Seasonal tastes
Cinnamon and Cardamon Buns from the wonderful Falling Cloudberries.
What I want to eat is often very much influenced by the seasons and this applies to both savoury and sweet foods. Baking at this time of year experiences a subtle change in flavours and perhaps colours too. Is it a coincidence that so many of the ingredients I am reaching for at present echo the colours appearing outside? Cinnamon, ginger, golden syrup and so on. Since the children returned to school the teatime treats have included golden flapjacks, rockbuns studded with red cherries and treacle coloured raisins and autumn plum cake topped in crunchy demerara sugar.
There is something about the baking smells filling the kitchen that is so very autumnal too, as I breath in the heady sweet and spicy scents of nutmeg, ginger, cinamon, allspice and clove I feel warmed and exhilarated by the rustling of the leaves falling outside.
Autumn moves in to my crafting life too. The evening's knitting is made all the more pleasurable when there is a crispness in the air, so cosy to curl on the sofa, warmed by the woollen fabric pooling on my lap. I finally pulled out these silk carrier rods to work on, bought at the Festival of Quilts, back in August but now suddenly calling on me to be turned into something beautiful. I like Autumn, I met The Technical Advisor in Autumn and it always seems a good time of year to me, full of colour, perfect for long walks and long evenings, full of crackling promises for the months to come.
Cinnamon and Cardamon Buns from the wonderful Falling Cloudberries.
What I want to eat is often very much influenced by the seasons and this applies to both savoury and sweet foods. Baking at this time of year experiences a subtle change in flavours and perhaps colours too. Is it a coincidence that so many of the ingredients I am reaching for at present echo the colours appearing outside? Cinnamon, ginger, golden syrup and so on. Since the children returned to school the teatime treats have included golden flapjacks, rockbuns studded with red cherries and treacle coloured raisins and autumn plum cake topped in crunchy demerara sugar.
There is something about the baking smells filling the kitchen that is so very autumnal too, as I breath in the heady sweet and spicy scents of nutmeg, ginger, cinamon, allspice and clove I feel warmed and exhilarated by the rustling of the leaves falling outside.
Autumn moves in to my crafting life too. The evening's knitting is made all the more pleasurable when there is a crispness in the air, so cosy to curl on the sofa, warmed by the woollen fabric pooling on my lap. I finally pulled out these silk carrier rods to work on, bought at the Festival of Quilts, back in August but now suddenly calling on me to be turned into something beautiful. I like Autumn, I met The Technical Advisor in Autumn and it always seems a good time of year to me, full of colour, perfect for long walks and long evenings, full of crackling promises for the months to come.
Comments
I do the same this time of year - Pumpkin and Coconut breads seem to be my old stand-bys.
What a lovely post!