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Cultural traditions brings us together. As someone from an Irish background now living in the Gulf, I find we share the common love of drinking tea…just like the Chinese. And when Umi Tea Sets contacted me asking if I would like to receive one of their traditional Yixing clay teapots and tea to enjoy, I happily accepted. Apparently the blog post on Irish Tea Bread prompted the contact.
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If you have ever wondered about wooden spoons… next to the fingers, spoons are amongst the oldest and most basic kitchen tools. Wooden spoons are a kitchen essential and I’d bet you have at least one kind or another, possibly even a drawerful. A good wooden spoon is strong, inflexible and a poor conductor of heat. How many times have you burned your fingers picking up a metal spoon left against a hot pot while cooking. Ouch! I’m guilty of that too.
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We’ve being growing simple garden edibles in containers for some years now and while at times challenging, it’s also been very rewarding. Not everything we’ve tried has worked out; for example, the cucumbers we tried were not a variety we enjoyed, and our sugar snap peas and green beans didn’t grow as we had hoped. Sometimes it’s trial and error and figuring out what you are best at growing in the space available to you. Bahrains climate is harsh but our mild winter provides a window of opportunity for hobbyist gardeners like ourselves. And of course, we have the local famers market selling seasonal produce should all else fail.
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