Ravishing radishes

Just a little update on the shovels side of my blog...
Currently we're throwing just about every type of seed going at the ground in the hope that something will thrive and this ingenious technique is giving us a heady mix of success and heartache.
First the lows - Outdoor tomatoes...keeled over almost as soon as they looked at the ground.
Dwarf French beans...I gave these the benefit of the doubt and remained ever optimistic for a few weeks, ungrateful things went and died on me!!

Now for the highs - Firstly my darling daughter seems to have green fingers!! Her haphazard 'planting' has lead to pea plants which are stronger than those we put in as seedlings.
Secondly, despite a few loses, the cabbages, sprouts and broccoli are coming along beautifully.
And finally the piece de resistance....I am very very proud to announce.....we have actually had some produce from the allotment...the radishes came into ruby red victorious fruition!!!!!!
I have to confess to doing a little celebratory boogie I was so very excited! In fact so excited I made my darling children lovingly pluck them from the earth with me though Madam was less than impressed!
So here, of course, is the photographic evidence....

Another Whoopie adventure!

I've been so inspired by the cult of Whoopie that I've been carrying out my own experiments in an attempt to create 'the ultimate'. As the Whoopie is an American creation I thought I'd run with that theme and combine Whoopie with peanut butter.

To do this I took my regular Whoopie recipe, omitted the cocoa and replaced about 1/3rd of the butter with peanut butter. The result, though they look 'right' were just a little too dry. Whether this was down to cooking or lack of wet ingredients I'm not quite sure.
Also the glaze though it had the right consistency and 'look' lacked a slight tartness. I think, if I were to attempt these again I would replace my chocolate filling with a creme fraiche based one in order to add a zing and reduce the sweetness.

I've also considered changing the elements around - perhaps a chocolate Whoppie with peanut filling? Peanut with a chocolate glaze? Ahh...so many experiments still to be done!!