DLCI 2024 Magazines - October
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT
Hello everyone
Well it appears that the colder weather has arrived a little prematurely this year as several early mornings have recorded the Lin Brrrrrr factor! I’m watching closely as my lemon tree which is loaded with winter lemons will have to be brought into the conservatory if the temperature drops much lower. We’re looking forward to them making my lemon cheesecake, my husband’s wonderful lemon drizzle and the odd G&T!
On to business – Firstly I would like to thank all the DLCI Ladies, who attended the AGM, for their support. You told us that you enjoyed the atmosphere and found it very relaxing to go and have lunch (without the necessity to drive anywhere) which gave you enough time to meet up with friends old and new. I must say the committee and I enjoyed it too – no cleaning up – and we were able to mix and chat with everyone at leisure. It was great!
We have added a button to the members webpage where you will find the results of the DLCI Events Survey from Dana, our Events Coordinator. The minutes of the AGM will also be available to view there soon.
We have a busy schedule ahead of us:
The DLCI GRAND QUIZ Wednesday 16th October (our first fundraiser following the AGM – thank you Pat and Basil Sansom and Dana Skelley for organising) at Salle de Fete in Creysse (if you have the Mairie on your right it is the first road off to your right at the red and white boulangerie/patisserie, take the road straight down to the river and the hall will be on your left hand side). The time is 6 – 9, there are charcuterie platters for each table and a bar will be open selling wine/soft drinks. It is always great fun so come along and join us. We will be holding a raffle so any donations of bottles or chocolates will be gratefully received.
LUNCH IN PÉRIGUEUX Wednesday November 20th at Le Café de la Place
Our first foray into Périgueux and as it’s the capital and prefecture of the Dordogne we think it’s high time. Thank you Dejana Subsol (organiser of the Périgueux Coffee mornings) for organising the lunch for us. This is a beautiful city and a UNESCO world heritage site so perhaps come and spend the day looking around and taking it all in. The delightful Lunch menu is available on the website as is the booking form.
DLCI CHRISTMAS FAIR Saturday 7th December at Chateau la Tilleraie
This will be a wonderful affair and is our second charity fundraiser held in the Chateau’s huge atrium, with 25 amazing stallholders (many of whom have 2 tables), festive lights and a massive Christmas tree. Thank you Sue Fairweather for organising. We will be there with scones, cakes, quiches, sausage rolls, coffee and tea from 10 – 3 and then there will be a champagne bar and canapes until 9. There will be an enormous raffle and festive cheer will abound! We will be asking for baked goodies nearer the time x
DLCI CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON Thursday 12th December at Chateau Les Merles
We are returning once more to the excellent Chateau les Merles, with great food, impeccable service, a huge log fire and candles - what’s not to love! A wonderful precursor to the festive season ahead, and a lovely, happy social event – thank you Teresa Tildesley for organising. The fabulous Lunch menu is available on the website as is the booking form.
Well, as you can see, we have a lot to look forward to so we can all start girding our loins for the festivities ahead!
Take care
Lin x
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Just a reminder - our Grand Quiz is being held on Wednesday October 16th - closing date is 11th October. DLCI Grand Quiz - click to book
Wednesday November 20th – Lunch at Le Café de la Place
7 Place Du Marché Au Bois, 24000 Périgueux
11.45 for 12.00 - please allow plenty of time
€30 per person - wine and coffee included
Members/Guests welcome
Please Click here to book
LUNCH MENU
Ceviche de poisson aux fruits rouges
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Salade de Quinoa aux légumes croquante
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Suprême de volaille basse température, sauce estragon et ses légumes oubliés
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Pavé de sandre a l’ail noir, pommes fourchette et petits légumes
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Suprême de pomelos miel et romain
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Coulant de chocolat blanc framboises
Thursday December 12th – Christmas Luncheon at Chateau les Merles
Tuilières, 24520 Mouleydier
11.30 for 12.00
€45 per person with a Méthode Traditionelle (sparkling wine) or soda, a glass of Château les Merles wine and a coffee
Members/Guests welcome
Please Click here to book
MENU
Croque-monsieur aux crevettes, crémeux de romanesco, salad de pickles.
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Tataki de canard, grains de sésame, pommes de terre dauphine, choux bruxelles sautés
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Madeleine aux agrumes, marmelade de citron, espuma fromage blanc
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Menu Végétarienne a déterminer plus tard
Saturday December 7th DLCI CHRISTMAS FAIR at Château La Tilleraie, Lieu-dit, Bergerac, 24100. 10.00am – 7.00pm (FUND RAISER)
Thursday January 23rd – Chinese New Year Lunch at Asia Royal, Creysse
February - Virtual Horse Racing game at Château la Tilleraie
March - Lunch at Bucket’s Auberge Inn, Montazeau
A WARM WELCOME TO ALL OUR NEW MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER
| Christine BRAJON | RIOCAUD | ||
| Lynne PEMBERTON | MONSAC |
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
Carelle Sherwood
Maggie Schoch
Anne Needham
Vyvyan Harris
Pat Godailler
Helen Glover
Orinta Guillliano
Maggie Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Daverman
Shirley Byrne
Lesley Alexander
GARDENING IN FRANCE
By CHRISTINE LEES
Bulb planting
A fairly easy way of adding colour to your garden in the spring is by planting spring flowering bulbs in the autumn. The optimum time for most bulb planting is September to October, with November being the best time to plant tulips to avoid diseases which thrive in warmer weather.
In practice I find I often plant all my bulbs in late October, November and even December, as I did last year with no noticeable ill effects. This is because the ground is usually too hard and dry to plant any earlier. The required planting depth for most bulbs is 3 x the depth of the bulb, in practice this is seldom possible in my garden for the same reason, the ground is solid clay from about 6 inches down. Planting with a long or short handled bulb planter makes life easier.
There is a huge variety of daffodils available and if you arrange your bulbs with smaller bulbs which flower at the same time , such as crocuses and grape hyacinths, you can make a lovely display with yellow, white, blue and purple flowers. These can be followed by tulips and alliums which flower later, in April and May here. There is a vast range of different colours of tulips, and alliums are mainly whites, blues and purples.
Smaller bulbs such as dwarf irises look lovely in pots and window boxes, although I must admit that many of mine seem to have been eaten by some small creature. Perhaps some scrunched up wire on top would help to prevent this.
You can find a good selection of bulbs at local garden centres such as Jardiland and Proflora, supermarkets including Lidl which often has great bargains, and best of all the website Farmer Gracy which has a huge selection of bulbs which are shipped direct from Holland. The quality and packaging are excellent.
RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Sticky banana and ginger cake
from Angela Scarlott
A quick and simple traybake, with a sweet banana flavour, treacly notes from the sugar and a hit from the fiery ginger.
It’s the perfect way to use very ripe bananas!
Prep time 15 minutes
Cook time 45 mins
INGREDIENTS
100 g dark muscovado sugar
100 g molasses sugar (or use more dark muscovado sugar)
2 large over ripe bananas
125 ml olive oil or sunflower oil
4 eggs
200 g wholemeal spelt flour (I use farine de blé)
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp ground cinnamon (I used a drop of Holy Lama Cinnamon Spice Oil)
2 tsp ground ginger
75 g crystallised ginger finely chopped (I use a mixture of fresh ginger and crystallised ginger)
METHOD
In a large bowl, mash the bananas with the two sugars.
100 g dark muscovado sugar, 100 g molasses sugar, 2 large over ripe bananasBeat in the eggs, one by one, followed by the olive oil/sunflower oil.
4 eggs, 125 ml olive oil/sunflower oilSieve in the dry ingredients and fold in carefully.
200 g wholemeal spelt flour, 3 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp ground cinnamon, 2 tsp ground gingerGently stir in the bits of ginger.
75 g crystallised gingerPour into a 23 cm / 9"sq silicone mould or lined tin and bake at 170℃ (150℃ fan, 338℉, Gas 3) for about 40 minutes or until the cake is risen, golden on top and firm to the touch.
Leave to cool, then turn out and cut into squares.
Yummy!
DORDOGNE LADIES BOOK CLUB
After finishing ‘All the Colours of the Dark’ by Chris Whitaker (which I loved by the way and gave 9/10) I felt emotionally drained and was searching for a little light reading – lo and behold The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson! What a romp!
Set in London in the Georgian period, 1727 to be precise, we are introduced to the likeable rogue Tom Hawkins and the infamous Marshalsea Prison (the first one which was far worse than the second ) where he is imprisoned for debt. Hodgson draws on prisoner diaries and the history of the prison itself to give her book an historically accurate edge.
A whodunnit with numerous suspects, red herrings, intrigues and some real characters.
Give it a try.
Lin
THE DEVIL IN THE MARSHALSEA
by Antonia Hodgson
WINNER OF THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 2014.
Longlisted for the John Creasey Dagger Award for best debut crime novel of 2014.
London, 1727 – and Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-houses into the hell of a debtors’ prison.
The Marshalsea is a savage world of its own, with simple rules: those with family or friends who can lend them a little money may survive in relative comfort. Those with none will starve in squalor and disease. And those who try to escape will suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of the gaol’s rutheless governor and his cronies.
The trouble is, Tom Hawkins has never been good at following rules – even simple ones. And the recent grisly murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol. While the Captain’s beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: to the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.
Some call Fleet a devil, a man to avoid at all costs. But Tom Hawkins is sharing his cell. Soon, Tom’s choice is clear: get to the truth of the murder – or be the next to die.
JUST FOR FUN
Thank you Teresa Tildesley for this one!
Best wishes and take care
Kathy John Organiser Bergerac Book Club
Lin Green Organiser Sainte Foy Book Club
MEMBERS EVENTS
PHOENIX BOOK FAIR
Saturday 5th October
Please note - Card machines will now be available for payment.
Members can advertise their Charitable or non-profit making events here. Simply email DLCIMagazine@gmail.com (no later than 25th of the month) with the details. They will be published in the next months newsletter
MEMBERS PHOTOS
OUR FAVOURITE PLACES
Members photos from where they live or would recommend to visit in and around the Dordogne
Our view of the Dordogne river from the back garden. Saint Antoine de Breuilh, just along from Saint Aulaye 24230
Amanda Mears
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LASTLY
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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WELFARE
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