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katieowl_2

meme30 wrote: »

I think 'Fish Week' is a busy week in Katieowl's workplace.

It's a celebration of our wonderful local seafood...Specials on all week, last year I made bouillabaisse everyday with local fish and seafood, platters fresh sushi each day, we had lobster and crab salads, and I did the local seafood dish of cockles with bacon and laverbread. My manager had the week off.... :rotfl:

Kate

meme30

Katieowl:- Cockles and bacon sound wonderful, could you post the recipe please.

RosiePuddingPaws

I've just put my (Christmas pressie) halogen oven on for the first time. The bulb lit for a fraction of a second and then went out so it must have blown up (the temperature was turned to high enough to need the bulb on). Is this a common problem with them? It may have to go back if it is as the instructions for changing the bulb look quite involved.

It's been lovely to see the sun here today. Three washes dried on the line (I've been saving them up as I hate using the TD). The only thing is, when did the glass on the living room door get so filthy?!!

I hope someone is getting some nice snow - we rarely do here and I love it (particularly on a day when I don't have to go anywhere in the car).

RPP

kidcat

Rosie it sounds faulty, if you only got it at Christmas I would take it back, as you should not be changing the bulb if you have never used it.

Possession

Hiya OMO! :j
Kidcat wishing your back better.
Had the PILs over today so they could fix DS's basketball hoop which was his xmas pressie from them. It took much longer than expected as these things do. But in preparation for them coming the house is now lovely and clean and tidy - downstairs at least.

kidcat

possession - I love it when there is a reason to get sorted, it always gets much better results, we are having guests for dinner Friday night, and I am looking forward to how clean the house will be

RosiePuddingPaws

Thanks Kidcat. I had a feeling it may be faulty. Unfortunately it came from the bay of E. E-mail to the seller coming up - at least it was a shop seller, rather than a private auction.

And, welcome to OMO. I don't post that often, but they are lovely people.

RPP

katieowl_2

meme30 wrote: »

Katieowl:- Cockles and bacon sound wonderful, could you post the recipe please.

I had a quick google but I can't find one the way I make it... I had it in a restaurant locally and copied it but it goes like this.

Fry the bacon, cut into little pieces with some onions, and throw a slosh of white wine on it and bubble until reduced. Mix in a tub of laverbread* and your prepared cockles, mix it all together and put in an oven proof dish, top with a breadcrumb gratin, which I make in a food processor with a dash of olive oil which makes it really crispy, and some people add cheese to the topping. I like cheese too Sorry no measurements! Depends on how much you have and how big your dish is. Serve with crusty bread.

*Laverbread is sold here in Tesco on the fish counter prepared and ready to use. If you collect your own laver from the beach it needs hours of boiling - much easier to buy it. I absolutely LOVE laver, it's traditionally a breakfast food here, some people just plop it onto the plates with a fried breakfast, but I make it the other way - into little patties with oatmeal, which are then fried (traditionally in bacon fat) Nom Nom Nom...it's incredibly good for you full of protein, iron and trace elements.


Kate

nuttyp

hi everyone, lazt day today. Had to go to sainsbobs as we have no eggs, tbh we have nothing in really. Got a few ys bargains but only bought the essentials. We have "stuff" in the freezer, so that will be used up. It is so cold here. There were few clouds in the sky today, so maybe snow......

Have been collecting the sun tokens, and we are going to scarborough for 5 days in may. Have no idea what it will be like. But i can not wait!!!! Me and oh will be on our first holiday with no children, thats the bit im not so keen on.

In my rush around the supermarket, i got YS chicken kievs, for 49p 2 in a packet. What do u have with them? mash n peas would that be ok??

craigywv

i agree with what BYATT says its the world we live in, i could have wrote your post for you apart from the oh leaving you bit.i worry about everything!! i came off anti depressants last yearand am better for it but now i worry about food costs, petrol etc...to the point of an obsession, i have tins of money for just about everything too, cupboards filled to point of breaking and lists i just lovelists have them for ab everyrthing too. i have agreed with myself that thats the way i will be forever its not harming anyone only me and i can control it maybe get yourself to a point where your comfortable withyour feelings ab nothing wrong with be prepared for the future as you can see price of everything is rising but we will adjust to this and cope , yes maybe we will all start tobemore rescourceful, grow our own f&v etcc but we will bedoing it together and we will all survive this hardship , i ramblingon , but i amthinking about you and dont fret too much xxx