I added goose fat roasted potatoes as we aren’t actually vegetarian – we just don’t care for Turkey – and this nut roast is light years better than any meat. Melon to start, cheese and port to complete. Am now unable to move.
Monthly archives: December 2013
It’s nuts around here
Christmas was officially declared at 23:30 hrs last night, when we filled in the final clue in the Guardian Crossword. A new-to-us setter and we are not entirely sure we liked their style. A self-reference in the themed solutions. Plenty of clues to make us groan or moan, but none to wow us with their …
It was a dark and stormy night…
… oops no, we’ve already done that one. It was a dark and stormy day… Is a dark and stormy day. We have water ingress. There will be more yet as high tide is still a half hour off. I wanted to take some great wave shots but it’s too windy. I leant against …
Cotherstone
Many moons ago, I lived in the village of Cotherstone, on the banks of the river Tees. I lived in this pretty house, for just about a year. I was 16 and fell for my first true love while I lived there. He said that he would love me forever – he didn’t. I think …
It’s a blank
You see that space up there? That space where the featured image is supposed to go? That space should have been filled with bread. I had intended an image of a table full of baked goods: Baguettes, soft rolls, crusty cobs, seeded buns, milk roll, muffins… That’s what yesterday was pencilled in for – a …
This takes the biscuit
May I commend to you, should you not already have enjoyed it, the BBC programme: Nigel Slater’s Great British Biscuit I adore Nigel Slater – he is so gentle and calm and reassuring and he generally treats food with reverance and respect. I’m loving the new dishevelled look too. I do have to disagree with …