Is it just a co-incidence that you post that recipe on election day?
Of slight interest, her husband, John, represented the constituency until 2015 when he presumably retired. He was replaced by Tom Tugendhat who is being mentioned as a possible candidate to become leader of the Conservative Party (he is on the left of the party) if the results for them today are as bad as polls suggest they might be.
I assume the True Blue in the book title means it was a publication of recipes from Tory members
Pure coincidence. I did not know who she was until your reply.
I follow 70s Dinner Party for fun. 70s Dinner Party leans left. 
There were some recipes from a previous Tory Canadian PM, the Leader of the Opposition and some other party leaders a while back. I get a kick out of those sorts of recipes, and finding out what PMs like.
Your current PM apparently named Sandwiches as his favourite food in a recent article. I didnât link to the article because naming Sandwiches as a favourite food is so vague. A politicianâs answer. Iâm not giving him any free clicks.
Possibly the only thing Rishi and I might agree on. I do love a nice, creative sandwich.
Not keen on Maxwell-Hyslopâs egg dish though - but it does sound very 1970s. Tiverton is another âone to watchâ constituency tonight. It has consistently elected Conservative MPs until a by-election in 2022 which was won by the Liberal Democrats. The sitting MP had resigned when he was caught watching pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber. Will the voters return to type or stick with the usurpers.
Esoteric kippers? Odd conversationalists and a little too âout thereâ for some. They definitely know their claret from their beaujolais.
Sorry, the recipe title has conjured up some very strange and esoteric images in my brain.
Ah, Richi Rich. Most definitely the darling of the âCommon Manâ. I wonder if heâs able to open doors on his own.
From Guernsey (the self-governing Channel Island)
Iâve never been to Guernsey, although Iâve been on holiday to Jersey (the largest of the Channel Islands) a couple of times over the years. Itâs interesting that somewhere with a population of only 64K might have distinct local dishes but then I suppose it is somewhat geographically isolated from Great Britain.
I think quite a few islands with smaller populations have distinct regional dishes. I donât know much about the regional island dishes in the British Isles, but itâs certainly the case with islands in the Mediterranean, as well as islands in the Indian Ocean.
The cuisine is also influenced by the people travelling past or through the islands, or occupying them.
More island cuisine.
Coquilles Ă la Man
âEating for Englandâ, Nigel Slater, 2007
You wanna know about the things we Brits eat? Youâre gonna want to read the book.
Iâve just re-read it and it was a joy. I bought the book when it came out in 2007 and enjoyed it then. Slater is my favourite food writer and I have all of his cookbooks. Eventually it found its way to the charity shop. Saw it in a second hand bookshop in Hay-on-Wye a few weeks back so bought another copy.
Slater is a handful of years younger than me, but only a handful, so we are very much of the same generation, haring a history of the changing nature of British food. No recipes in this one but a couple of paragraphs on loads of subject from rhubarb & custard, through Spangles, to roast dinners. Nor forgetting the Jammie Dodger. âWass he on about?â, I hear the foreigners say.
I think Iâve only had a Derbyshire oatcake once. As the article mentions, they are bigger and thicker than a Staffordshire oatcake but still not as thick as an American pancake.
Absolutely the best dessert spring has to offer (for those of us that donât have access to the lovely, forced stuff).
But, for those of us who do, at least one of the producers offers tours of the growing sheds. Itâs one of those things I remember now but then forget - so Iâve never done one. Maybe 2025, if I remember to book one in November
That would be a lovely tour. Thereâs a real romance to the growing and harvesting of rhubarb in the winter. A bit of magic, too. Lucky man.
Do you grow it then, jammy?
I only have a small garden, most of which is given over to growing ornamental plants. The only edibles I really have space for are herbs - and even there, they need to make a contribution to the ornamental aspects. One of these days I will make space for a rhubarb plant, even though they grow large but I reckon they could be decorative. I fancy the one called Timperley Early - for no other reason than Timperley (a suburb of Greater Manchester) is literally only a few minutes drive away.
