Tonight’s dinner was a “use it all up” affair, no recipe involved, though it did lean heavily on a Nigel Slater recipe for courgettes with orzo and guanciale (it’s scrummy, you should try it.)
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August Break 2025, Day 17, Wildlife
Obviously my approach to this prompt was to wave my camera at a passing pigeon, strutting its stuff on the grass opposite our Shack.
The backup strategy could be to discuss my own personal Wild Life but, as previously noted, we are at Base Camp and it’s all rather tame.
More scattered than ever
Quick catchup? Not that I have done much of anything at all… You know, I think that I really am struggling to cope with the ageing of my brain. Absolutely nothing makes sense anymore, and I can’t keep more than one idea in my head at a time. Sometimes I can’t even retain that one …
December Reflections 23: New Recipe
I believe that I may be in a cooking rut. I have racked my brains but not come up with a new dish, tried this year, that has now entered my repertoire. There is this, that I made last week: Celeriac “Dauphinois” with Truffled Brie Born out of necessity to use up the end piece …
Swirly
Who remembers these? Duchesse The epitome of dinner party sophistication back in the 70s – the Duchesse Potato. Very “Cordon Bleu”. I first made them in the A-Level Domestic Science room circa 1970. I have made many Duchesses in my time, though not these particular examples. I became very adept at piping Duchesses, as well …
Wishing on a Shooting Star; An Intention to Find an Intent
Yesterday was a good day. I felt positive and energised and achieved a good deal, I think. I was on quite a high when I went to bed. Sleep eluded me for a long time as my head was abuzz with ideas. The sky was bright and clear and I could make out the constellations …
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