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Working the lathe

elaine — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:23:09 +0000

Working the lathe

Broad beans with honey & mustard dressing

elaine — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:53:33 +0000

From 100 great recipes – Farmers Market – Jacqueline Bellefontaine

700g broad beans
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, thinly sliced
2 tbsp lemon juice
2tsp clear honey
1tsp wholegrain mustard
Salt & freshly ground black pepper

1. Shell the broad beans. Cook the beans in a saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for 5-10 mins until just tender.
2. Heat a little of the oil in a small frying pan and gently sauté the onion until just beginning to soften.
3. Meanwhile, whisk together all the remaining ingredients with a fork until well combined. Stir into the pan and heat through.
4. Drain the broad beans and serve with the dressing drizzled over.

Any old wood?

elaine — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:32:46 +0000

John is always on the lookout for timber to top up his woodturning store – eg ash, yew, beech, oak.

If you’re cutting or clearing timber and have some to spare (branches that need cutting back for example) or trees that need topping/thinning he would be delighted to take some to dry and use for turning.

It’s a joy to see old offcut branches shaping up into candleholders, pens, salt cellars (really!) or even knife handles.

Contact John through the contact form or phone 087 2273299

Working with wood

elaine — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:53:36 +0000

John took up woodturning as a hobby over 15 years ago. Over the past decade time has been limited to spend on hobbies (two sets of twins and full time work as a carpenter…), so it is great to now have the opportunity to work on some of the timber that has been collected and well seasoned for turning.

Each timber has it’s own colour and character and every piece is individual – ash, beech, apple and yew are some of the woods used in his work. He is also producing a range of functional kitchen timberware – hardwood chopping boards from beech, pear and elm have been very popular at UL Farmer’s Market and he is working on other kitchen accessories for the coming season.

John will be demonstrating finishing work on his mini lathe at one of the markets at UL during the Spring. We will post info on the date when we have it.