It's Autumn again - or early Spring.

Over the last few days, the temperature has started to climb again and the skies have cleared.  Today has been glorious, we woke up to blue skies and sunshine and a high of 15°.   Breakfast outside on the terrace followed by a bit of a spring clean for me....carpets out on the balcony, curtains washed.....  I know it's not spring but it's best to do  these things while the weather is spring-like.

We got the all-clear about the boar meat yesterday,  Antonio had been to the vet the previous day.  We de-ribbed the rack of ribs (there's probably a better butchers word for that)  and put them to marinade in red wine, a clove of  garlic for each rib, onions, rosemary, bay leaves and black pepper.  This morning I put  the slow cooker onto it's lowest setting and left them to cook.   There are wonderful smells wafting up from the kitchen this evening - but we aren't  going to  eat them yet,  just taste them, then freeze them for Xmas. 


If you should have both a slow cooker and a neighbour who gives you wild meat, then this book looks wonderful.   There are recipes for not only boar but venison, turkey, duck, goose, partridge, pheasant, rabbit  and even squirrel and bear!

If you click on the book title, you will find a link which enables you to browse the contents of the book - just in case you want to know more!