But the recipes that have not changed are the basic methods of preserving, so we thought we would try 'Preserving Cranberries' from the 1842 'Receipt' book. After translating 'gill' and 'pound' measurements, the proportions are equal weights of cranberries to sugar, with 142ml of water per 450gr of sugar used. We used 300gr of cranberries and sugar with 100ml of water. Its a very simple and quick recipe, firstly wash your cranberries, then gently dissolve the sugar and water in a pan on a low heat. Then add your cranberries to the pan and boil them slowly, stirring regularly for about 15 mins or as the book says 'until they are quite soft and of a fine colour'. Pour warm into your hot sterilised jars and leave to cool. The result is a beautiful rich red preserve which is perfect for your Christmas dinner or just with some nice bread and butter!
Our natural Kitchen candle jars are traditional preserving jars and are easy to clean after use. Our 300gr measurements filled our large and medium jar sizes. The perfect winter preserving recipe!
If you would like to learn more about preserving techniques and for recipe inspiration, take a look at the wonderful Newton & Pott and become a modern preserver.
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We've had a wonderful year and were honoured to be listed in Elle Decorations directory of best online shops. Also incredibly happy to be featured in three amazing new cook books: 'Symmetry Breakfast', 'Spoon Cookbook' and 'Ferment, Pickle, Dry'.
To celebrate; everyone who places an order in November will automatically have the chance to win one of the books, with THREE winners picked at random in early December. If you have a cook book preference, please make a note when placing your online order.
*Discount offer expires 20th November at midnight. Happy Shopping!
]]>We came upon A Quiet Style on Instagram where Emma shares beautiful images of her daily life in Brighton with her family. We love Emma's autumnal shots styled with our Slow Brew Mug, Handmade Reusable Linen Filter and Tea Towel. Perfectly capturing those precious quiet moments and appreciating the everyday rituals.
A big thank you to Emma for her kind words and support of Minor Goods and small independent brands! Photographs from A Quiet Style on Instagram.
]]>We first came across Aimee this time last year whilst searching the internet for a Coconut Treacle Toffee recipe, which by the way is amazing! It's made only with coconut ingredients but in fact tastes just like treacle toffee! Another perfect recipe for this time of year.
Wallflower Kitchen creates amazing vegan recipes, whether you are a vegan or not, and just food lovers like ourselves then we highly recommend taking a look at Aimee's blog for inspiration.
]]>Edd has a fantastic You tube channel 'The Boy who Bakes' with handy baking tips, and delicious recipes. The one that caught our attention is his The best banana bread as we are always on the look out for banana based recipes (slightly hooked on bananas). Edd also has helpful instructions on how to quickly ripen bananas so you never have to wait to make banana bread! If you're as bananas about bananas as we are, then take a look, happy baking!
]]>September has been an exciting press month for minor goods, a huge thank you to Gina from Fable Media who manages all our PR.
ELLE DECORATION - OCTOBER ISSUE
We were incredibly honoured to be listed in Elle Decorations 'Top of the online shops' feature in their October issue, alongside other amazing brands! They listed our beautiful handcrafted oak boards as their 'hot buy'. Our wood boards are handmade in Scotland by the talented Object Company, exclusively for minor goods. We are also listed in their online feature 'The 23 best online homeware shops'. Thank you Elle Decoration you made our year!
TELEGRAPH MAGAZINE - THE INTERIORS ISSUE 24th SEPTEMBER
Thank you to The Telegraph magazine for featuring our plane wood utensil set in 'The Interiors Issue'. All about 'cool neutrals and natural wood'. This blends perfectly with our latest minor goods shoot, mixing pale natural woods with matt grey and white ceramics for a simple pared-down look.
Take a look at our New in products.
HOME SHOPPING SPY - SEPTEMBER HOTLIST
Great to see our new little cups listed in Home Shopping Spy's 'September Hotlist'. Thank you Michela (Ideal Home's Style Editor) for the lovely feature! This is one of our favourite shots from the latest photo shoot. We work with the very talented duo; stylist Clare Piper and photographer Luke J Albert who share our love of the 'less is more' aesthetic and good food!
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We used classic jam recipes from our friends fifties preserving book. There are no pictures and the recipes tend to be short but it gives you all the basic instructions for making a good jam. Our favourite is the blackberry jelly which is a beautiful deep colour and is perfectly smooth. To mix it up a bit we also made a batch of red plum and yellow plum jam, luckily it was a windy day so we could easily pick up all the fallen ripe plums. We also made a plum tarte, which was incredibly easy and delicious (especially simple when you use frozen puff pastry). It was a plum themed weekend!
We used our all purpose spoon and vintage beaker for jam making and our stoneware bowl and plate for fruit prepping.
Thanks to Kate Sherman and her family for a fun weekend of fruit picking and jam making. They will be making the most of the ripe fruits over the next few weeks to batch make their yearly supply of jam!
If you would like to learn more about preserving techniques our lovely friend Kylee from Newton & Pott is running four different masterclasses throughout September in London. Take a look at Newton & Pott and become a modern preserver.
]]>Littlegreenshed is a lifestyle & travel blog written by Lou Archell, a writer, photographer and mum-of-two. Littlegreenshed features; travel & adventure both near and far, botanical inspiration and practical advice on simple living. Take a look at Lou's inspiring lifestyle blog Littlegreenshed.
]]>Tomorrow is our last pop up at Druid Street Market and we will be there with our new minor goods alongside our best selling stoneware ceramics. Looks like it will be a sunny Saturday, pop by and say hi. Happy weekend all!
We are very excited to see our new season minor goods featured on Heart Home today! Heart Home is a daily blog celebrating all that is unique and good about interior decor and lifestyle. Championing independent designers and inspiring readers to create their own inspirational homes. We are honoured to be featured on their wonderful blog.
]]>Their Spring Summer 2016 edition is full of inspiration for the modern home, for makers and creators. We particular like their 'Three ways with Beetroot' article, baking, making and dyeing. Miniature Beetroot loaf cakes are now on our 'to make' list!
Tomorrow is our last pop up at Druid Street Market for a while, we will be there with our denim collection alongside our best selling stoneware ceramics. The forecast is looking bright so if you're in the area, pop by and say hi. Happy weekend all!
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1) Our stoneware is featured in the May issue of Elle Decoration, in their article 'Working Lunch'.
2) Our selvedge denim bag is featured in the May issue of The Simple Things magazine, in their 'Things to want and wish for'.
3) Our dark blue divided plate is featured in the April issue of Olive magazine.
4) Our dark blue stoneware bowl is featured in the April issue of Grand Designs magazine.
5) Our dark blue divided plate is featured in the Guardian magazine (9th April) and online in 'The homes edit: blush pink and iridescence - spring's two hottest trends'.
6) Our stoneware everyday bowls are featured in the May issue of Delicious Magazine, titled 'Smitten with Stone'.
Due to the amazing recent press features we are out of stock on some of our stoneware styles and colours. More stock will be available in the middle of June. Subscribe to our newsletter and always be the first to hear about what is happening on stock updates and new product launches!
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Wishing everyone a wonderful bank holiday weekend!
]]>For a weekend sweet treat, we are very happy that our favourite ice cream sandwich makers will be there Blue Top Ice cream, they are best!! Hopefully see you there!
We will be popping up there once a month. To find out more follow us on:
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They make a great addition to your easter table, perfect with our plywood egg cups and handmade cotton placemat for a simple inspired display.
The weather was beautiful at the weekend, so we enjoyed an early easter egg hunt, of course with a little after egg hunt co-ordinating into our handmade cotton bowls.
Lastly meet Lady Di, one of our friends chickens, who lays the little brown eggs. She has lovely coiffured feathers, roaming around the garden like she has just stepped out of the salon! Thank you to our dear friend Kate Sherman, her children and chickens for supplying the eggs and helping with the dyeing!
Not long now until Easter, so there's still time to have a go at natural egg dyeing, enjoy!
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Twitter @Minor_Goods
Our breakfast themed prize includes:
*Two of our new green blue everyday bowls
*One of our two tablespoon measuring scoops
*One box of Spoon Cereals Cinnamon & Pecan granola
*One box of Spoon Cereals Peanut & Apple granola
The perfect simple breakfast set! (Total RRP prize worth £60)
The competition has now closed and a lucky winner has been picked at random (last entry date was midnight on Tuesday 9th February 2016).
Thank you to everyone that entered!
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To celebrate the launch of our new stoneware we will be announcing an exciting competition soon, which will include two of our stoneware everyday bowls and special treats from Spoon Cereals for a breakfast themed giveaway!
To find out more follow us on:
Instagram @minorgoods
Twitter @Minor_Goods
We worked with the very talented stylist Clare Piper and photographer Luke J Albert on our new season shots, Its always a pleasure working with lovely, creative people that share the same aesthetics (& a love of good food!). Also a huge thank you to Fable Media for their collaboration and invaluable behind the scenes work!
]]>To see Tiffany's selection of her favourite minor goods, take a look at her inspiring interiors blog Curate and Display.
]]>Our Kitchen candles are now back in stock after the huge pre-christmas demand. But our vintage mug is sold out and sadly there is no more stock available, but we will be sourcing more vintage products this year. Happy new year all!
]]>We have curated some lovely gift set ideas, perfect for foodies. They are simply wrapped and presented in a kraft gift box. We are happy to make bespoke gift boxes or if you need some gift advice, please email us on info@minorgoods.com
]]>Our simple wooden utensils are made in Portugal by a family run factory consisting of fifteen family members (fourteen brothers and their mother) and are hand finished and protected with our natural wood butter to highlight the beautiful wood markings.
]]>We are very excited to team up with Kylee to celebrate the launch of our new natural kitchen candles for a preserving themed competition. Our candles are wonderful blend of herbs, spices and citrus scents, complimenting your kitchen whilst you preserve and cook. Hand poured into traditional preserving jars, you can reuse for your homemade jams and chutneys.
The preserving themed prize includes:
*All three scents of our new kitchen candles (medium size)
*Our wooden stirring spoon (& wood butter sample)
*Our vintage plate
*A signed copy of The Modern Preserver by Kylee Newton
*A personal gift from Zoe, the creator of minor goods, a boxed vintage set of six teaspoons
Beautiful essentials for the modern preserver! (Total RRP prize worth over £100!)
Good luck!
We will be announcing another exciting competition next week, which will include a full set of our medium candle scents (and a surprise prize).
To find out more follow us on:
Instagram @minorgoods
Twitter @Minor_Goods
We would like to say a huge thank you to Yeshen and Fable Media for their collaboration on our beautiful new photography, it was such a fun and inspiring shoot. Also a massive thank you to Ben Mounsey for all our minor goods branding! Its a pleasure working with such talented, creative people!
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Bottom photograph from our recent photo shoot with the brilliant Yeshen. Our minimal halloween shot!
]]>We met some incredibly talented people, who all have such passion for their specialist product areas, and there are new exciting things in development, to be launched later this year...
Happy weekend all!
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