The scenery was quintissentially English, all summer prettiness and hazy lazy sunshine.
We ate fish and chips and too much icecream.
We walked along the seafront and picked which boat we would have if we were the boating types.
We went to concerts in the impressive Great Hall at Dartington.
I ate my first ever whole crab - cracked the claws myself and everything!
We napped in the afternoon. And had bacon for breakfast.
We discovered that we were only a few miles from the Riverford Farm shop - the recipe for rhubarb and strawberry crumble which I made in May came from their website - so we stopped by and bought some fruit and veg on the way home. Yummy. Their website is here.
Aahhhhh.....if only it had been more than just a couple of days.
My take-home treat? I have aquired a copy of the Riverford Farm cook book, which is chock-full of brilliant ideas for vegetables; something which I think is overlooked in the majority of recipe books. This week I will be putting them (and myself) to the test when I attempt Fried Green Tomatoes. My monster tomato plants are currently covered in not-quite-ripe tomatoes, so this seems the perfect recipe to get a sneak preview of whether they're going to be any good.
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