Following lunch at The Anchor in Diglis, a number of members visited the Diglis Island and Fish Pass. Fortunately the weather was kind to us as we took a walking guided tour around Diglis Island. It is a fascinating place to visit with lots of industrial heritage to both hear about and see. The tour finished with a visit to the Fish Pass at Diglis Weir. Built to help fish migrate and move upstream, this important project has helped endangered fish such as shad. Our guide was excellent in explaining how the fish pass works and entertained us whilst we waited for the elusive fish to show themselves at the viewing. A dace did eventually show itself so we could happily say we had seen a live fish at the Pass! It was a great afternoon and I am sure some of us will return to the Pass when the shad and salmon begin their migratory travels.
Delights indeed if you like a quiz or two. As promised in our earlier blog, the cheese anagrams and the cheese quiz. The questions will be on the first page and the answers on the second page of each document. Have fun!
As promised, here are our members’ favourite recipes with cheese, including of course, the winning entry Golden Topped Cod. Details for the home made halloumi are also attached (from Gerard Baker). Enjoy ….
Question: how do you approach an angry cheese? Caerphilly!!!
Now the cheesy joke is out the way, what about the meeting? Well it was full of all sorts of cheesy delights. First, we travelled around the UK with a cheese taste test trying to guess from which UK counties, various cheeses were from. This was followed with a cheese making demonstration of halloumi cheese, followed of course by a taste of this home-made halloumi (from a Blue Peter style, here’s one made earlier halloumi cheese) - delicious. As well as our taste buds, our brains were put to the test with a cheese quiz and some cheese anagrams. The President’s Challenge for this month was ‘Your favourite cheese based recipe’; the winner by popular vote was Golden Topped Cod. This recipe together with the other entries and the home made halloumi cheese will follow on a later blog, along with the cheesy quiz and anagrams. Overall it was a ‘Brie-lliant’ night….. |
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