MasterChef 2007 finalist, Hannah Miles, is back with another delicious recipe: 4oz butter 1oz caster sugar 1oz lavender sugar (see below) 6oz “00” plain flour (also called Italian flour) Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Tip in the flour and mix to a soft dough with your hands. If the mixture… Continue reading Lavender Shortbread
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Harrogate Advertiser: “Royal visit for Game Fair at Harewood”
Okay, okay…so they’re not talking about us in the title, but half the article was about our plans for the CLA Game Fair! Click here to read more.
Shooting Times: “Matchmaking at the CLA Game Fair”
In the run up to the CLA Game Fair (27, 28, 29 July), Shooting Times ran a piece about our Muddy AfFair and straw-bale speed dating events.
Spot the Vegetable
Sorry – trick question – there don’t seem to be any in this American family’s weekly food intake. This is one of a series of pictures taken from a book by Peter Menzel called “Hungry Planet” and featured in Time’s What the World Eats. Interesting stuff – what would your picture have in it?
Muddy Antics With The Warwickshire Young Farmers
The Warwickshire Young Farmers are an entertaining bunch and, after a very drizzly day at the Royal Show on Sunday, they kept us amused at their pre-party party, where we had sponsored the staff shirts. They did us proud and we are very sad not to be able to make the main party tonight. If… Continue reading Muddy Antics With The Warwickshire Young Farmers
Some People Will Do Anything For Cheese
Now, we at Muddy Matches are partial to a bit of cheese ouselves but I’m not sure we’d go to such lengths to get our hands on some as these guys. For those of you want in on the action next year, Cheese Rolling at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire is taking place on 26th May. … Continue reading Some People Will Do Anything For Cheese
The Field: “Duke Game for Game Fair”
For the second time in a few months, Muddy Matches appears in The Field; this time in the July edition regarding our plans for The CLA Game Fair. “Among the host of new attractions this year is Muddy Matches, the dating agency for the serially gumbooted, which will be staging a singles “blind date” love-in… Continue reading The Field: “Duke Game for Game Fair”
Country Landowner and Rural Business: “The Game Fair Theatre”
In a special section about the CLA Game Fair in the July edition, our Muddy AfFair got a mention:
Royal Show and Warwickshire Young Farmers
Look out for us at the Royal Show this year. We’re also sponsoring a Warwickshire Young Farmers knees up on the Sunday and Tuesday night by providing them with t-shirts.