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The Underground Farmers & Craft market in pictures

March 29, 2010 34 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized


Cocktails in the bedroom on the ironing board

Rachel McCormack, evil door pixie, being filmed by BBC Moneywatch crew. She even tried to make my neighbours pay to get in the house! Her: it’s a fiver to get in. Neighbour: But I live here! Her: Oh allright then.

Crowded bedroom (pic: Gavin Rodgers)

Little Miss Delicious and her jewellery

Cupcakes on the bed…Afternoon Tea at 410

Margaret Rodgers paintings in the bedroom (pic: Alissia Durbridge)

Crumbelina’s cakes on the mantlepiece

Suki & me’s sweet stuff

The Laundry

Belgian Waffling, a picture in black and white

and her witty Tourette’s biscuits…

Supperclub hostess White Room supperclub…fantastic cheesecake

The crowded demo’s in the kitchen: Porridge Lady (pic:Gavin Rodgers)

Porridge lady in the kitchen (pic: Gavin Rodgers)

A porridge love-in, everybody tasting, the bowl being passed around.

Mama Lan’s glowing wok

Supperclub hostesses Mama Lan and Baby Lan

Mama Lan getting to grips with the Aga. She gave a demonstration of freshly made chinese dumplings which everybody shared. I did a foccaccia demo, but don’t have pix of myself doing it…so if anybody has some…
Making fresh halloumi

@handyface prepping the halloumi…it was delicious, will write more on this. He made it over the course of the day, then we tasted.
Astrologer and writer Neil Spencer talking about the links between astrology and food, holding a copy of Culpepper. There were alot of Librans in the room, who, when they go to a restaurant, are more concerned about how it looks, the table settings, the plating than the food. He ran through the charts of some of the top chefs: Gordon Ramsay, a fiery Scorpio; Jamie Oliver: an adaptable Gemini, with great communication skills.
My own underground muesli for sale

Supperclub hostesses Carla & Lesley of The Secret Gardens, very popular empanadas in the pantry

Balcony: It’s alive! Carolyn and Laura, ex Pogo, home made sauerkraut and kimchi. Fermented food is very good for you.

Supperclub hostess Lexeats with her specially made 50s fabric napkins (pic: Alissia Durbridge)

Crowds (pic: Alissia Durbridge)

A good review (pic: Alissia Durbridge)

Samphire farm shop (“pig in a box lady”) came down from Norfolk to sell their pies…and had to leave early to get back for ‘lambing’.

House of Chutney. Met these former supperclub hostesses at a Euroburners event (the European branch of Burning Man attendees)

James of Dose coffee. Don’t say ‘expresso’ to him, he’ll snap. It’s ‘espresso’.
Terence McSweeney showing how to make a basketry fish

Supperclub The Shed in the shed. Wouldn’t want her out of her comfort zone, would we? Cocktails out of a teapot.

The Shed’s mum, those dolls are toilet roll holders! She made my teen have one!

Marcia Vidal’s jewellery in the shed

Isis imaginings in the shed, demonstrating how to make cards…

Little girl wearing Little Miss Delicious’ doughnut hair clip

The obligatory burnt Aga offering, something I left in after my demo

Bar in the bathtub
A nice little present was left by my bedside at the end. I ate the cupcakes in bed!
200 people and 38 stalls. People came from Leeds, Norfolk, Warsaw, Wales. The sun shone. I learnt to put up a gazebo. There was a bonfire. The demonstrations went brilliantly, people crowding around to taste, to learn, to listen. I did my first live cooking demo. Stallholders made friends. We met people from twitter in real life. Lots of food was scoffed. My brother got really drunk. A BBC crew spent hours filming. Giddy with triumph, I ended up talking complete bollocks about my plans to take over the planet...”me for prime minister” I think I said, propped up by the Aga. I think it will be screened in July.
More pictures to come…(but many of mine didn’t come out…too darn rushed off my feet)
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The Evening Standard
Scarlett Heavenly Healer
BelgianWaffling
Crumbelina
A forkful of spaghetti
The laundry
Kaveyeats
Moelfaban supperclub
Treehugger.com
Mama Lan supperclub
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  1. Anonymous

    March 29, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    Brilliant, wish I could have been there. Who's the cute mixologist? 😉

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  2. littlemissdelicious

    March 29, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    Everything looked so amazing!

    Would you mind if I post a few of these pics on my facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/littlemissdelicious)?

    Obviously I'll credit you in each of them 🙂 x

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  3. MsMarmitelover

    March 29, 2010 at 9:51 pm

    Yeah everybody was asking that …
    lmd: sure…credit and copyright msmarmite

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  4. rockmother

    March 29, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    Wow. Wow. WOW! xx

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  5. Sarah, Maison Cupcake

    March 29, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    Looks like a brilliant success, I was kicking myself when I realised I was away on this weekend as I definitely would have come over. Can't wait to see it on tv. When's the next one?!

    Reply
  6. Kavey

    March 29, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Did you happen to get any of me at my stall? No worries if not… Ta

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  7. bakelady59

    March 30, 2010 at 7:24 am

    This was well worth my trip down from Leeds. I met some lovely people, ate some delicious food,took home some delicious food.I enjoyed the demonstrations and made some new friends. A truly enjoyable day.

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  8. Jules

    March 30, 2010 at 7:48 am

    Looks like a fantastic day. When will it be on TV?

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  9. MsMarmitelover

    March 30, 2010 at 9:26 am

    Kavey: the one I took of you is one of the ones that didn't come out, must have pressed a button wrongly when running about….

    Reply
  10. The Curious Cat

    March 30, 2010 at 11:02 am

    It sounds like it was an absolute hit! So sorry to have missed it! I broke my foot recently so housebound somewhat! Sorely upset that I missed out! Hope you all did well from it! xxx

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  11. Kavey

    March 30, 2010 at 11:05 am

    No worries!

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  12. shayma

    March 30, 2010 at 11:24 am

    congratu-effin-lations! this is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. it looked like a gorgeous day- what a success. x shayma

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  13. BribedwithFood

    March 30, 2010 at 11:35 am

    It was a brilliant day – Thoroughly enjoyed the seeing the goods we spent so long preparing appreciated, meeting new people, discussing food stuffs, etc. etc.

    And WHAT an organiser!

    Once again, Ms Marmite Lover leaves us amazed with one of her events 🙂

    Reply
  14. mangocheeks

    March 30, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Wow. It looks like it was a Fantastic day. Very innovative. I love the whole idea, the atmosphere must have been wonderful.

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  15. mangocheeks

    March 30, 2010 at 11:38 am

    PS You should have delegated and got someone to play Photographer. nevertheless I'm impressed.

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  16. Scarlett the Heavenly Healer

    March 30, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Loved it! What a great day for all of us. I think I had the best spot in the house with constant sunshine for most of the afternoon.

    Thanks for being brilliant.
    X

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  17. Helena Lee

    March 30, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Congrats – this looks absolutely incredible. Can't wait to see on TV!

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  18. Anonymous

    March 30, 2010 at 11:52 am

    but they are not your pictures for you to take credit for, surely little miss delicious should be crediting Gavin, at least for the pictures.

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  19. MsMarmitelover

    March 30, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    Always a nasty one isn't there? I took the picture of little miss delicious…

    Reply
  20. TheFastestIndian

    March 30, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    All looks fab- well done you! And also when's it going to be on the telly then??

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  21. shooz

    March 30, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    I was there and it was FAB! I really hope you do it again sometime

    Reply
  22. Alison Cross

    March 30, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    What a fantastic idea! But I need to ask you – weren't you worried about stuff being nicked from your home?

    Ali X

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  23. Jenny

    March 30, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Looks like everyone had a brilliant day!

    Did the stallholders make money? There's so many barriers stopping people doing stuff like this, so it's good to see a bit of community spirit taking over rather than rules and regulations.

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  24. MsMarmitelover

    March 30, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    Alison: I think I'm immune to the whole concept of strangers being in my home. It's become a live museum, a site specific theatre. No I don't worry about it. I don't count the dvd's after the guests have gone. There's nothing to nick really. Unless you are a bit horrible and actually, you know what, most people are nice.
    Jenny: exactly…from stickittotheman productions…

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  25. Tamara

    March 30, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    Congratulations – looks like a fabulous time was had by everyone, what fun. I look forward to hearing more about the Haloumi.

    Reply
  26. Gloria

    March 30, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    Fab day to be part of. I've written about it on my blog

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  27. Understanding Alice

    March 30, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    I just came over from "a fork full of spaghetti" this looks so amazing – and it must have been such hard work… but I am inspired to do something in my own locality all the same!

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  28. aforkfulofspaghetti

    March 30, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    Brilliant day, Kerstin – such fun, and great to meet so many people. Thank you!

    More pics up on my blog: http://aforkfulofspaghetti.blogspot.com/2010/03/uks-first-underground-market.html

    Reply
  29. Anonymous

    March 30, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    wow it looks like it was a bad miss for me. Will be looking out for next one to sell my crafties.

    tinyinc

    http://www.tinyinc.o.uk

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  30. Denise, Moel Faban secret supper club

    March 31, 2010 at 11:13 am

    I have also blogged the day (www.moelfabansecretsupperclub.wordpress.com) which was a fantastic experience….and so will my teen (when she emerges from her bed!)xx

    Reply
  31. Mediterranean kiwi

    April 1, 2010 at 11:26 am

    thanks for a peek into your world – lovely to see so many crafty people joining up

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  32. Helen

    April 2, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    p.s love the fabric bunting – been eyeing some up myself recently.

    Reply
  33. Helen

    April 2, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    This is absolutely amazing. What a brilliant thing you all did. I wish I had been there. Bloody well done.

    Reply
  34. Anonymous

    September 12, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    Revolutionary! Keep on keepin' on an' on an' on!

    Reply

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Apple rose blossom tarts with rose jam. Rose Appl Apple rose blossom tarts with rose jam.  Rose Apple Blossom Tarts

Serves 8

Equipment: 
Microwave
Cupcake or muffin tin

I use a red-skinned apple to make these, to get a hint of blush at the edges of the ‘petals’.

Ingredients:
4 Pink Lady or Royal Gala apples, cored, cut into quarters, sliced thinly into half moons
1 lemon, squeezed
1 pack all butter readymade puff pastry 320g, on a roll, cut into 8 strips about 6 cms long
100g of melted butter
1/2 jar of rose jam
1 or 2 tbsp cinnamon or cardamom, ground 
Pinch maldon salt
2 or 3 tbsp icing sugar

Instructions

Prepare a bowl of acidulated water (cold water with lemon juice) to prevent browning.
Core the apples, and cut them in quarters. Slice thinly into half-moons (a mandolin is useful for this). 
Put them into a large bowl of cold water with the lemon.
Microwave the bowl of sliced apples for 5 minutes until soft enough to bend slightly but not cook them.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
Roll out the puff pastry. Divide into 8 sections by cutting the roll into quarters then halving each quarter. You will end up with 8 approximately 6cm strips.
Brush the strip with melted butter then paint with a layer of rose jam. You can then dust with either ground cinnamon or cardamom.
Lay the apple slices along the top of the pastry strip, overlapping them. Fold up the bottom half of the pastry strip to make an pleat with the skin side of the apple half moon poking over the top.
Roll up the folded pastry strips until they look like a rose made of apple at the top
Place ‘rose’ side up, in a buttered cupcake tin
Repeat until all are done and bake for 20 -30 minutes.
Using a tea strainer or small sieve, sprinkle with icing sugar.
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