Recent content by CeliaGates

Hi Jiayan Good to read someone with such enthusiasm and passion for cooking & congratulations on your english - not least the fab recipes on your website. I have a special request and wondered if you could help. When I recently visited China I ate the most delicious fish. I was told that...

P.S - do you know anything about eating/cooking Dog Fish? People round here (east sussex - south coast UK) say they are inedible but somebody told me they were pretty good if you knew what you were doing - I don't and wondered if anyone could help! Thanks x Check out the pic in the album and...

I most certainly am and YES i do cook my own catch - getting loads of mackrel round here at this time of year and been trying (not very successfully) to make pate' - Bass is the thing everyone is after but I never seem to land one - mind you, the ones that get away are always MASSIVE...!!! How...

If you're worried about taking the 'seasoning' off - simply put it back on again! Check out the reply I have just written to Julio: 'What does it mean SEASON in cast iron' This will show you how to put it back on! Hoping to have helped!

Seasoning in relation to cookware means to build up a Patina which is effectively a layre of fatty residue that lines the inner walls of your pan. Have you ever heard of the fact that you should never wash up a wok? I don't particularly like the idea of this but in essence it adds more...

Drying them is a good idea, and making jam. We both love Glace Apricots and the only recipe I have found says you have to soak them and recover them and leave them to stand and then glaze them in sugar and soak again and so on and so on... as always, I was just after the easy options!

Actually I am researching this on behalf of somebody else. I've heard certain food types can reduce inflammation and consequently pain - a combination of salmon and spinache is supposed to be really good for example. I just wondered if anyone had any other suggestions or things that had worked...

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to eat to relieve pain. I've heard omega 3 and vitamine B combined is good - does anyone know any more about this? Thanks

don't be put off by the negative side - water is the source of life - drink atleast 1.5 litres a day and you're bound to notice a difference, not just to your skin but your wellbeing in general will benefit - look what happens to a plant that is not getting enough water - the leaves start to...

Hi - the tree in my grannies garden has given us over 12lb of apricots this year and we were thinking of making them into glace apricots - does anyone have any idea how and is it difficult to do? I have found a couple of recipes online that seem to take weeks and weeks to prepare. Does anyone...