Yesterday’s Focaccia was very good indeed but we ate very little of it. I covered the bread plate with a bowl and the bread was still beautifully soft this morning. I cut two wedges, sliced them through their middles and warmed the bread gently in the microwave before filling with grilled rashers of bacon and …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Not for doggies… for cat-chia
Pasta night tonight. We deployed the new Kenwood attachment. It did not go smoothly – I made the dough too wet, but we did eventually extrude some pappardelle. Mr L made a roasted pepper sauce with prawns and I fashioned a Focaccia and a salad. We used to frequent a pizzeria in Leeds, Da Mario’s, …
Going Crackers
I took a fancy to a hot bath/early night/soft music/bottle of wine scenario this evening. A bottle of wine has been selected and the bath water is heating. I don’t know if it is my age or what it is but I find it difficult to drink more than a half a glass of wine …
Branded
I was thinking this morning that my first Future Learn course is looming and that I really should knuckle down, get my act together, clear the decks, and generally deploy for real as many over-used turns of phrase as I can. Then I got to wishing that something was happening. Some kind of indication …
Categorically
We need a new Category tag – one for chocolate-making. Can’t wait! Hotel Chocolat provided for our chocolate needs but we cancelled membership both to save money and because the postal system sometimes played havoc with my soft centres. Every now and again Mr L’s need for chocolate drives him to the local shop – …
Chaos
Today has not panned out quite as planned. I was up and at ’em bright and early this morning and had the laundry on and my bread rising before 8am. A kilo batch of seeded rolls was destined for the freezer. I then promptly forgot all about my dough and this happened: The …