{"id":20354,"date":"2015-10-13T18:07:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20354"},"modified":"2015-10-12T18:15:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T17:15:28","slug":"cookery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/cookery\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After our little trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/a-geological-souvenir\/\">Devil&#8217;s Bridge for Earthcache day<\/a>, we ended up doing loads of cookery in the kitchen. I had already made a start on this years Christmas Cake and the mixed fruit had been soaking in over\u00a0\u00bd a litre of Brandy, Whisky and Black Cherry Brandy Liquer, so the next task was to mix up the huge bowl of batter and bake the cakes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Anna was busy boiling up a batch of chilli sauce made with home grown chilli&#8217;s and then bottling it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20355\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chilli-Jam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20355\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chilli-Jam.jpg\" alt=\"Chilli Jam\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chilli-Jam.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chilli-Jam-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chilli-Jam-639x480.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chilli Jam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We also had our freshly caught sea bass to cook. 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