On a dismal wet day, where better to go than an Autumn Festival Show and not just any Autumn Festival but the RHS Show at their London HQ.
Yes, the RHS does fruit and vegetables as well as flowering plants and this fruit and vegetable show is a cracker! She was struck dumb by the perfection of parnips which were over five feet in length, of leeks which would make enough soup to feed a family of six.
The Muscat grapes.. slurp! The dark purple bloom on the massive bunches of black grapes.. they could have been a picture drawn in crayon.
The autumnal fruit baskets which held a selection of everything including medlars and cob nuts. These were heavenly!
The competitors, all of whom were the very best at their job or hobby, were sweet, she chatted to a couple of men down from Fife, one of them had won First Prize for his parsnips and he told her how he grew them and what he grew them in!
And, Dear Readers, it was not just any old soil, that's for sure!
Having raided a stall of a hefty bag of packets of seeds and a few different varieties of garlic, she thought she'd just go and look at the childrens' section.
Incredibly impressive! The results of the effort and work of these quite young children was outstanding, then she wandered along towards an apple nursery stand which she'd missed by being transfixed by the giant parsnips.
Only to come to a screeching halt! For there.. as large as life.. with her 'goodies' in a pan was Selina!
You'll know her as the supplier of that 'chilli hot stuff' that Debbie and she are addicted to at Marylebone Farmer's Market, yes, that Selina, the maker of scrummydumptious Malaysian Dumplings!
Such hugs were hugged.. for they haven't seen each other since the early summer because she's been in Malaysia with her family.. and as they were chatting with Tom, who sometimes runs the stall for her, Selina was busy with a pan and before you could say "hot chilli sauce", she'd been given a helping of dumplings!
She took her mobile and snapped Selina with the dumpling pan and send it to Debbie Goaty Mum saying "LookieLookie, look who I've found at the RHS show?"
If you want to eat some of Selina's food in the week, head for Borough Market from Wednesday to Saturday.. for her food is fab! And she and her teams do lots of the Farmer's Markets during the week.
Every fourth Sunday in the month - October 25th - both Ellie's Dairy and Selina, with her Malaysian dumplings, are to be found at Marylebone Farmer's Market. Which is behind the Waitrose store on Marylebone High Street in the car park.
What a surprise, so with a helping of slurpicious dumplings, topped off with very hot chilli sauce, in her tummy, why, she almost didn't register that it was pouring with rain when she left.
What a great afternoon. Lots of knowledgeable folk to answer any manner of question about anything that you wanted to know about, great nursery suppliers of all manner of edible produce and truly breathtakingly, wondrous displays of fruit and vegetables
She's going to settle down with a soft fruit catalogue but before we go, we're saying a BIG "Thank you Tereza" for her ticket.
GeeGee Parrot.
October 6th, 2015.
Yes, the RHS does fruit and vegetables as well as flowering plants and this fruit and vegetable show is a cracker! She was struck dumb by the perfection of parnips which were over five feet in length, of leeks which would make enough soup to feed a family of six.
The Muscat grapes.. slurp! The dark purple bloom on the massive bunches of black grapes.. they could have been a picture drawn in crayon.
The autumnal fruit baskets which held a selection of everything including medlars and cob nuts. These were heavenly!
The competitors, all of whom were the very best at their job or hobby, were sweet, she chatted to a couple of men down from Fife, one of them had won First Prize for his parsnips and he told her how he grew them and what he grew them in!
And, Dear Readers, it was not just any old soil, that's for sure!
Having raided a stall of a hefty bag of packets of seeds and a few different varieties of garlic, she thought she'd just go and look at the childrens' section.
Incredibly impressive! The results of the effort and work of these quite young children was outstanding, then she wandered along towards an apple nursery stand which she'd missed by being transfixed by the giant parsnips.
Only to come to a screeching halt! For there.. as large as life.. with her 'goodies' in a pan was Selina!
You'll know her as the supplier of that 'chilli hot stuff' that Debbie and she are addicted to at Marylebone Farmer's Market, yes, that Selina, the maker of scrummydumptious Malaysian Dumplings!
Such hugs were hugged.. for they haven't seen each other since the early summer because she's been in Malaysia with her family.. and as they were chatting with Tom, who sometimes runs the stall for her, Selina was busy with a pan and before you could say "hot chilli sauce", she'd been given a helping of dumplings!
She took her mobile and snapped Selina with the dumpling pan and send it to Debbie Goaty Mum saying "LookieLookie, look who I've found at the RHS show?"
If you want to eat some of Selina's food in the week, head for Borough Market from Wednesday to Saturday.. for her food is fab! And she and her teams do lots of the Farmer's Markets during the week.
Every fourth Sunday in the month - October 25th - both Ellie's Dairy and Selina, with her Malaysian dumplings, are to be found at Marylebone Farmer's Market. Which is behind the Waitrose store on Marylebone High Street in the car park.
What a surprise, so with a helping of slurpicious dumplings, topped off with very hot chilli sauce, in her tummy, why, she almost didn't register that it was pouring with rain when she left.
What a great afternoon. Lots of knowledgeable folk to answer any manner of question about anything that you wanted to know about, great nursery suppliers of all manner of edible produce and truly breathtakingly, wondrous displays of fruit and vegetables
She's going to settle down with a soft fruit catalogue but before we go, we're saying a BIG "Thank you Tereza" for her ticket.
GeeGee Parrot.
October 6th, 2015.
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