Recipes for All Seasons

Fall 2006

 

IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF The TEABREAK News - Fall 2006



"No"

No Shade, no shine ,no butterflies, no bees,
No fruit, no flowers, no leaves, no birds November!


- Thomas Hood

 

 

 

 

 

 



NOVEMBER RECIPE: Fortune Telling Crowdie

2 heaped teaspoons oatmeal, light toasted
1/2 pint heavy cream, lightly whipped
1 oz / 25g sugar, to taste
1 tablespoon rum (optional)

 

Combine the oatmeal with the whipped cream and stir to taste. Add the rum and chill slightly.

Serve cold.

Many years ago small charms or coins would be stirred into this mixture just before serving.Each guest was asked to take a spoonful in turn until they brought out a charm! A coin for wealth, A ring for marriage, A button for a batchelor, A thimble for a spinster!



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