Seville and Malaga oranges come into the shops after Christmas and are around for 4-6 weeks.

Recipe for Deep Fried Sprats with Tartare Sauce or Garlic Mayonnaise.

Organic marmalade oranges: Contact Caitriona Daunt to buy her organic marmalade oranges on (086) 3623918 or visit her at her vegetable stall at the Midleton Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings or at Mahon Point Farmers Market on Thursday mornings.

Despite the fact that mutton is having a terrific revival in the UK, it is still very difficult to find mutton in Ireland, so use hogget instead (the name for more mature lamb between Christmas and Easter.)

Slow Food Limerick for Babies & Toddlers: Mothers and fathers mark your calendars; Slow Food for Babies will take place at the Hunt Museum on Sunday, February 1, at 3pm.

Recipe for Dark Chocolate Icing

Makes 12

Don’t shop when you are hungry — you will spend more…

East Cork Slow Food upcoming event.

For the past decade virtually every cookbook, food magazine and cookery article I picked up was concentrating on meals in minutes and assuring us we could whip up delicious food in a flash.