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Tim Harris tempts us with some Apple Day pancakes

Authored by Tim Harris
Posted: Wed, 10/24/2012 - 4:36pm

In my article about the Apple Day event at Quicke's the other day I mentioned the apple pancakes I made, but of course kept you all in suspense about how to make them. So now here is the recipe.

2 eggs 400 ml milk 250 g plain flour 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus more for cooking 2 teaspoons baking powder A pinch of salt 2 tablespoons caster sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon or allspice 3 medium sized cooking apples, peeled, cored and grated Icing sugar, maple syrup, golden syrup or whatever you'd like on your pancakes Mix all the ingredients, except the apples, to a batter the...

Devon's 'answer' to feeding ourselves and the world

Authored by Tim Harris
Posted: Thu, 10/18/2012 - 4:41pm

A Devon Food Conference heard a call today for a move to sustainable agriculture if we are to feed the world over the next decades.

Colin Tudge, world renowned author of 'Feeding the World is Easy' and the mover behind the Campaign for Real Farming ( http://www.campaignforrealfarming.org/ ) was speaking at a meeting organised by the Anglican Diocese of Exeter. He claimed that agriculture was the most important activity people undertake and holds the key to tackling many of our current problems, from obesity to diabetes to famines. Critical to this is for agriculture to be...

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