Fruity Leathers-I had forgotten about these until I saw Aylestone allotmenteers giving away samples at the Leicester Botanic Gardens open day. I think leathers originate in America, when a surplus of fruit and a shortage of sugar led to fruit leathers, cheeses and butters. I have had great success with damson cheese, less so with apple butter. M has leathers in the oven now. Leathers reamin liqiud and the kitchen smells of burn. I fear and smell failure.
Julian Barnes was born in Coalville. His essay-" My life as a bibliophile"- in last Saturdays Guardian-was a real treat ." When you read a great book,you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape-into different countries, mores, speech patterns-but what you are essentially doing is furthering your understanding of lifes subtelties, paradoxes, joys, pains and truths.. Reading and life are not separate, but symbiotic." And he wrote Arthur and George .So thank you Coalville
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