Guinea fowl and duck gizzards
The last day here in France is nearly over, we head home tomorrow and for once the weather gods were kind to us, the sun made a welcome return after days of rain. We...
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Fresh chicken for breakfast
The visitors have all left and life resumes its normal peaceful pace for Susie-Belle. Although as I write this, she’s being pestered into joining in a beard pulling, face chewing frantic five minutes by...
New Year’s Eve menu
Renae wasn’t very impressed by her first taste of frogs legs, Susie-Belle on the other hand made short work of hers first and then finished what Renae abandoned. She definitely has taste our foodie-Susie....
Mademoiselle Susie-Belle’s arrived in her spiritual home
Susie-Belle’s currently spending 10 days in the home of gastronomy – la belle France. Not just any old corner of France either, but one of the regions most renowned for its cuisine, Perigord, or...
SusieB gets a tidy-up
Much as we love the scruffy au-naturel look of schanuzers left to grow freely, Susie-Belle’s coat has got a little out of control and she’s yet to have a groom since being with us apart...
Fragrance of a different kind today
The house didn’t smell quite so delicious earlier – Susie-Belle was treated to a fruit and veg smoothie comprising small amounts of:pineappleapplefrozen mixed vegetablesfresh fennel topstiny piece of root ginger1/2 a clove of garlic...
Cheese straw anyone?
The house smells good, mince-pies for us and cheese straws for the girls have been baking all afternoon. We keep these as special bed-time treats and the pleasure on their faces when they come in from...
It’s tropical today
As the weather’s so gloomy, cold and wet here today, I’ve made one of Susie-Belle’s favourites for supper later – my version of a tropical fruit smoothie. The base is papaya and pineapple which both contain...
Like it Mr Twain
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man”. – Mark Twain. How apt for our...
The build-up to Christmas begins
Susie-Belle has had without doubt the most delicious week of her life. From Friday last to today, she was served up such an exciting range of flavours and textures that she visibly went up several notches...