Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Goodness I don't think I've watched a soap since the mid-90s!! My Mum was a big Corrie/East Enders fan and my Dad used to complain bitterly about that but oddly continued to watch them after she died - apparently you just kind of get into them:rotfl::rotfl:. I did used to like "Neighbours" in the early days and got a bit hooked on "Home and Away" while I was pregnant with my first, we used to laugh as when he was tiny and very colicky he used to calm at the theme tune which we then recorded on a loop so we could grab some dinner, must have been ingrained from the womb:rotfl::rotfl:.
Sounds like a lovely day out and I think a cheeky glass on a "school night"is more than allowed when you are on holiday:cool:.

unrecordings

Hah! - CBA with the salmon. It's good till Saturday though, so that saves me defrosting a pork loin steak (which was the original plan for Saturday). I could even potentially have it (the salmon) for breakfast tomorrow with some scrambly in pittas
Hmm (strokes beard whistfully) - depends on how well I sleep

Brambling

We grew up on Corrie which in those days was twice a week and if we watched any of the others my mum would peek over the top of the newspaper and tut how disgusting they were. When she got into her eighties my mum started to watch them all which was great if you only wanted a quick phone call as we would phone during any of them and she couldn't wait for you to go away :rotfl::rotfl: I find them all too depressing and like you gave up decades ago

caronc

unrecordings wrote: »

Hah! - CBA with the salmon. It's good till Saturday though, so that saves me defrosting a pork loin steak (which was the original plan for Saturday). I could even potentially have it (the salmon) for breakfast tomorrow with some scrambly in pittas
Hmm (strokes beard whistfully) - depends on how well I sleep

Scrambled egg and salmon does it for me, just the thing for a protein boost after a poor night if you cba

Brambling wrote: »

We grew up on Corrie which in those days was twice a week and if we watched any of the others my mum would peek over the top of the newspaper and tut how disgusting they were. When she got into her eighties my mum started to watch them all which was great if you only wanted a quick phone call as we would phone during any of them and she couldn't wait for you to go away :rotfl::rotfl: I find them all too depressing and like you gave up decades ago

Sounds liked my Dad, apparently engrossed in a book but could name all the characters and plot lines. When it came to evening telly my Mun definitely ruled the roost (along most other things "domestic" :rotfl:), thankfully TOTPs didn't clash with anything "essential" .:cool:

candygirl

I'm an avid Corrie fan.Also used to love Brookside too:o
Have had cheese on toast for dinner, n a mixed bean, n chilli sauce wrap for tea .Was lush

PasturesNew

It's raining. I've been up/awake since 6am, but waiting until it's "a more reasonable time to be pottering about in the kitchen" before I go and make a sausage/brown sauce flatbread for brekky.

Had cheese/onion slice, chips, beans for tea last night; I'll do that again today at some time.

pattypan4

I went out to buy a card and it is the monthly market day, it is small. A new venture has appeared today, a local sausage maker who has been chucked out because large local shop is now a franchise, shop was empty btw, the locals never wanted that. Anyway I bought 3 trays of gorgeous looking sausages, frozen most and am almost finished cooking two. They smell scrumtious. That will be my second breakfast and the rest of the day will be salads and veg, I think. I will keep buying from him

caronc

Good morning everyone,

These sound lovely pattypan, a decently made sausage is so good. I must remember to do something with the remaining scrumptious toulouse sausages I have in the freezer sometime soon. Braised with wine, onions and lentils is my favourite way with these.:)
It's tipping it down here this morning and barely light so both the weather and myself are both gloomy & wet. Unfortunately the lurgy didn't disappear overnight and I'm feeling fairly rubbish this morning. Not properly unwell just not really wanting to do much, however I need to keep myself functioning until this evening as I'm getting my hair cut late afternoon. I debating postponing but my hair dresser is about to go on holiday for a couple of weeks and then is pretty much fully booked until Christmas so I'm not sure when I'd get an appointment so I'll just load myself with meds and hot drinks and get it done today.
Lunch is going to be a tiger roll filled with mashed avocado and seafood sticks. Dinner will be something from the freezer or I might put together a naan pizza.

Wednesday2000

At one point I watched almost all the soaps. I used to watch Neighbours and Home and Away at school too.:D

When I was at uni I used to like to watch a US soap called Sunset Beach!

I don't watch any now, in fact, I barely watch any British TV at all.

I'm having a Quorn Cornish pasty with Slimming World chips for lunch with either salad or steamed veggies. I can't think what I have in the fridge.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I popped into Mr T earlier, not to buy anything, but to try to have another look... it's chaotic in there

Anyway .... the Mr T range of cheapo meals caught my eye, they do the 14p noodles.... .

Wow, that is cheap!:)

candygirl wrote: »

a mixed bean, n chilli sauce wrap for tea .Was lush

Sounded yummy!:)

Farway

Warm N wet this morning, brightened up a tad now

Into L's first thing, lovely now it's half Term, no kids & more importantly no Mums getting the weekend specials on school run
Bought what I intended to, smoked salmon [1 for freezing], strawberry jam & blossom honey, and one YS 20p seeded loaf

Plus usual odds N ends and a lamb shank on offer, nukeable with long date so that'll be a nice standby sometime before CFOmas

Lunch, cheese & tom sarnie using new YS loaf

Dinner, I'll bake one of the 4sda spuds and have grated cheese & salad with ti, it is just the right sort of weather for baked cheesy spud

Caron, hope the lurgy clears soon, not nice when feeling poorly

Soaps, never really watched them, sometimes Corrie way back in the 60s with 'er with curlers in & the little lady she used to nag
And the Magic Roundabout of course

Brambling wrote: »

Weather here today was lovely so we went to a local listed garden only 10 min drive away. It recently reopened with new owners after being sold and closed 2010. Even through it had a hallowe'en event it was lovely and quite walking around their lakes, no deer in the deer park but we did visit the wallabies they have a lot of white in their collection. I'm thinking of getting a year pass as it's the same price as 5 visits and is close enough to go for a couple of hours walk around beautiful gardens

I know the one, been meaning to go back since it re opened, looks like next year now. I saw pictures of the revamp in some magazine, looking good

A season ticket is a good idea, I've one for Wisley, and one for Hillier's over at Romsey. These allow grandchildren or a friend in on same ticket so ideal
All being well weather wise it is intended to go over Hillier's on Monday for tree colours

Tomorrow, despite the gales forecast it is season ticket time down the dockyard with the grandchildren, plenty of pirates & guns undercover to keep them happy
So should be lunch out, no idea what