Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Up with the larks, and thankfully the grump has dispersed. Very first world problems, in the grand scheme of things. And yes, I so agree with you shortie, the grump was as much about me being annoyed with myself at being grumpy at something, as it was with being disappointed with the 'something' I was disappointed about! :rotfl:

Never mind, before I went to bed, I was lucky enough to take in the latest blog post over at the Quince Tree blog and that and the comments that follow, made me smile - which helped

NoOneAround - you are quite right, we don't have pud often either, but as I had the oven on to heat up the hotpot and 2 large cooking apples to use, I figured pud was in order. Jolly nice it was too And YAY :j to your pictorial debut I see t1ny pic is actually owned by Pbucket, but interestingly, the size that they give as suitable for forum pics is the size that I use - I came across it by trial and error *picking* sizes to reduce to - doh! :doh::rotfl:And I like that you've seen a heart in the farls - I must have given that one to DP :A:D

moneyistooshorttomention - funnily enough, I have come across an *interesting* savoury scone recipe in a library book that I got recently. I have had Suzy's 'leftovers' book from the library - I think it is a good read, lots of good tips, especially if folks are new to cooking. Not sure I'd buy it, but worth a borrow, definitely. Thanks for the link - I didn't know that she had a blog - and her rant about bee tee could have been written by anyone who has ever had dealings with that company! :rotfl:

rtandon - aw, that's not very nice is it? How are we supposed to learn if people make us feel silly Did you bother buying any off him?

teapot2 - I was going to be a 'romanesco cauli Queen' of the allotment with all the seed I planted...... don't think that it ever got beyond the seedling stage.......... :rotfl:


DP has just come down stairs - my peace is shattered :rotfl:

Right, well, I have got tons to do again today. But for some of it, I shall be mistress of my own destiny, so I'm ready for a bit of hard work

Dinner this evening is going to be courtesy of Miss Leanne. I'm following a recipe of hers that I have only done (a version of) once before, and I wasn't impressed. So let's hope that the gal can make me a convert

It won't be a nsd, as if nothing else, I will be purchasing [STRIKE]a gallon of gin [/STRIKE]a light libation to accompany 'us tea'

I'd better go away and stroke a rumpled DP, I think he may well have 'caught' my grump, and it's developed into grumpFLU overnight ........ :rotfl: I'd be no use to the nursing profession me, would I?

Thank you for popping by, reading and joining in. I remain greatly appreciative.

See y'all later - as frankly, we couldn't get any earlier could we? :rotfl:

Greying

rtandon27

Morning GP!

Hope you & DP have sorted out the grumpies! This time of year is hard on everyone with the light fading early & cold drawing in, must be even harder with the trades in making things a bit topsy turvy in the house. Sending anti-gump hugs your way on this weekend-eve.

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

...rtandon - aw, that's not very nice is it? How are we supposed to learn if people make us feel silly Did you bother buying any off him?...

OOPS!:eek: didn't mean to protrait my lovely veg man in a negative light! Teach me to try and reply whilst on the evening commute!

I love my veg man - he's taught me so much about the strangest veg & the normal ones too - he was just bowled over that I didn't know that variety of cauli when he usually has me gushing over the amazing variety of veg he grows and sells. To him it was so obvious that cooking a cauli was a basic skill!

(..and yes we definately bought one - mind you at half price as I was hesitant to try it...:rotfl:)

XO
RT

Karmacat

Good heavens, greying, you were up *before* the larks!!!

You set yourself an awfully high standard in never wanting to be at all grumpy ... I don't think its quite possible, y'know ... hope you have some pleasant moments in all the busy-ness today - its not exactly stand at the field gate and smell the flowers, but even autumn colours can be lovely

Upsidedown_Bear

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

I've just been in Liguria with Gino d'cAmpo. T'was awfully nice

I didn't achieve a nsd today But I bought what was on the list and picked up a perfectly nice bottle of Soave with 1/3rd off from MrA

rtandon - so good that you get on with your veg man Can you imagine what I'd be like if anyone round 'ere started selling interesting veg? One of the shops in the precinct made a massive announcement that they were stocking veg from yesterday. I wandered past today, and saw the price list in the window. :eek: is all. Organic? Nope. Local? Doubt it. From the local market 50 miles away - prolly. Most of which comes from the wholesale market in the same locale? most definitely....... pfft! The ald* S6 have no threat of competition...........

karma - yes, you're right...... but grumpiness does seem such a waste of precious energy..... don'tcha think?

upsidedownbear - i'll claim my Friday huggle if I may? Ta muchly :D:D


At least I had no time for 'grumpiness' today Mucho achieved on all fronts, and I even managed to do a 'secret' favour for DP that brought a smile to his face when he found out - smiles have been all to absent in the last day or two :)

I bumped into a lovely lady that I got to know from the allotment today. When I first knew her, she was lovely, but very...... prickly is the word I think. Anyway, unfortunately, in the time that I have known her, she lost her beloved hubbie, and time has moved on, but it's actually been easier to 'know' her iyswim. We had a good auld natter - she was glad I hadn't 'pegged it', as it is such a worry as we all get older......... :eek: But she is a vibrant lady, with many interests and takes triumphs and tragedy in her stride. She is a gardener, cook, jam-maker, sewist, knitter - she was an MSE'er before Marty were a twinkle

Dinner this evening? Well, well, well. Miss Leanne has been, gorn, dunnit again! She has managed to make a recipe - that previously (long-time since) had tripped me up - accessible :j Tonight I made Leanne's Broccoli and Mozarella Calzone from pg 80 of Good and CheapI actually made the 'fast' pizza dough recipe (From Scratch pg 45) from last Friday night to make these - but it varies very little from the recipe that Leanne gives. I used mrM frozen broccoli in place of the broccoli rabe that Leanne uses. I tried to grow it for several years - which is the closest that I ever got to eating some in these ere parts! It's very like PSB, but all green. I used mrA smartiepricie Mozzarella - x2 so 86p. The result? LUSH



I couldn't get them to brown as much as Leanne proposed (I blame my oven), certainly not in 6-8 mins, but those on the plate were actually quite crispy and the 2 that got left in the oven whilst we ate got better colour;



The cheese was oozy, the broccoli tasty and the dough crispy YUM! Certainly filling. We will see what the 2 other calzones taste like cold. Those are m&$ YS'd potatoes with the calzones, and a chilled glass of soave compliments the pic

I will definitely keep that recipe in my collection. It may well inspire me to experiment with tomato based calzone too (my previous attempt was tomato based, but I think that I didn't roll the dough thinly enough and my oven at the time was too cool). Edit: I have just been writing up this recipe into my collection, and I forgot to say that I, as a vegetarian, omitted the anchovies too - but I did add red onion in with the garlic/chilli flakes/cheese etc.

Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

For bumping into *P* and having a good auld natter

That it takes very little to make DP happy

That we successfully rang the changes on 'Friday night is pizza night' with a tasty frugal alternative

Thank you so very much for popping by, reading, joining in and distributing huggles. Mucho mucho appreciated. As ever

See y'all later.

Greying

Upsidedown_Bear

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

upsidedownbear - i'll claim my Friday huggle if I may? Ta muchly :D:D

Why is it that I always feel hungry after reading your posts? Even if I've just eaten? :think::)

rtandon27

Yum!!! As always [STRIKE]dinner[/STRIKE] tea looks lush!:)

Upsidedown_Bear

Hopefuljoy

Hello chums!!! Greying you will never 'peg out'! It's simply not allowed.....

It's my birthday today and I'm back into even numbers. I don't like odd numbers at all for some reason! Just wanted to say hello and those calzones look delish!

Thanks for the hugs USDB!!

Greying_Pilgrim

Hopefuljoy wrote: »

It's my birthday today and I'm back into even numbers.

:j:j:j HAPPY BIRTHDAY:j:j:j

Hope that you have a fabulous day, Hopefuljoy - but 21 is an odd no? Surely?

Thanks for sharing on here

Greying