New Product soon

We have designed two new products which we are hoping to have out to our agents in the next three weeks.  We had a few issues with the designs as what we thought would work, did not work once in production.  The nice thing about doing the designs here in the UK is that we can get things done so much quicker.  I am really grateful that we have found such good manufacturing here in the UK for all our cotton accessories.   I strongly believe that we will see more production back here in the UK in the next few years.  Having spoken to many that have tried working abroad it can lead to so many problems and issues in quality.

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The New improved Oven Glove! Gloven- coming soon

We are always trying to think of new ideas with our products and we have been working on making the oven glove waterproof & also dirt repellant.  We are just testing now but we think we may have this very soon.  The Gloven Stockists will be the first ones to have our new product so we will keep you informed.

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How Gloven is Aiming to Implement Eco Ideas & Footprint all our manufacturing

We have had a great iniative offered from Lancashire University to look at ways Gloven can be more eco friendly.  To also wisely follow the footsteps of all our manufacturing.  I am really pleased about this as it was one of my main ethos at the beginning of building Gloven.  I was really disappointed that every avenue I looked at was at a premium cost.  My question is, if the items are being recycled and as a company you want to embrace this why is it that the  cost is so extreme?  I think this is something I would really like to address.  We are aiming to look at all of our items to how we can make changes.  One I am going to do straight away is every packaged item the plastic and cardboard can be posted back to Gloven headquarters at Liverpool with a post paid insert.  All you have to do is reverse the card and post it straight back.  Alternatively you can opt online for a cotton re-useable bag.  The other option is you can leave the packaging in the shops and also ask for a free cotton bag.  Let me know your comments please on these ideas.

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Focaccia with Mozzarella & rosemary – Easy Recipe but looks & tastes fantastic

This is such an easy and foolproof  recipe to do and you can change the topping and add cheese &  onion, roasted peppers or sundried tomatoes:  I used this recipe on Britain’s Best Dish for the semi finals as I knew I would not be nervous doing it in front of the cameras which of course can be quite nerve wracking.  But I knew it would turn out fine as its just such a brilliant recipe.  I hope you like it!  Oh and you must use olive oil nothing else.

Pre heat the oven to 200 degrees Gas 6

1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for oiling, 350g/12 oz strong white bread flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp easy-blend dried yeast,  1 tsp sugar, 210 ml/7.5 fl oz tepid water, 140g/5 oz mozzarella cheese grated.  FOR THE TOPPING: 2 Tbsp olive oil, course sea salt & fresh rosemary sprigs.

Lightly oil a 25 cm/10 inch round shallow cake tin.

Sift the flour & salt together into a warmed bowl.  Stir in the yeast and sugar.  Make a well in the centre.  Add the water and oil to the well and mix to form a soft dough.

Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead for 5-10 mins, or until smooth and elastic.  Put the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with clingfilm and leave to rise in  a warm place for 1 hr.

Turn out the dough again and knead lightly.  Flatten the dough, then sprinkle over the mozzarella cheese and gently knead in.  Shape into a ball, flatten slightly, then roll out into 25cm or 10 inch round.  Transfer to the prepared tin, cover with lightly oiled clingfilm and leave to prove in a warm place for 20 mins. 

Using your thumb make indents all over.  Cover again and leave to prove for a further 15 mins.   Add your topping of your choice (as mentioned above.)  Drizzle olive oil over the dough surface and sprinkle with the sea salt and rosemary sprigs.  Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 mins until golden. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool slightly.  Delicious served warm

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A morning in central Liverpool Radio City visit 96.7

Well its been a busy day starting with a meeting in the city for BNI then it was over to radio city for a quick meeting.  I have to say it was such a stunning view of the city that I took a few pics on my phone.  I felt quite ill coming down in the lift and did not realise how far up we had gone!

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The Cunard, Queen Victoria at Liverpool Mon 26th July

We travelled into the city of Liverpool on Monday to see the cruise ship Queen Victoria at Liverpool Docks.  It was very impressive to see we missed the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla who attended at 1pm.  We only managed to get there for 5pm due to working.  We were hoping to get invited on board as my in-laws were having there wedding vows blessed by the Captain Wright at 5.30pm.  They have been married for 53 years which I think is pretty impressive.  Unfortunately we were unable to get on board.

Royal Highness Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, sounded the midday whistle on the liner Queen Victoria in Liverpool Mon 26th July 2010.

 The Duchess made an official visit to the liner during the ship’s first call at Liverpool to commemorate the 170th anniversary of Cunard starting services from the port.

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Cooking a passion

cooking with Grandson Jam Roly Poly

Helen’s feedback was a great reminder of why I invented the Gloven.  I absolutely adore cooking.  Sometimes I just do not get the time to do more experiments with food but I can honestly say I rarely cook the same meal twice.  Helen mentioned baking bread.  Well I do bake a fresh loaf every Sunday mainly because I have a bit more time.  I also use my Gloven oven glove when taking the bread out of the bread maker as the bread machine can be very hot.  It is very good for lifting the loaf out and then with the other hand you have hold of the very hot metal bread container.  I sometimes make the bread with fresh yeast but I have to say I have cheated this weekend by buying a mix.  The speciality breads that you buy from the bakery are not a patch on what you can do in the bread machine.  I have a really good cook book from Marks & Spencers and it has some great bread recipes, including all the speciality breads that are so popular now.  They are really easy to prepare and as long as you have some good strong bread flour in the cupboard and some dried yeast then you are good to go.  I have tried the fresh yeast which you can always get from your local supermarkets free but I am never sure about the quantities to add.  So if anyone has used fresh yeast for a bread machine please let me know the weight of quantities.

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Our New Home Creative Kitchen Ware – Gloven Accessories

We are really pleased to be designing some new kitchen accessories.  We feel that we have got a selection of great new kitchen gift ideas.  We have a few practical designs to add to our increasing range. We now have the aprons, pure cotton tea towels, tea cosy and coffee warmers that are excellent quality. 

black cotton bag new kitchen gift ideas oven gloves apronsgloven oven glove accessories

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Review from Amazon – Thank you Helen! really helps people to see how good they are…

absolutely fabulous!!, 15 July 2010

By	helen – See all my reviews

Bought these in early March 2010 and have used them every day of the 5+ months since then. They are tremendous and I haven’t had any of these awful back of hand and wrist burns since I got them. You can even wear them while you are cooking. For example if you are a bread maker, you can take the tin from the oven with one hand tip it up over the other hand with which you can hold the newly baked loaf. If you have a wood burning stove and the log you want to put in the fire needs a bit of manoeuvering to get it into the stove – use the gloven! You can put your hand right into the firebox and shift the log, all with no ill effects. Because they are soft and move on with your hands like ordinary gloves they give a much safer and better grip than old fashioned oven gloves. In the past I’ve dropped oven trays because the pot holder or oven glove I’m using isn’t flexible enough.

Gloven – I’m a total convert

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