Food
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Pancake Day
I made pancakes today. Having bought lemons for the “crepe” version, it turned out that both R and J preferred Scotch pancakes (aka drop scones). So I made those instead which leaves some…
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An interesting combo
Today I made ricotta gnocchi in a tomato and pepper sauce with foccacia Because it was Sunday, I also made dessert which was a chocolate and orange cream whip (forgot to take photo…
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Food Reclamation
My mother is a terrible woman for constantly buying food and not eating it up. When we visited her yesterday I had cause to open her freezer (or one of her freezers –…
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The Remains of the Cake
R is a great lover of all things chocolate related. He is not, however, a great connoisseur of fine examples of the chocolatier’s art – on occasion I have tried him on fancy…
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Catching up
I have to say that J and his friends did not make a mess of the house, and that while we were away he did all his tasks, including putting the (correct) bin…
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A Scooby Snack
I made some bean burgers today – they were quite nice but perhaps rather dry. I would use the recipe again, but put some homemade salsa in the roll to moisten things up.…
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Some snacks
R and I often go down to J’s flat in the evenings to watch the big screen TV. At the moment we are watching “Babylon 5” which at the rate of one episode…
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“Ready Meal”
Cold again this morning. We bought some rock salt and this morning R spread it around the house. It costs £1 per kilo and ten kilos just about did the steps and the…
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