Daily Prompt: Prized Possession Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a child. What became of it? Droopy entered my life when I was 4, I think. I can remember... just... choosing him from a counter in British Home Stores. My twin chose a white rabbit, in blue trousers. She named him Whiskey - …
Me and Quentin
Daily Prompt: Odd Couple Does a messy home (or office) make you anxious and cranky, or is cleaning something you just do before company comes over? I make no secret of it, I am a hopeless housekeeper. The creative part of keeping a home, I can do standing on my head. I love to cook. I …
Sage and Onion Rolls
They worked, Kind of. I made my dough a little on the wet side, so the rolls look less than gorgeous, but they do eat very well. I made a standard 500g flour dough - with fresh yeast, olive oil, salt and black pepper; adding 1tsp each of brown and black mustard seeds, plus chopped …
Experimentation Sunday
We had roast pork yesterday, with all the trimmings: I made a pear chutney in lieu of apple sauce, a sage and onion gravy, roast tatties and parmesan roast parsnips, and some purple sprouting broccoli. After that there was a baked cheesecake with amaretto strawberries. Cheeses, biscuits and port to round off. So. Today we …
A Life Without Chocolate
Daily Prompt: Five a Day You’ve being exiled to a private island, and your captors will only supply you with five foods. What do you pick? I am going to assume that my captors merely wish to isolate me and not to kill me, so the island has an ample fresh water supply. There will be …
It’s Electric!
Prompts for the Promptless Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Counterintutition is a seemingly simple concept– it represents a truth that is contrary to common sense or the expectations of intuition. Some examples of counterintuitive situations: You burn calories when you’re sleeping, flailing around is exactly the wrong thing to do when drowning, and beautifully speckled dart …