The Potters House McGregor

05/11/2024

Our New studio and Gallery space for Summer. 🌼

29/10/2024

My new Range SHONGA WONGA ❤️
Hand Painted with LOVE by
Dm me for orders and prices 🌸

24/05/2024

Our new Range of Hand Painted Teapots with matching Butter Dish 🦩
FLAMINGO.

09/03/2024

01/03/2024

Hand-built & Hand Painted with LOVE ❤️

11/02/2024

Beginners POTTERY WEEKEND in McGregor.
We will teach you the basics of Hand Building and Wheel Work.
You can create to your hearts content with expert help.

10 am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday the 27th & 28th April 2024.
A light lunch will be served with Refreshments.

Accommodation is available on request at R 850 per Double En-Suite Room.
There is a beautiful Farm House Kitchen for self catering.

The cost is R 1500 for the 2 day Workshop.

Contact Sonja on 074 3887992 or email [email protected] to book your place.

09/01/2024

There’s nothing more Cornish than a good blob of clotted cream on a lovely cream tea. Unless you are from Devon of course, then there’s nothing more Devonian than a good blob of clotted cream on a lovely cream tea.

For those not in the know, clotted cream is a very thick cream with a much higher butterfat content than double (heavy) cream; weighing in at 64% and 48% respectively (for comparison, single cream is 18% fat, and full-fat milk is around 4%).

Clotted cream has a long history in Devon and Cornwall, and it is reckoned that it was first introduced to England by Phoenician settlers around 2000 years ago. Phoenicia was on the eastern Mediterranean coast in, what is now Syria, Lebanon and northern Isreal. The clotting of cream was a way of preserving buffalo milk. By removing the watery liquid, leaving mainly butterfat, the growth of spoilage organisms is re****ed. The folk of Devonshire knew of its efficacy in this area; it was said that not even a witch’s breath could turn it sour.

If you have ever tried it, you will know that clotted cream – aka clouted cream or scalded cream in older books – is absolutely delicious and is well worth buying. It is possible to make your own and there is a recipe at the end of the post of you would to try your hand at it.

04/01/2024

Olde World Charm never gets old 💖