Blog
2011
Charity Lunch for Cancer Research UK
The team at Knockderry House are gearing up to support Cancer Research UK in May. We are joining up with Lifeworks 11 art exhibition for Cancer Research UK which is being held on 7 and 8 May at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club in Rhu, Helensburgh. The exhibition features a variety of contemporary [...]
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2011
Wild Garlic at Knockderry House Hotel
It’s that time again when Chef gets all excited and the pungent smell of wild garlic hangs in the air. I suspect these two things are connected as he spends an inordinate amount of his free time out in the spring sunshine with his kitchen team gathering armfuls of these small leaves. Either that or [...]
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2011
Largest Tree in the World at Knockderry
We recently had an enquiry from a lady about the magnificent, imposing tree in our grounds. She had seen the tree during a visit to Cove on a beautiful Autumn day and popped in for a meal here at Knockderry. The next day we received a phonecall from her asking if we knew the tree’s [...]
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2011
Scottish Hotel Awards
Scottish Hotel Awards for Knockderry House Beth, Murdo and all the Knockderry staff are thrilled to have received four awards at the 2011 Scottish Hotel Awards which were held on Sun 28 March at the Thistle Glasgow. All in all Knockderry House was awarded: Full award for Events and Parties in the Events, Weddings & [...]
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2011
The Jerusalem Artichoke
The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus Tuberosus), also known as the sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambur, is a species of sunflower native to the eastern United States, from Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas. Its tuber is used as a root vegetable and is cultivated widely across the temperate zone. [...]
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2010
The Christmas Pudding Tradition
“Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen” This short prayer, commonly cited on the last Sunday before advent by many households and still in traditional churches would [...]
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2010
Brambles – Best of the Autumn Harvest
Brambles or blackberries are the one connection that most of us have to the wild harvest in Britain. It is partly due to their accessibility: brambles abound in hedgerows and at the edges of woodland, making them an easy wild snack even for those who don’t like to wander too far from the car. The [...]
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2010
Grouse and the Glorious 12th
The 12th of August, when the first Grouse are shot in Scotland, is a date marked on all serious chefs’ calendars and our freshly shot birds come via Tom, a close friend of head chef Johnny Aitken, where all eager hands in the kitchen grab a bird and start the therapeutic plucking ritual, after all [...]
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2010
Raspberries – the Perfect Summer Fruit
Although Scottish raspberries are in abundance at the moment, raspberries are grown all over the world and actually come in all different colours from black orange, yellow, purple and white and of course red, the colour we are all most familiar with. In Scotland the main raspberry regions for growing are Perthshire and Fife where [...]
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2010
Wine Lovers Dinner Night – 23 October
This October we are holding a Wine Lovers Dinner Night, in conjunction with The Sovereign Order of St John to help raise money for a variety of charities in our local community. The evening will consist of a delicious 5 course dinner and matched wines for the evening. Mike Cottom of Inverarity Vaults will provide [...]
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