I had another sleepless night last night. I have identified stress and anxiety as the cause. No surprise, you may think, as we are about to remove all of our hard-earned comfort and security and render ourselves of no fixed abode – but, no, that is not it. The current anxiety levels relate to whether …
Category archives: Cooking
Another soup day
Having got the bar billiard table in to its new home, attention turned this morning to the darts component of this evening’s entertainment. The board was found and cleaned, as was the wall cabinet. Darts we’re discovered from hiding places, re-flighted and their tips sharpened. The regulation height having been measured, it was time to …
Roll with it
A couple of weeks ago I wanted to make a Milk Roll. I went to the Mermaid site, as is my wont, only to find that the site has gone. (Have Mermaid gone bust?) I Googled and I found a recipe at www.lavenderandlovage.com, which I duly baked. ETA: the blogger at that address has for some …
Un Soupçon
Just so I can find this again… I was looking for a recipe for Celery and Almond soup and stumbled across this page of 10 Best Soups. Having read them out to Mr L, we feel that they pretty much all need testing at some point. Thai beetroot soup Mexican green soup Mushroom and almond …
Beef, no olives in sight
Our local butcher makes a lovely Beef Olive, stuffed with Haggis instead of the more usual oatmeal stuffing. Mr L is very partial to these and so it was when I placed my pre-Christmas meat order at the Community Shop that I included two packs of these tasty items (one of which was previously consumed.) …
Round and round we go
Well, here we are again, another one over and done with. I have said it before and no doubt I shall keep repeating myself: I don’t get it. I do not understand New Year’s celebrations at all. Not one jot. Why 31st December? One might pick any date in the year and say it is …