Games
Come in. Pull up a chair.
Them days you sent a youngster up the road to say there was a game on. Now you send the code, and if a chair's still empty when you deal, one of the regulars takes it.
Advertise here
Skipper
Got a place worth the drive?
Down the road
Well, Sunday after Mass we'd walk it. Start at the gate and go down, and every house along here I'll tell you who's in it.
On the go
Them days the garden party was the whole summer. Here's what's on the go now, and when.
The kitchen
Well, Sunday the pot was on before Mass and the smell of it met you at the gate. Here's what was in it, and how it's done.
Partridgeberry jam
Partridgeberries boiled with sugar, often with orange peel and a little ginger.
Makes about five cups · About fifteen minutes on the boil
What you need
- partridgeberries
- sugar
- grated orange peel
- pectin
- cold water
- ginger
How it's done
- 1. Bring the berries to a boil in a large boiler with two cups of cold water and the grated orange peel.
- 2. Add the sugar and pectin as the package directs and boil it out.
- 3. Take it off the heat and skim the foam. A teaspoon of butter stirred in helps settle it.
- 4. Sterilise the jars and lids in hot water about fifteen minutes.
- 5. Fill the jars, wipe the rims, and cap them finger tight.
- 6. For jelly instead, boil the berries five minutes and strain them before you go on.
- 7. Keep it in a cool room or the fridge.
Where to get a feed
Sold in jars at craft fairs, farm stands and grocery stores all over the island from September on.
Where that comes from
The hall
Them days the hall had a dance Saturday and the kitchen had music the rest of the week. It's still playing. Come in and listen.
The yarns
He said, you know the one about the light on the water. I said, I do. That's a story, mind, and I'll tell you which parts.
Not the house
No, I said, that's not the house. It was down just below there. Go back up the road.
Back up the road
