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Celebrate the joy of Scotland's larder with recipes, reviews, tips and delicious ideas!

Helping you get the best from Scotland's wonderful natural larder with weekly recipes, reviews, tips and delicious ideas from some of Scotland's top chefs!

The Kitchen Café: 08/06/2011

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08/06/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kitchen Café, 08/06/2011

Food hygiene and fridge discipline, pick-your-own fruit and veg, and non-alcoholic drinks.

Food hygiene, fridge discipline, and good kitchen habits - how can we guard against falling ill? Plus pick-your-own fruit and vegetables and ideas for non-alcoholic summer drinks.

Food Hygiene & Fridge Discipline: With the recent e-coli food scares are we all becoming twitchy about buying salads? What can we do to prevent succumbing to illness ourselves? Is a quick rinse under the tap enough? Or should we be stricter about how long we keep foods, where we store them and how we handle them in the kitchen? 

Scottish Berries & Pick-Your-Own: With the Scottish berry season underway The Kitchen Café looks at the benefits of picking your own fruit and veg. What months are best, which fruits and veg can you pick yourself and where in Scotland can you go to do "pick-your-own"? Plus tips on what to do with it all when you get it home!

Kitchen Café Takeaway: Claire MacDonald makes strawberry and elderflower jelly with strawberries marinated in lemon and elderflower. Recipe available as a download.

Non-Alcoholic Summer Drinks: Ideas and inspiration for non-alcoholic summer drinks from smoothies to cordials, fruity cocktails to old-fashioned lemonade.

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