It was a lovely, sunny day, and the hall we were in was packed - I had agreed to bake bread, using local wheat, an electric mill to make the flour, and a small oven to bake the bread. Lots and lots of people were interested in the grinder, what kind of bread I was baking (in Ireland most bread is soda bread, but I was using dried yeast).
There were plenty of other things going on - other people from my course were using a butter churn to make butter, there was a pumpking carving competition, fancy dress (dress up as a vegetable...), a couple of beekeepers, jam and chutney swapping, a food mountain that was auctioned off, plus live music, venison stew, the possibility to sign up for an allotment locally... wow!I think they took about €900 before expenses, and everyone had fun taking part too. What better way to spend a Sunday?!
is that a rhetorical question? :)
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