![]() But last Sunday was the day, just in time for the big meal. So this has been on my mind for years, and I can’t even tell you the amount of Maris Pipers I have gone through trying to find the perfect recipe. And one regret I have since her passing is that I never learned more of her culinary secrets. ![]() She was the master of the perfect crispy-on-the-outside yet fluffy-on-the-inside roast potato. You knew you would never leave her house hungry, and almost always fill your belly with seconds – as long as nobody else beat you to them! For my entire childhood, my granny would cook us the most incredible meals – macaroni cheese, shortbread, any kind of meat with all the trimmings… it was hard to ever beat what she served on her table. My granny was a cook in Strathconon Primary School in the tiny village west of Muir of Ord where my mum grew up. My eternal quest to conquer the crispy roastie. So the ham is taken care of, but the roast potatoes have been a whole other issue. I think it was Nigella Lawson who first introduced me to the concept of boiling a shank of ham in coke, and if you’ve never tried it before you have every right to be dubious, but it’s honestly amazing.Ĭoke, treacle and brown sugar – how can you go wrong? ![]() I’m not one to follow recipes, which is often my downfall, but there is one recipe that’s been tried and tested over the years: the Coca-Cola ham. I cook all our meals at home and try to make it interesting by keeping the favourites in rotation while adding in new “experimental meals”. But next week, I have two tasks: ham and potatoes. My mum and dad are having us over to their house on Christmas Day, as we do every year, but the torch has already been passed to me for next year. Sunday is my food shop/meal prep day, and I’m already dreaming of that huge festive meal on the 25th. ![]() We had one more Sunday before Christmas, ONE! ![]()
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