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Quiche, with some green salad, and my preserved tomatoes. No need for an extra salad dressing as the tmatoes have been resting in oil, garlic and Dijon mustard for a few days.
I bought another slow cooker yesterday for the cost of a flat white. This one is only 1 liter and so neat.
I made a sauce/soup overnight:
Onion
Celery
Garlic
Dried herbs
Carrot
Blackeyed beans
Red capsicum
Tomato puree
Bacon
Veggie stock
Cook on low for 6 hours
The Quaker meeting house at Lancaster has been here since 1677. It has been enlarged but parts of the original building are still in use.
This history here is complicated and worth reading about.
Tea tonight. This will make two good servings, and is the work of just a few minutes. Just the thing after a busy day.
This pineapple came all the way from Costa Rica and cost me £1 in the market. I have no idea how that works.
Windfalls don't cook themselves.
Peeled and quartered, the pears are stewed until soft in water, with brown sugar, cinnamon, clove, and lemon juice. It doesn't take long.
Tea today was broccoli, French beans, both on discount, with a tomato, in a light cheese sauce. Throw in an egg in the last couple minutes to bind a bit and provide some more protein. In the wok for 10 minutes all up. Finish with lemon juice and black pepper.
Quick, easy, and cheap.
Cook like a student and eat like a king.
Another word from Doctor Johnson's dictionary.
Malediction and scatological terms can be used to enliven an otherwise mundane sentence. But. just like using spices in cooking, the over-use of voiceless fricatives or velaplosives in conversation can lose their impact.
For all that, I expect I'll use this word soon!
Now it's time to remove the switch assembly (top) by undoing the 4 screws holding it in place. Then remove the base cap (held by 4 longer screws. The cables are all gathered together with a single cable tie - cut with scissors to make manipulation easier.
Gently tease the battery cables away from the circuit board - you can see where they were plugged in to the board.
The first cut is the deepest
I need a cake./pie server!
Slightly biscuity base. Tick
Soft fruit but firm enough to hold its shape. Tick
Served with a healthy dollop of crème fraîche to bring out all the flavors. Tick
Well, it worked for me. Now to take some to my friend for afternoon tea 😁
First published in 1897, it appeared annually until 2017.
Imagine Wikipedia in a single volume. I would spend hours as a child exploring the world with this book.
Today is a state holiday, or bank holiday as they are called in England. As I'm not working today there's time for a relaxed breakfast of bacon and eggs.
Coffee and a smoothie of mango, apple, orange, and nuts complete the meal.
There's about all the protein I need here for the day to maintain reasonable health.
I had left my afternoon tea a little late, and there were no more scones. "You can have an Empire Biscuit," suggested the waitress. I was non-plussed. What can such a thing be?
Well, this arrived. It was a sandwich of shortbread and jam with almond paste, topped with icing and a glace cherry. Super - a rapid sugar hit!
It transpires that the original biscuit was a Linzer (think of a Jammy Dodger, filled with almond paste, dusted with icing sugar) and was re-named in 1914 to 'Empire Biscuit' for patriotic reasons.
I found that amusing, especially when the ruling Saxe-Coburg Gothas took until 1917 to change their name to Windsor.
These pretty cobbles were laid in front of a local grandee's house by French prisoners of war. The pattern is unique in this area. At least it provided a chance to be in the open air for a few days.
OK, I wasn't going to get any more cookbooks - my shelves are full. However, I saw this, read some of it, and laughed. Some of the recipes are a bit questionable, but the expletive-laden text is so different from anything else in my collection that I had to have this. And it just made me laugh; it reminded me of someone I used to go out with.
It's all about cooking and eating vegetables, cooked by yourself, instead of buying takeouts. Well, cooking veg appeals; I can't remember the last time I took food out of a restaurant, and have never had it delivered.
The King of Canada also happens to be the Duke of Lancaster. You can see his badge around town.
He's coming to collect the keys to his castle next week. Fortunately there's always someone there in case he should forget them. Better than leaving them under a plant pot.
Another batch of winter shots. steeping for 30 minutes before thorough blitzing. The star anise will be removed before that and dried to make Christmas decorations.
Giftaid is a scheme whereby what the charity shop sells things for is added to by the income tax people. It's a good plan. Also, I'm going to have a calm kitchen for thirty hours 😀
This 19th century church with its imposing spire, formerly called The Friary, is up for sale. Standing at the end of Saint Leonard's Gate, I suspect the original friars cared for the deacon keepers who lived nearby. Saint Leonard is the patron of many things, including coopers, women in labor, and prisoners.
Flowers grow and do their thing, and eventually fade away. These echeveria seem to have been around for weeks but now they're beginning to wither.
To make the product a bit more versatile I blitzed with a stick blender.
Top tip ... stop the blender before lifting out of the pot. It looks like a crime scene here!
I lost my spectacles the other day. Navigation was even more of a challenge than usual.
This is a fair representation of my uncorrected vision.
The cathedral spire has a problem and needs to be repaired. It's a listed (historical) building so demolition isn't an option. The scaffolding required will cost about £500k and the work won't be cheap.