greengages

We headed out on our bikes to neighbouring villages, past deep rustling woods, fountains and castles and ancient churches; we went to school in the little village school across the road where they still had ink bottles and slates; we found eighteenth-century books on the rubbish tip and picked cherries and apricots and greengages and figs in our own parkland.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » At home in the past 2010

Despite the fact they herald the winding-down of the plum season, greengages are something I look forward to all year.

Nigel Slater's mushrooms with quinoa and chard, and baked greengages recipes 2010

BAKED GREENGAGES WITH SUGARED ALMONDSA recipe for all of you who have late plums and greengages to use up.

Nigel Slater's mushrooms with quinoa and chard, and baked greengages recipes 2010

Gages, greengages, raspberries and gooseberry on a mossy bank

Oliver Clare Hermes 2009

Place the halved greengages on the pastry and cover with the rest of the ingredients mixed.

Warming recipes for early autumn Jes 2009

There were ripe plums and greengages as well to eat, so it was a good tea.

Archive 2008-08-01 Tarie 2008

“We call it plum duff,” Mr. Treadgill confided to Mary, “but what makes it special is that it contains not merely plums, but also greengages, as well as medlars.”

The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

“We call it plum duff,” Mr. Treadgill confided to Mary, “but what makes it special is that it contains not merely plums, but also greengages, as well as medlars.”

The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

There are going to be be italian prune plums, like the big, overgrown tree behind my childhood home, damsons and also mirabelles, greengages and Nancy plums.

Jamming Lindy 2008

There were ripe plums and greengages as well to eat, so it was a good tea.

Tastespotting in Children's Literature? :o) Tarie 2008