Shrove Tuesday

Posted on March 4, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Easter, fasting, Food, giving up a treat, lent, moons phases, Ramadan, shrove TuesdayLeave a comment

Today is pancake day in the UK. The chance to eat something nice before Lent starts. Lent is a Christian tradition where people give up a favorite food until Easter. I guess in some ways it’s comparable with the tradition of Ramadan in Islamic culture, where people do not eat between sunrise and sunset until the end of the period of time when they celebrate the end fasting. I don’t know much about either religion, but it’s interesting that both are movable feasts (related to the phases of the moon).

Going back to pancakes. UK ones are bigger but thinner than the ones in America. The crepe suzzette in France is even thinner and served on a more regular basis. We tend to mainly eat them on Shrove Tuesday. Served with sugar or sweetener and lemon juice. Some people add blueberries or other fillings.

Purrs paws claws

Posted on February 24, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Claws, Food, Fun, Happy cats, head butt, Paws, Purrs, Staring, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Cat paw on my hand, he likes saying hello. Hello in the morning, when he comes up to me, assumes the “staring” position and waits to be fed! Then sometimes he will reach out with his paw to greet me. My other two don’t do that. One sharpens her claws on my leg, pulling holes in my leggings, the third likes to head butt my hand in greeting. Sweet.

Esther’s prompt this week. Sweet or Savory?

Posted on February 19, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bereavement, blood sugar, Cake, diabetes, Eating, Esther's prompt, Food, savory, Sugar, Sweets, Time1 Comment

This is what I wrote :

I’m having trouble with diabetes because of my love of that sweet stuff called sugar.
I was sad and upset because of a bereavement and found sweets and cakes became my comfort. Instead of the occasional cake I became obsessed with buying myself boxes of chocolates, or sweet pastries or cream cakes almost every day.
Meanwhile I stopped eating as many savory things. I’m not eating enough vegetables and this has impacted my blood chemistry. So the point I want to make is don’t eat sugary stuff to excess and try not to get addicted to it. I’m trying to be good now…

Staring at me

Posted on February 18, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Tuxedo cat, Food, Life, Sitting, Staring, Black and white cat, Milk, Nap, cold day, unique3 Comments

My Cat is staring at me, he’s been doing it for a while, I get the impression he wants something, maybe food or milk. I woke up from a nap and saw him just sitting there, so I took a quick shot of him. Cats have their own way of doing things, this cat is definitely unique.

Right, I’d better go and feed him and put the heating on it’s blooming cold!

Chocolate Brazil nuts

Posted on February 8, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Care, chocolate Brazil nuts, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1842, Food, Memories, nut allergies, SweetsLeave a comment

What’s your favorite candy?

Couldn’t find a photo of chocolate brazils.

My favourite candy (we don’t call it that in England). Is whole Brazil nuts with their shells removed dipped in a thick layer of dark chocolate.

I don’t have them very often, but I really enjoyed them at Christmas when I was a child. I think they are still for sale. The taste combination between the two ingredients is sublime. If you don’t have a nut allergy maybe try them?

Carrot cake with pouring cream.

Posted on January 27, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged afternoon tea, Cafe, Cake, carrot cake, Food, pouring cream, Sister, Treat, Trentham Gardens3 Comments

Last week I went to Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent. This cake was a bit blurry but nice. The cream calmed the sweetness of the carrot cake down. We had intended to have sandwiches and salad. But when we got to the cafe it was a bit too late to get anything savoury.

It was nice to get out of the house and go for afternoon tea with my sister a few days ago. I’ve been ill for a few weeks now, I’m OK one day, then I’m shattered the next, so I really enjoyed the trip out.

Carrot cake seems to have become a British classic along with fruit scones and banana bread. Others include black forest gateau and Victoria sponge. All of them are real treats.

Tents moment

Posted on January 25, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Anglesey, Car, Fish and chips, Food, frame tent, Holiday, Memory, red wharf Bay, Tea, tent, Wales5 Comments

I put a five man frame tent up once with my hubby. We’d borrowed it because ours was worn out. It was only when we had finished putting it up that we realised the curtains were on the outside! It took another hour to redo it. The thing was huge with complicated bedrooms to hang from the internal frame. It had taken an effort to get in the boot of the car it was so heavy.

We were on holiday for a week at Red wharf Bay in Anglesey, hubby also managed to back the car over my best saucepan, which was annoying because we only had a couple of small pots to cook in until we could buy a replacement. I think we went to the local pub down by the bay and had delicious fish and chips and a pint of beer for tea. (So there was an upside after a frustrating afternoon).

Hot chocolate

Posted on January 22, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Browsing, Capabilitea cafe, Cold, Drink, Food, Hot chocolate, Life, Low sun, Time, Virus2 Comments

My sister and I went to have a cup of hot chocolate and some cake at the Capabilitea Cafe at Trentham Gardens, in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, this afternoon. It was lovely to get out after spending at least two weeks in the house with this dreadful virus. We were going to have a savory meal but I was tempted by this “the works” hot chocolate.

The sun was low on the horizon when I finally got out. It’s bad this time of year and it was hard to drive the couple of miles there. I’m glad I had my sister with me, she helped me blow up my car tyres and had to point out where the disabled parking spaces were on the Trentham village car park. We had a little wander so I could try and stretch my legs. I managed 1657 steps today, which is more than I’ve done in weeks (that’s in fits and starts, I have to stop and browse (take a rest), every so often). But I escaped from the house at last !

Purple rice

Posted on January 19, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Courgette, Evening meal, Food, Onion, Purple, red cabbage, Rice, sausage, Tasty, TeaLeave a comment

Tea tonight

Some mixed veg and rice with sausages.

I had some courgette, onion and red cabbage to cook so I added in a handful of rice into a pan of boiling water. I let that simmer while the sausages cooked in my air fryer. I knew that red cabbage releases colour into the water but I wasn’t quite expecting purple/blue to dye the rice.

It was a little bland but I added some brown sauce to liven things up a bit! Tasty

I see you

Posted on January 18, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cats eyes, Collage, Food, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Staring, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

She gave me ‘that look’

It was questioning me,

Looking into my soul

An unblinking stare

From inches away

Looking into me

It seemed to say….

Where’s my tea?

Mallaband-Brown

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