township for my cookbook of that region I found recipes made with or without meat. I chose a recipe including beef cook priorly and suet and the cooking of the mincemeat with all the ingredients finished on the stove. I keep a nice souvenir of you recommending Food in England which I truly savoured the reading and learning.

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

Merci Micheline! 🙏🧡🧡

Nancy Harmon Jenkins's avatar

So glad to see you're busy at work, Naomi. Also busy reading. Another Booker book I recommend highly, an almost winner (short list), is Andrew Miller's The Land in Winter. We who live in the north country don't always understand the harshness of winter when it strikes those who aren't used to it, like the fabulously drawn characters in this novel.

Peter Scowen's avatar

A truly beautiful piece.

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

Thank-you Peter..☀️☀️

Apoorva Sripathi's avatar

the mincemeat sounds lovely!

Tom Wilson's avatar

And the world goes on

If we let it

A bit different now

seen through eyes

With the stigmatism if memory …

Lesley Chesterman's avatar

Wow, Leekie Pie! I must make it! Your Hime Baking Book is in a tall cupboard which now has a Christmas tree in front of it. I’ll move the tree. 😁

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

Lmk how it goes..🧡🧡☀️

Tamarbabuadze@gmail.com's avatar

🪷🪷

Laura Calder's avatar

The "parallel universe" of being with someone in hospital before the end is the perfect description. And your mincemeat sounds delicious. xx

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

Thanks Laura. It was very freeing to experiment with it.

Shayma Owaise Saadat's avatar

Tender and real and raw, Nom.