Eating chocolate icecream

Posted on June 25, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chocolate icecream, Eating, Food, greedy, Hunger, Life, Luck, Poverty, Tasty, Thinking2 Comments

Oh dear! After a couple of gin and tonics some chocolate icecream became too tempting. We’d only had a small evening meal and hubby was talking about cooking our breakfast tomorrow as supper tonight. So I had the bright idea of pulling a tub of chocolate icecream out of the freezer. Not healthy or good. But it tasted lovely.

The only way I can lose weight is not to buy nice things. I have to really restrain myself. A first world problem. People in most of the world wouldn’t even know what icecream is. Its an example of greed I guess. We can grow huge because we are sold empty calories. Sugar and fat in a delightful combination. And people starve. It’s a stark reality that there are too many have nots compared with those that have….. Yes I do feel guilty. Yes I should not be greedy. No I don’t have any real excuse. I was lucky to be born in a rich first world country. That should not stop me trying to help others and change my attitudes for the better.

How do you release jelly (jello?)

Posted on May 30, 2021May 30, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, cat mould, Dessert, Food, Funny, ginger cat, jello, Jelly, jelly mould, Life, Orange, Trying4 Comments

Trying to make a ginger (orange flavour) cat jelly.

I was given a cat shaped jelly mould a few years ago but never used it. Then yesterday I decided to make an orange jelly for fun. I could have added fruit or trifle sponges to strengthen it but I wanted it to be pure jelly, and I was going to call it ginger and maybe take a few photos in different places before we have it for tea.

I tried mixing the jelly powder but I didn’t realise it hadn’t all dissolved until I cleaned the bowl I’d made it in, would that weaken the jelly? Then I couldn’t lie it down level because it’s head is higher so I had to prop it up in a bowl to put in the fridge. I let it set overnight. But how to get it loose? I tried running a thin knife round the edge, then turned it up on a plate, wobble, no! Tried running the mould under the hot tap, no! Tried tapping the mould, whoosh, a few bits dropped out, tried a knife again and tapping.. It finally came out, a saggy, wibbly wobbly brother cat to the solid mould.

Does anyone know what I should have done?

Out for food.

Posted on May 28, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Balti, Chicken, Curry, dupiaza, Fish, Food, king prawns, Lamb, Mushroom, Restaurant, Sangam, Tasty2 Comments

Just back from a delicious meal at Sangams balti House in Stoke-upon-trent, the town Stoke-on-Trent City is named after.

I had a King Prawn and Lamb balti, and a garlic nan. My friends had a fish dupiaza and a Chicken and mushroom dupiaza. There are two Sangam Balti restaurants here. I think because they needed more space they were so popular.

There is no alcohol served on the premises but you can take your own. The portion sizes are good and the food is hot and tasty.

Worth a visit if you are in town.

Kissing cat

Posted on May 4, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Food, Life, Poem, Poetry, Purring, Staring, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Nudged

Head butted

By a cat

Soft cheeks

Half closed eyes.

That stare under lids

At you.

Rapt

With love

Purring

‘bring me food’

He seems to say….

Home made trifle

Posted on April 16, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Food, Glass dish, sherry, sherry trifle, sugar free, Trifle, Whipped cream, yummy2 Comments

Blackcurrant jelly with blueberries, strawberry blancmange and whipped cream. A little sherry in the jelly.

It’s my favourite dessert. I use sweetner instead of sugar to sweeten the blancmange and the jelly is sugar free.

All I can say is that it doesn’t last long!

Yummy #bandofsketchers

Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Cake, Cherries, Colours, Drawing, Food, Fun, glacè, Poem, Poetry, SketchingLeave a comment

Oh, #band of sketchers

it meant I had to eat

Cherry cake!

The prompt was yummy.

This was very

Tasty and sweet

Glace Cherries

In a madiera

Cake base!

#bandofsketchers today

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white drawing, Chilli, Drawing, easy Chilli, Food, Hot, jar, Sketching, today's promptLeave a comment

Jar of easy Chilli, had it about a year. Hardly used any of it! I could have coloured it in but decided just to try different marks to create light and shade. The shadow is from a felt pen that’s running out. Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was ‘Jar’.

Fruit

Posted on April 2, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged apples, Banana, Food, Fruit, Fun, Layout app, Pareidolia, Photo, Playing, satsumasLeave a comment

Playing with a photo of fruit. Somehow a face appeared. Pareidolia again! I can’t help myself, I see faces everywhere. Must be the way my brain is wired!

A cornucopia of satsumas and apples with an added banana. Tasty. Silly, fun.

Thai birthday takeaway

Posted on April 2, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged curries, Food, green curry, Papaya salad, Sawadee Thai taste, Stoke-on trent, Thai food, yellow curryLeave a comment

We had a takeaway meal for my hubby’s birthday. Thai green curry with beef and I had a yellow curry with seafood.

We also had a papaya salad and some egg fried rice and Thai fishcakes for starters.

Sawadee Thai taste in Stoke has a friendly host who ensures lovely food. I can’t wait for the restaurant to open up again

Pears poached in port..

Posted on March 14, 2021March 20, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cooking, Food, gas mark five, Ingredients, Life, Oven, pastry, Pears, poached pear, Port, shop bought pastry, simmered, TastyLeave a comment

Cooked this tonight…

Ingredients :

3 small or 2 large pears

Shop bought pastry, ready rolled

1/4 bottle of port

Double cream

1 egg yolk

Method:

Core the pears as necessary, slice into small pieces.

Simmer the pears in a pan with the port until the pears have softened and the port has reduced and almost dried up.

Place the pastry on baking parchment or grease proof paper on a baking tray.

Cut the pastry into four squares, place the diced pears in the centre of each square and then fold the pastry up around them. Brush with egg yolk to glaze.

Put in a medium to hot oven (I used gas mark 6) for twenty or twenty five minutes or until they are golden brown. I found mine had a bit of a soggy bottom.

Serve when cooled with a dollop of whipped cream.

Serves four (unless you are feeling greedy!).

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Food