So it's official although has long been suspected. Food cooked with love tastes better. An article in The Telegraph today reads 'Mother's cooking really does taste better simply because it is made with love and care, according to psychologists. They also found that a nurse's care can ease pain because the 'loving intentions' of others influence our physical experiences. "The results confirm that good intentions - even misguided ones - can soothe pain, increase pleasure and make things taste better," the University of Maryland found. The study is published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. Although I guess it really depends on who your mother is. On a kichen note today I made hokey pokey to give to the man who left freshly laid eggs on the doorstep this morning. This time I tried Loraine Pascale's version which decadently includes butter. Here goes: 80g butter, 160g sugar, 80g golden syrup heated in a pan gently until sugar dissolved then boiled for 5 mins. Add 2tsps bicarbonate of soda and pour bubbling golden and delicious onto a greased tray! Perfect. Crisp and not as sticky as the Edmonds recipe. I think the butter makes them better. Of the remnants I whizzed them in a food processor as suggested and we sprinkled them over vanilla ice cream for dessert ymmmm! In future I shall either whizz less or pound in a pestle to give larger crumbs this time I was almost left with brown sugar consistancy.
Magic is something you make!
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