Thursday 5 February 2015

Hello and welcome back
Today's blog features 
Retro sweet
Find out more here
Retro sweets have always been there
We've all enjoyed a sweet that takes us back to
childhood.
Personally when I was a child had a few great sweetshops I went to.
We had a local one in my town where 
strawberry laces hung and there was a wooden 
tray all boxed off for penny sweets.
Way to many that I can't remember them all.

Then my friends dad had a shop where he had paper thin sugary sheets for half a pence.

The best shop though was at the top
of my nanas street.
Nana would give me some money and I'd go down
by myself to get sweets.
I was a tiny child so everything was big 
everything was exciting.
I remember looking up and seeing a lady who'd got all the sweets any child wanted.
I'd take them home and lay them on the kitchen island and nana would get me a bowl 
I'd sit there for hours enjoying those sweets

Let me tell you more 
about Retro sweet
Their products and variety
Retro sweet offers a wide selection 
from 
Pick your own sweet jar
You can also personalise the jar with 
a name also
Retro sweet hampers 
A great idea if it's not just for one person
Great for parties charity auctions 
childrens parties and so much more
This is the 

Sweet boxes
sweet boxes are FULLY PERSONALISED making them the perfect, personal gift.  Each of them packed with a different assortment of retro sweets, old fashioned sweets or chocolate.
This lovely example actually i've never seen sweets presented like 
so I am very excited to share this image with you.
This is the 
Find out more here

Sweet bags
All of our Retro Sweets and Old Fashioned, Traditional Sweets are available in retro pink and blue candy stripe bags for a really nostalgic trip down memory lane. Its just like popping to the local sweet shop like you did when you were a kid but delivered to your door!
Sweet bouquets
&
Chocolates
As much as we love retro sweets,  we also have a real passion for Chocolate and want to bring you a range of exciting and unique products using the finest ingredients we can source.
Our range of chocolates are sourced from around the UK using the finest cocoa and are mainly fair trade and UK produced. From scrumptious chocolate truffles to decadent flavoured bars using real orange peel and ginger! As with all of our products we try to personalise as much as we can so you have a great selection to buy for yourself or as a wonderful gift!
The site offers so much more
You can shop from home 
It's a what what of your fantasy sweets
Mixed up and brought to you unique style. 

Last but not least
Candy Cans
Look no further for all the great choices 
That you can share with others
Have on your own and just simply take you right back with total pleasure.

Sunday 1 February 2015

Good morning 
Welcome back to Sundays blog
Today I feature a key product
Toas-tite
It's an all American made product

It's ideal for festivals home and the bbq
Described as
Made of Die Cast Aluminum, with Steel Rods and Hardwood Handles
 Packaged in Retro Box with Reprints of 1949
If you'd like to interact with Toas-tite
here are their link
Facebook Toas-Tite
Also their website to order 
If you are in the Uk and would like to order
Here is the Uk stockist

When you recieve the Toas-tite
there are booklets on how to prepare 
yours for the first time and a
a recipe booklet too
Of course I wanted to make my own
creations.
I wanted to make something Asian inspired for the
sweet side with a Yorkshire twist
Brackenhill is a fine foods product
and highly thought of with the Yorkshire foodies.
You'll see it stocked in the best deli's 
Here is the website to find it and other produce yourself

I mixed a Yorkshire lemon curd with lime zest
thinly sliced the kiwi and halved a few lychee
Those who have no eaten or know what
lychee is it is a light fruit and a sweet zesty fresh flavour.
Although the texture when you feel it in your hands may seem odd it is a fruit worth trying


I spread the Yorkshire curd with the lime zest
The added the kiwi with lychee


Placed it on the already hot Toas-tit that had been on the gas
(making sure to heat both sides and then rub with olive oil on the inside making sure you go into all the nooks)

Place the bread on and pull down the lid.
Then cut off any excess 
Make sure you do not have your gas on a high temp and turn it.
Once it as started to cook you can open it to see
how it's doing the better you grease the
Toas-tite the more wonderful it looks

I found the cheapest white bread was a great
choice it cooked quick did not burn easy and was light.The filling will cook to perfection
the bread will be crisp and easy to remove.
The result of this sweet dish was a light handheld 
zesty melt in the mouth delight.
I covered it in icing sugar to add that extra sweetness

I wanted to include a savory option also
Bresaola avocdo plum tomato and peppercorn cream cheese
Two slices of the bresaola three slices of avocado and three slices of the plum tomato the cream cheese balls and
some cracked black pepper ontop

I spread the cream cheese on the bottom on one of the slices of bread and then added a 
slice of the meat on top of all the filling

If your thinking avocado may be odd 
hot think again it's like all that good about food
A hot fresh good for you food
that melts like butter when you eat it hot and ripe

It takes maybe three of four minutes too cook
the most important thing is do not turn the heat up too high and turn it over.
The result was a beautifully sublime 
hot avocado creamy tomato cured meat treat