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EssexHebridean

redofromstart said:

Reading elsewhere I was surprised at how many people don't like bread sauce. It doesn't like me but it's one of my favourite things.

milk, onion studded with cloves and a bay leaf in a small pan, bring it up to a simmer and turn it off. Let it steep for a few hours, the longer the better. Sieve out the stuff so you just have the flavoured milk then bring it back to warm. Add a generous walnut of butter, and some cubes of good crust less bread (NOT cheap toast bread) and heat gently, stirring, till it's nice and thick, gently warming.  Add a dash of cream and black pepper. Just glorious. 

It works with nasty GF bread but I'd rather have a small portion and stomach ache.

Mine also gets a few lightly crushed peppercorns and allspice berries in the milk with the onion, plus an extra bay leaf. Then I add in a generous grating of nutmeg to the sauce once it’s cooking out as well. And yes to it needing decent bread - we always use a home made loaf these days. 

Fabulous to be able to use home grown celeriac too - well done you, and I absolutely don’t blame you for being excited about it either! 

redofromstart

The celeriac was lovely, cut into cubes and roasted.

today we had visitors and the inevitable beige banquet. I did do salad sides, and sliced melon. I made a suitably GF chocolate roulade and I'm hoping it'll freeze in slices. 

Mr Redo wanted to spend some of his gift money on some walking kit, and I was seduced by a £10 off a £50 ee by gum bay voucher which meant I could add three not cashmere fingerless gloves to his £30 order and spent £15 of my fritter money.

 I also ordered two longline hoodies for ladder holding, and general outdoor slavery purposes.  At £12 each (inc postage, mat a lan) then I can rip, paint, and ruin them in the general pursuit of home improvement.  The other 'sale' fritter was on Emma hardie cleansing balm. 

redofromstart

Mrs Brady old lady has sat on my lap and purred and purred most of the day, despite the best efforts of others to displace her and the wind whistling down the chimney. 

KajiKita

redofromstart said:

Mrs Brady old lady has sat on my lap and purred and purred most of the day, despite the best efforts of others to displace her and the wind whistling down the chimney. 

Awwww ….. ❤️🐈❤️

KK

EssexHebridean

Good frittering there. Hoodies - and particularly the longer ones - are brilliant for outdoor stuff I find - the huge front pocket will take all the plant ties, garden/work gloves/screwdrivers or whatever that one is required to hold while also trying to do other jobs! 

redofromstart

 Cracked and spent £2.29 of my fritter money on Charles Dowding veg journal on kindle. Couldn't find it to borrow for free. My 'fritter' money is gifted money, cash back and survey funds. 

Sun_Addict

I have a fritter money pot too funded by surveys 🙂

KajiKita

Having led you into this temptation …. I hope you enjoy it! 😉

KK

Seasidegal58

Happy New Year redo!  I hope 2024 is a good one for you and the family!👍😀

redofromstart

Thanks everyone. Funny week with a lot of mental adjustment to not being at work.

a few hours outside trimming a few things and filling one of the green waste bins. Nice to get some sunshine even if it was very cold. 

Sunday lunch made, and a timely reminder that roast onions and yorkshire pudding are pennies but add much value, and that monster carrots are much nicer chunked and roasted.