#GBBO 2018 — Biscuit Week — Bourbons

Bourbons   I am sure it won’t have escaped your attention that Great British Bake Off is back.  Still dividing opinion it would seem on whether it should be on Channel 4 or not, and how it isn’t the same with out Mary but it’s not about that for me.  It’s about watching bakers create things in a tent and discussing on Twitter who our instant favourite is, and who

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75 Reasons to love Thermomix, part 12: Jaffa cakes

I don’t even really like Jaffa cakes if I am honest.  Not since I worked for a VAT consultant in 1991 and the whole “for VAT purposes are they a cake or a biscuit?” debate kicked off (biscuits with chocolate on them are subject to VAT, cake is not and McVities claimed they were a cake.  HMRC were not convinced). And since then they have got smaller so I am

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