Saturday in County Cork

On Saturday we went to the farmers market in Midleton (yep, it's spelled with one 'd'), just about 10 minutes away from Ballycotton.







Mushroom grower


smoked fish





We went to the Jameson's factory. Here it's pronounced "Jam - ih - son".








I didn't buy this, but I bought some other things.....
Then we went to lunch at the cooking school, They were making pizzas. It was the first time I had had pizza with nasturtiums or peas.



We saw the Ballymaloe Hotel and Pam took us on an hour walking tour of the grounds at the cooking school.  The school and the hotel are not at the same place.
The hotel:











At the school:
They're growing mushrooms here, too.


Prep area between two of the teaching kitchens


kitchen


Le palais de poulets (a home for wayward chicks with attitudes)


One herb garden


Another


The pond and the wildlife


the cutting garden


heading for the glass house


It's an entire acre! And there's a tractor inside.


The Dairy


Pam turns her very own cheese.


Back to Rocket House.


The day was blissful.
Pam made an outstanding didnner, and Pauline treated us with Irish coffees for a nightcap.






and then serenaded us with excerpts from "Camelot".

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