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 …
Ups and Downs
The colourless nature of my current fibre work is beginning to get me down. I wrote about my need for colour over at Sanday Spinners. Then I sat down to work on my (white) doily and I spotted some dropped stitches. I now have to unpick it, stitch-by-stitch for around 20 rows. Now this, this …