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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.
I wanted choccy biccys so I melted 85 % dark chocolate onto digestives in the microwave for 1 minute. I had put one square of chocolate on each biscuit.
The chocolate melted and started to slide off onto the plate so I got a knife and spread it back onto the surface then let the chocolate cool…..
Unfortunately the sweet liquid congealed and glued the digestives to the plate! I ended up having to prise them off with the knife. They broke up into bits but they tasted lovely. I might reduce the chocolate if I do it again… Now I’ve got to scrape the plate clean.
Thoughts go astray sometimes, especially as you get older, but I’ve never said “I’ll have a trouser leg for tea”? before….
I was deciding what to have for my evening meal and thought chicken leg with rice and a tomato pasta sauce would be simple and tasty…
I did chuckle as I said it to myself, I immediately realised that I had uttered the wrong phrase, I’m glad I did, I’m not completely gaga yet!
Tomorrow night I might have mice pudding…… Haha!
My friend keeps sending me photos of bread he has made in his airfryer… I’m sure he’s proud of it, but I’m not quite sure why he’s sent me eight??? Pictures of it.. It’s getting to be like manna from heaven. Maybe I should get the recipe?
Red haired, wearing a striped coat. Creeps in when I’m not looking, steals food and plays with my fur babies toys.
Very vocal when challenged, shouts and screams, but calms down when spoken to quietly. Believed to be a local resident but I don’t know their address and no identification produced when challenged.
May be trying to be a squatter?
I don’t often photograph my food and this would never be published in a magazine, but it was tasty…this was my tea a few days ago.
I’ve started eating baked sweet potatoes as they have less carbohydrates than normal potatoes. I added a bit of cheese, some baked beans and shredded iceberg lettuce.
It was messy and tasty. Now I’m hungry.
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.
What did he hear?
Ears pricked, sitting up
Staring into the kitchen.
Another cat
Staring back
Looking at him, waiting
Eating the food
I put down for mine
Cheeky puss cat
Grinning!
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.
So
Moaning about being hungry is NOT something I should do. I should try and help others instead of complaining.
Hugs.
Holey wonderful food. Bubbles rise through doughy flesh. Toast on both sides. The bottom is solid, the top is covered in tiny holes that look like the streams of bubbles that rise up in champagne or lemonade.
Make sure you get them nice and hot and spread butter on the top so it drizzle through, forming puddles on your plate. People eat them with jam or marmite hazelnut spread, cheese, honey… But I prefer just butter. Sometimes it drips down your sleeve!
Mallaband-Brown