Thursday 4 November 2010

About Me.

I am a 31 year old Scottish woman and my life revolves around food.
I am a part time GP.  I do this to earn money to buy ingredients and the odd meal out.
I have a husband, Steve, who works full time to earn money to feed me.
I have two amazing chefs-in-training.  They are my two little boys - Adam, 3, and Rufus, 2.  I spend as much time as I can teaching them to cook and bake so that I will be well fed when I am old and unable to cook for myself.
I also have an Irish wolfhound called Bob.  Now he does NOTHING to contribute to my eating so you can see I must love him very much.  I don't share much of my food with him but I do generally buy some cheap meat - liver, lamb's hearts, whatever to ensure he has something tasty in his bowl.




I am a foodie but not in a snobby way.  I love all food.  I can sit daintily through a three Michelin star menu or I can devour a fish supper in a most unladylike way.  I am VERY happy with a meal of some shop-bought fish fingers and some butterscotch Instant Whip.  In fact, I will eat anything you care to give me.  Except ginger.  Ginger is the one thing I won't eat.  It is my nemesis.  And yet, it annoys me that there is something out there that I won't eat so I periodically try to force myself in the hope that I will get used to it. 






I am not a great cook but I am willing to spend time trying to improve.  As such, I have joined a few baking and cooking challenges here in blog world.  I also want my sons to look back on their childhood and remember that Mummy used to make lots of delicious baking.  I want them and their friends to want to come home here because they know there will be something yummy to dig into.  What better way to keep tabs on my children than to pretend I am letting them do what they want but secretly ensuring there are chocolate brownies in the tin so irresistible that they will be drawn back here rather than hanging about outside the local shop getting up to mischief.




We live in Aberdeenshire.  It's a wonderful part of the world and we have lots of great local food. I'll hopefully be able to showcase some of our wonderful food traditions and brilliant suppliers throughout the course of the blog.




Thank you to anyone who comments on my blog.  I love to have conversations with others about food and learn from them so I really appreciate it if you take the time to chat.





24 comments:

  1. Fantastic post - and lovely to get to know you a bit better! Looking forward to reading all your posts and finding out about your challenges :)

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  2. What a refreshing "about me" page. You are a kindred spirit - you love food and aren't afraid to admit it! I look forward to reading more.

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  3. Top picture of Bob is amazing - your boys are stunning.

    Lovely post, thanks!

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  4. Great post, it is so nice to "meet" you. The pictures you posted are wonderful and your boys are beautiful, so is Bob. I look forward to reading more

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  5. Lovely post and such great pictures too - its nice to see the home and family behind the blog ;0)

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  6. Fantastic photographs, but moreso I enjoyed learning more about your and your little family. Love your Irish wolfhound too :)

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  7. Just stumbled onto your blog last week - great post and it's nice to read about the face and family behind the blog.

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  8. What a brilliant picture of Bob! And, as the others have said, it's lovely to see who is behind the posts. I do enjoy your blog and this had added to that, thanks!

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  9. Aw, thank you Mangocheeks, whitewineandsoda and Wendy.
    I have to say that whenever I find a new blog, I imeediately go and have a nosy at the "About Me" section! Love having a nosy. :-)

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  10. Oh my Gosh I LOVE your attitude!!! I couldn't agree with you more! You have a wonderful family (dog included of course!) and home. I'm trying to expand my cooking and baking techniques so I can be sure to provide those irresistible treats for my kids one day too! I've been married to my husband for one year and am practicing on him before our children are born :) You have a warm and personal blog- I love it!

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  11. Sprinkes - Thank you - what a lovely comment. Looking forward to lots of chats with you as we develop our cooking together!

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  12. I loved reading about you and seeing this gorgeous scenery! So different from my part of the world in South Florida. Your kids (and dog)are just precious:)

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  13. haha i love the personality that comes through in your writing. I am very much looking forward to reading your posts.

    btw I am with you on the ginger. So nice to find someone like me!

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  14. Thanks Kelly. I thought I was the only one in the world to not like ginger!

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  15. Oh, and Cake Duchess - so sorry I didn't see your comment at the time. Thanks for your comment. :-)

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  16. Why have I not found your blog before ?? It's wonderful! Are you on twitter ? Would love to follow you on twitter if you are!

    Do you fancy taking part in the Random bakes of kindness. http://writingacookerybook.blogspot.com/2011/08/random-bakes-of-kindness.html ? > you'd be great with those chocolate brownies you make !

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  17. Bit of a random not so foodie question but I thought I'd ask it here in case anyone else found it helpful. As you are wonder mum & a GP to boot I wondered if you could recommend any good books for Mum's to be? One of my best friends recently found out she's pregnant (Very exciting!!!!). It's her first & she's the first of our group of friends so we are all trying to help as much as we can with our slightly limited knowledge. I wanted to get her a good book which isn't too scary & gives advice on nutrition as well as a general overview. Do you have any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated. x

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  18. Hi Alex. I had this book and found it to contain everything I needed to know - http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Expect-When-Youre-Expecting/dp/1847373755/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316549492&sr=1-5
    I also liked the follow on series of what to expect books for each age of childhood thereafter.

    It is a nice thick book and has stuff on absolutely everything. All very sensible and moderate - I was very happy with it.

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  19. Thank you so much it looks great, I'll order it now. x

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  20. I just found this page. You have a beautiful family and adorable children. They are so cute, I just want to hug them!

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  21. Hello. Just found your page whilst googleing walks in Methlick! Very excited about digging in and seeing what you've been cooking. :)

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