Our New Life in the Country: Aga Saga

Wednesday 11 February 2009

Aga Saga

This is it, my lovely blue Aga, heater of kitchen and the cremator of pies........

Up to now everything I've attempted to cook has just about worked, indeed some things have been gorgeous, lovely succulent chickens and the most divine tasting pizzas, but last night we decided to have a chicken and leek pie, one that had been frozen.

I will admit it was out of a packet, but when you've been decorating and sorting all day a quick tea is sometimes the order of the day.

It said on the packet 40-45 minutes at Gas 6, so I stuffed it into the hot oven and thought to myself I must check this after 30 minutes.........wrong....so very wrong.......I looked after 30 minutes and the topping of charcoal was SO impressive.

So for tea last night it was salad with chicken and leek flan ( I sliced the top off, not as pretty but almost as tasty) ... and we now know that Sophie, the Collie dog loves charcoal!!

Sue xx

2 comments:

landcuckoo11 February 2009 at 16:02
Congratulations Sue, looks like you are really getting settled in to your new home.

Feel free to pop by Land Cuckoo (www.landcuckoo.blogspot.com) anytime the kettle is always on!

Sarah x
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Country Cottage Chic13 February 2009 at 12:04
You'll get used to Aga - remember that the roasting oven is very hot! Put ready meals on the rack at the bottom of the oven & check after half the cooking time recommended on the box!
If you haven't got one a "plain cold shelf" is a good investment - you put it in the oven above the pie or whatever & it stops the top from overcooking.

Good luck!
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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