Friday, 24 April 2009

Aga saga

We have a gorgeous kitchen in our new home. It has a tiled floor, with cream back-splash tiles with tiny painted flowers here and there (think Cath Kidstone meets Laura Ashley) The units are handmade in cream wood with a bottle green worktop. It has a large battered old wooden table with plenty of room for guests to loll around and admire the view over a glass of vino, across the terrace and garden to the hills beyond. It also has a larder cupboard and two utility rooms (oh the storage!) that are each bigger than my last kitchen in our old house...Basically I am a very lucky girl.

When is comes to cooking, we have a lovely cream aga in the kitchen, its an old beast, but I'm looking forward to learning to love my aga. The only problem it needs a new wick, and we haven't got any oil...But once these two little problems are resolved, I shall be cooking.

Oh, and we also don't have a fridge or freezer, (or dishwasher or washing machine) right now, so life is very simple, very turn of the century.
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  1. Neil Hughes24 April 2009 at 12:47

    To say I am jealous of your rural idyll is a slight understatement... Beats being on the broken down train at Putney on a Friday morning anyday. Of all the stations it had to be Putney. I have a unexplainable dislike for Putney station.

    Anyway, I love the blog. And the new house sounds brilliant. Elise will be very jealous of your aga. We used to have a cream one at the farm. Dad bought a new green one, and my step-mum went on aga cooking lessons! I'm sure they do them in Devon too.

    Say hi to Tom, and the little one. All the best

    Neil

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  2. Abi (Adventures in Cake)13 May 2009 at 22:23

    Thanks Neil, it is lush here, country life is the way to go! who'da thunk it eh? come visit us anytime x

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  3. cottage garden farmer10 February 2010 at 11:32

    Good luck with the Aga, I've used one for over ten years now and wouldn't be without it, even though it takes a bit of getting used to.

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  4. Abi (Adventures in Cake)18 February 2010 at 22:29

    thanks cottage garden farmer. i do love my aga, but now that my prince have arrived Im sad to say the aga has been relegated to drying washing, and cooking scrambled eggs!

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