Cream butter/margarine and sugar together. Gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition. Fold in the ground almonds, orange rind and juice. Sieve in the flour and baking powder. As Told Over Brunch is a home for intelligent discourse from the twenty-something perspective - so the stuff you gossip about over mimosas on Sunday morning or over takeout on your friend's couch when happy hour ends too early. When I first met my husband Joe and we were going out together I have fond memories of coming to tea at Christmas to the Farmhouse. Joe’s Mammy Nan always baked a really tasty Oxford Lunch. Over the years it became an annual treat as she baked one for everyone close to her as a Christmas gift. Oxfords Casual Dining in Oxford, MA. Casual dining featuring American/ Italian dishes, truly scratch cooking in a time that most restaurants no longer offer established February 1995 by the Dadah family of Worcester Mass bringing 40+ years of hospitality experience to the town of Oxford Mass.
When I first met my husband Joe and we were going out together I have fond memories of coming to tea at Christmas to the Farmhouse. Joe’s Mammy Nan always baked a really tasty Oxford Lunch. Over the years it became an annual treat as she baked one for everyone close to her as a Christmas gift.
Today I have baked and Oxford Lunch following her recipe and I wish to share with you this wonderful family favorite – Nan’s Oxford lunch.
Oxford Lunch Ingredients:
350g/12oz Plain Flour
225g/8oz Butter
25g/1oz Ground Almonds
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
675g/1½lb Sultanas
225g/8oz Caster Sugar
5 Eggs (lightly beaten)
Juice and Rind of 1 Orange
125g/4oz Cherries (halved)
125g/4oz Mixed Peel
How to:
Mix together sultanas, halved cherries and mixed peel with the grated zest and juice of one orange. Leave over night for a really tasty cake.
Cream butter and sugar together gradually add the beaten eggs then fold in the ground almonds.
Sieve in the flour and baking powder then fold into the mixture. Mix the fruit and cake mixture together then place in three lined loaf tins and bake in a preheated oven at 150°C/300°F/Gas 2 for 1.5 hours approx. Check at intervals and reduce heat if necessary.
Cool in tin. Remove wrap in parchment paper and cover in tin foil and store in a tin. It is at its very best if left for a few days to mature before cutting.
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An 82-year-old has become the first person to be vaccinated with the new Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
Dialysis patient Brian Pinker was given the jab at Oxford University Hospital.
Just over half a million doses of the newly approved vaccine will be available from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.
© Provided by Evening StandardJabs will be delivered at some 730 vaccination sites already established across the UK, with others opening this week to take the total to more than 1,000, according to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Mr Pinker, who describes himself as Oxford born and bred, said in a statement issued by NHS England that he was “really proud” that the vaccine had been invented in Oxford.
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“I am so pleased to be getting the Covid vaccine today and really proud that it is one that was invented in Oxford', he said.
'The nurses, doctors and staff today have all been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48th wedding anniversary with my wife Shirley later this year.”
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Sam Foster, Chief Nursing Officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who administered the vaccine to Mr Pinker, said: “It was a real privilege to be able to deliver the first Oxford vaccine at the Churchill Hospital here in Oxford, just a few hundred metres from where it was developed.
“We look forward to vaccinating many more patients and health and care staff with the Oxford vaccine in the coming weeks which will make a huge difference to people living in the communities we serve and the staff who care for them in our hospitals.”
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It’s a vital step in our fight against this pandemic
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— Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) January 4, 2021It comes as Health Secretary Matt Hancck has hailed the rollout of the Oxford vaccine as a 'vital step' in the fightback against Covid-19.
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The UK has secured 100 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as part of its contract, enough for most of the population.
While some 530,000 doses are to be available from Monday, DHSC said that tens of millions more are to be delivered in the coming weeks and months once batches have been quality checked.
It comes almost a month after rollout of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech began, with more than one million people having now received their first dose.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) watches as junior sister Susan Cole (C) receives a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine during a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London on January 4, 2021, the day that Britain's NHS (National Health Service) ramps up its vaccination programme with the rollout of the newly approved AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine jab. - Britain starts its mass rollout of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine vaccine on Monday, with 530,000 doses ready for immediate use and the government hoping for 'tens of millions' within three months. Britain has ordered 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Second doses of either vaccine will now take place within 12 weeks rather than the 21 days that was initially planned with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, following a change in guidance which aims to accelerate immunisation.
This has been defended by the UK’s four chief medical officers following criticism, including from the British Medical Association (BMA).
The doctors’ union said it was “grossly and patently unfair” for at-risk patients whose imminent second jab appointments would now be rescheduled.
The Oxford/AstraZeneca jab is easier to transport and store than the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which needs cold storage of around minus 70C.
Because it can be stored at fridge temperatures, between two and eight degrees, it is easier to distribute to care homes and other locations across the UK.
In line with recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), vaccination is being rolled out to priority groups including care home residents and staff, people over 80 and healthcare workers.
GPs and local vaccination services have been asked to ensure every care home resident in their local area is vaccinated by the end of January, according to DHSC.
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