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Salmon Puff Parcels – serves 2

Ingredients

Salmon fillets (or other firm fish)

Sliced peppers

Jar of red pesto

Ready rolled puff pastry

Method

Unroll pastry sheet onto baking tray. Cut in half

Spread 1/2 jar of pesto onto one piece of pastry

Layer fish and peppers onto pesto

Dampen edge of bottom and place other half of pastry on top and crimp

Brush with egg wash and make tiny slits to release steam in top

Bake for approx 45 mins depending on your oven. (Fan 160 degrees)

Recipe by Jan

We recently visited Kresen Kernow in Redruth, a project that developed the old brewing house site with funding from the National Lottery Fund and Cornwall Council. The work was completed 2019. This site is now  home to the world’s biggest collection of library material relating to Cornwall.

Our guide for the morning was Tamsin Mallett, the Collections and Development Manager. After Tamsin’s introduction we toured the public spaces created in the original brewing house which now comprises learning rooms, exhibition spaces, reading rooms plus the library itself. They have certainly created a wonderful, modern, beautiful space retaining as much of the original architecture as possible.

We were then shown behind the scenes to a temperature controlled purpose-built secure strong room. Here we saw some of the 14 miles of shelving and a selection of the 1.5 million items they care for, spanning 850 years of history in the form of books, newspapers, manuscripts, photographs etc. We visited the digitisation and preservation suites where we met volunteers who were busy cleaning and caring for documents.

On our return to the public area Tamsin showed us manuscripts that she had researched for us relating to Crowlas and Ludgvan.

I think I can safely say that we all had a very interesting and enjoyable visit and are looking forward to a return visit to research more of our local history. (Rosie)

The Murley Hall was full for the October Monthly Meeting, with members, guests and prospective members all keen to hear the speaker Clare Hall from local solicitor firm CVC. Clare had come to talk in particular about wills, probate and Power of attorney. Whilst most members already had a will, few were aware of potential future problems that can be avoided by making and registering a Power of Attorney, and Clare explained the merits of different types of these too. With time afterwards for a chat, alongside tea and cake, it was both an informative and enjoyable evening. Next month’s meeting is on Monday 21st November, when there will be a Zoom demonstration of making Chocolate Christmas Trees.

Mary very kindly led this month’s walk around Penzance.  Despite the gloomy weather forecast the weather remained dry but blustery. We met at St John’s Hall and eventually finished at the Jubilee Pool for lunch. Mary pointed out the history of the beautiful old houses, churches, chapels, schools, shops and parks. Some of them we were able to go inside – well worth a visit. There is still lots to explore and we have decided to have another walk around next year.

Thank you Mary for a very interesting day. (Shirley)

Our Living Well subgroup met on Wednesday at Sainsburys Community Room for their latest informative get together. The theme this month was sleep. Kathy gave a really interesting talk full of fascinating facts about sleep.They included the importance of sleep for physical and mental well-being, what happens as we fall asleep and described the various cycles we go through as we sleep. Kathy also provided everyone with a handout to take away on tips to help you sleep. At the end of the meeting the group did some seated exercises and finished off with a relaxing visualisation meditation .

In this month’s crafting session members learned how to make traditional Dorset Buttons. These pretty handmade buttons are traditionally made with a process of thread winding and sewing, and have been made in the County of Dorset as long ago as the 1600’s. Ram’s horns were used as the original ring base, wrapped with linen yarns for higher quality clothing and locally produced wool yarn for a more basic button. In 2017 the Heritage Crafts Association included Button Making in their list of endangered heritage crafts.

This soup is a result of what was left in the vegetable drawer of my fridge one autumn day. My husband is not a great fan of soups but he gave this a thumbs up Good for chilly days. Enjoy ! (Karen)

Ingredients

Small pack of smoked bacon lardons (100g)

1 good knob of butter

A good sized leek

2 sticks of celery

1 large carrot

1/4 butternut squash

1 big handful of red split lentils

Method

Chop up the vegetables

Melt the butter in the pressure cooker.

Add the lardons and cook for about 2 minutes.

Add the vegetables to the pan and cook for about 5 minutes giving them an occasional stir.

Season with salt and pepper.

Add the lentils to the pan and then add enough water to cover the vegetables and a bit extra.

Pressure cook on high for 20 minutes then release pressure quickly.

Fourteen members of our Meet and Eat group (plus Wendie’s mum) met this week for a delicious lunch at The Cabin, Perranuthnoe. The recently extended eating area has some lovely views over the beach. The Cabin is also open on a Saturday evening as ‘The Tipsy Crab’, and comes highly recommended by some of our members.

 September’s walk was a circular walk from Carn Gloose following the coastal path and returning through Cot Valley. This photo was taken from the coast path looking out towards Cape Cornwall.

On a sunny afternoon members met up in Penlee Park, Penzance to take part in a Photo Treasure hunt with our Camera Club. With a route that took in gardens, parks, back streets and the Promenade, there were clues and photo hints to follow that eventually brought everyone back to the lovely Orangery cafe at Penlee House Museum for well-deserved tea and cake. The clues, some of them straightforward, some more cryptic encouraged a fresh look at a familiar area.