Stale egg….

Posted on October 27, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged bad eggs, Cooking, egg, Floating, Oil, old eggs food, Poaching, salt, sinking, Vinegar, Water4 Comments

I decided to have a poached egg on toast for tea. I went to get an egg from the fridge. There were two eggs in the rack. One had 2nd October printed on it. The second had 27th October on it.

I realised I knew a tip on how to check if an egg had gone off. Basically I got a glass full of water. I put the older egg in first. It floated, I put the fresher egg in. It sank. That’s exactly what should happen. Fresh eggs sink….

I’m glad I remembered that tip.. In a timely manner! The poached egg on toast was delicious.

Method for poaching

Get a frying or sauce pan.

Add a little oil and heat it.

Carefully add water to the pan , add vinegar to taste.

Bring to a gentle boil. Crack an egg into the water. Once it has solidified to the consistency you like, scoop it out and put it on the toast…

More bread

Posted on October 19, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged air fryer, bakery, Bread, Cooking, Flour, Food, Friend, Ingredients, Life, recipes, Water, WhatsApp, Yeast1 Comment

My friend keeps WhatsApp-ing me photos of the daily bread he makes in his air fryer. I think its charming and he keeps changing his recipes. But he WhatsApp me photos of the bread every day. So my gallery looks like a bakery! I delete the pictures when I remember…. But it gets a bit clogged up sometimes….

I think it would be rude to ask him to stop, but I do wish they would stop piling up…

Sweet potato

Posted on September 8, 2026September 8, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Baked, Cooking, Curry, Food, Ideas, Life, mash, Potato, savory, sweet potato2 Comments

I didn’t realise how tasty these tubers were. We always ate ordinary jacket potato’s and boiled or mashed ones, so it was a bit of a change.

But then someone suggested trying them because they have less carbohydrates and they also have fibre. Good if you have diabetes, and reduces sugar intake

They also go really well in curries. So if you haven’t tried them? See what you think. They get my vote. Easy to cook and really tasty.

Bread

Posted on August 22, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Baking, Bread, Cooking, Flour, Food, Friend, Ingredients, Photos, Tasty, WhatsApp, Yeast1 Comment

My friend keeps sending me photos of bread he has made. Because he’s posting on WhatsApp the images keep downloading themselves into my phone gallery.

He makes a basic dough then adds nuts or berries, chilli powder or flakes or garlic. Recently he’s been adding chick peas.

The only thing is, he lives so far away that I’ll never be able to eat any of the loaves.

My friends air fryer

Posted on May 6, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged airfryer, charts, Cooking, economical, Food, Hot, New, recipes, temperatures, timingLeave a comment

He’s got an airfryer this weekend.

Never used one before. I’ve only used mine for a few months. I got a bit motherly, trying to explain how it works, that it’s not a deep fat fryer.

When you get something new it’s not always simple to understand. Which buttons do you press? What’s suitable for cooking in it? What are the hazards, risks.

But the good thing is it seems more economical than a full sized oven. They need regular cleaning and drying or food can bubble up and stick on surfaces

You can get charts to tell you cooking times and heats.

I once used a greaseproof paper sheet and managed to char it’s edges. An airfryer is not a microwave. It gets very hot, and removing food from the baskets can be… Ouch… Hot.

Still I would recommend this piece of technology for cooking. I just want one big enough to roast a chicken.

Chips

Posted on March 8, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Cooking, dictator, first world problem, Food, Meal, missiles, Shopping, think of others, Thinking, Thought, War1 Comment

I fancy fish fingers and chips for tea. After a week of being ill I’m ready to start eating properly again. The problem is my fridge and freezer are almost empty. I haven’t been well enough to wash or clean up for days and I’ve done no shopping. If I don’t cook tonight I will be so hungry.

Then I thought, this is a first world problem. I can go shopping tomorrow, I can eat a bowl of soup and I have bread. I could just make toast or make some porridge. Or I could send out for a pizza or something else.

I don’t live in a war zone. I’m not being bombarded with drones or missiles. I am not being threatened by violence. My human rights are not being violated. I don’t live in a dictatorship.

Moaning about being hungry is NOT something I should do. I should try and help others instead of complaining.

Hugs.

A heart

Posted on February 9, 2026February 10, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Burning, coffee stained, Cooking, Heart, Loss, Pluto, Poem, Poetry, remember, Rhyme3 Comments

A heart in the bottom of my mucky mug.

Like a parchment map of old

Stained shape of hidden treasure

And a bit like Plutos bold

Heart impaled on its frosty ground

Making it’s tiny world go round

Hearts bring me cheer

Makes me remember

He once was here.

So I write a poem to remind me

While on the cooker I’m burning tea!

Mushroom tree

Posted on January 27, 2026 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Cooking, Funny, Look, mushrooms. Mushroom tree, Photo, Poem, Poetry, sautéed, wooden spoonLeave a comment

Strange how things look

When you cook

Sautéed mushrooms

Nicely softened

A touch of brown

Like autumn leaves

The spoon?

A trunk.

And suddenly

A mushroom tree

Beauty?

Curry splodge

Posted on December 19, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged chopping, Cooking, Curry, Food, Knife, Life, lime pickle, rogan josh paste, Tasty, tortilla2 Comments

Curry splodge for tea. I like to cook but I struggle to cut things up as Parkinsons shaking makes it hard to hold the knife. It tasted nice though. I buy odd shaped veg so I guess it doesn’t matter how it looks. Had no nan or roti bread so used tortillas instead.

Stewed apples

Posted on September 13, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged apples, Boiled, Cooking, Custard, custard powder, Food, Milk, Photo, red flesh, stewed, TeaLeave a comment

Stewing some apples for tea. There red one has red flesh like a beetroot! Just got to mix up some custard.

Mallaband-Brown

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