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Spice-cream

After you’ve used all the stem ginger in a jar, mix the syrup in a half-litre of vanilla ice-cream to make ginger ice-cream. My great-grandchildren love it.

Egg-ceptional!

To make the perfect poached egg, boil a pan of water, line a ramekin dish with clingfilm, oil it lightly, break egg into it. Then screw the top of the film together and drop into the pan and cook for as long as you want, depending on how firm you want it. My chef nephew says this will always produce a perfect result.

Mrs R.W.

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