Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

Last night's beef stew was super, I'd used a 2018 vintage pack of passatta in it. I've got a greedy portion left over

Pouring rain this morning, into town regardless , usual YS mooch and see what's about.

I found a battenberg cake, I have been fancying one lately and today "on offer" seemed a good time to get one. Having had a couple of slices I think my memory is playing tricks, It's OK but I may go another 20 years before I buy another, only L's Christmas stollen to get now

Lunch was LO tinned salmon + cuc + lettuce in a sarnie

Dinner, ???? maybe just a BLT PB bagutte, or use the PB baguette as part of a ploughman's type meal. I feel quite full and not really hungry at the moment

Brambling wrote: »

I think I managed to corrupt my Indian colleague this afternoon by persuading her to try the tunnock tea cakes which appeared in the kitchen she was unsure until I talked her around as I know she has a sweet tooth. Afterwards we had to show her them online so she could buy some and explain the difference between them and a toasted tea cake :rotfl:

I've never tried Tunnock's ones, we always had Lyon's, maybe because the factory was local, or more likely 'cos they're cheaper:D, came wrapped in red & silver foil and a real treat at Christmas.

I think I've spotted cheat Tunnock's ones in L's and now I have to get some

Seeing Caron mention mash from freezer, could be where my surplus mash is going, it was a big pot and I've no immediate desire for it.

unrecordings

Shopping & voting this morning. Waitrose was fairly poor but got a YS pizza for tonight. Wanted a nice pork chop for the weekend, but the Use By was iffy, so didn't risk it. Back to Plan A - which is chilli. Stopped off at Food Warehouse on the way back, got some of those nice Aberdeen Angus burgers, Findus crispy pancakes (now they stock cheese & ham) and a No Duck Chinese vegan party selection. Then to vote, which these days is in the pub across the road. I eschewed the latter part of my traditional 'vote & a pint' in protest of assorted things

Wednesday2000

I've had cereal, crisps and a chickpea and salad sandwich. Feeling hungry today.:)

I was supposed to be eating out tonight. I might just get a starter.

I'm having a vodka and coke now.:cool:

caronc

Good evening everyone,
Tunnocks teacakes are the best IMHO though the M&S ones used to be okay though I've not had one in years. If you haven't already, you'll need to introduce your colleague to their wafers, logs and snowballs Brambling:).
It's been a manky wet & cold day here, apartfrom a bin run I've not been out. I'm so glad I had a postal vote and didn't have to brave the elements. I knew it was "going to be one of those days" when my sis had called me three times before I was dressed and that was just the tip of what was to come.... :eek::eek:Thankfully all sorted now I think:D. Apart from destressing my sis I've only managed to hoover and mop through today and I had hoped to get some more wrapping done but didn't get that far. I've one pressie I need to wrap before Monday but the rest can wait if need be until nearer the time. I've things I want to do tomorrow like completely gutting out fridge and giving it a full wash out before the festive goodies begin to take up space and as I've a grocery order arriving on Saturday I want it out of the way.
Lunch today was a mug of L&P soup with a cheese roll, grapes and a pear. Tonight it's kidney & bacon casserole from the freezer with sprouts, broccoli and baby spuds.

Brambling

I like their dark chocolate wafers Caronc that could be the next biscuit of choice in the new year to introduce her to she wasn't impressed with gingernuts 'not what she expected' when we said ginger biscuits :rotfl:

Family call tonight to say one of my sisters is in hospital, just a vague she's in A & E and they are keeping her in overnight for observation, third hand by the time I got it due to the family 'telephone tree' the hospital was vague it seems when they called my eldest sister but I think that was more because of the permission given on how much they would tell her. The hospital said it was too late for visitors which is just as well as my BIL won't take my eldest sister to hospital tonight as she's not well, her blood pressure is 'through the roof' at the moment. Local family will go and see her tomorrow and let me know what's happening. Family dramas, there's always something and she's one of my sisters nearer in age to me :cool:

Work Christmas lunch today, very nice but I'm not use to three courses especially lunch time. Calamari, steak and chips and chocolate and hazelnut roulade with chocolate sauce . Lovely steak but it needed something green as well. Too full for dinner so just a cuppa when I got in after voting

unrecordings

Overnight in A&E is not pleasant. Hopefully they're just !!!! covering which is what happened to me recently when 'just pop up to A&E and ask for a scan you'll only be there for an hour if you get there early' turned into 18 hours jammed into a wheelchair and a further 15 hours on a bed with one of those crap 'blankets' on a freezing ward with no heating and a broken window. My elderly neighbour weathered it better than me, but he was born in Romania - in 1943...

Farway

Well that's it, all over thank goodness. My grown up children are weeping & wailing, under the impression their vote counted in a deep blue countryside

I just smile inwardly having seen it all before knowing full well whoever won it will eventually,as all politics does,end in failure but life goes on

I stayed up past midnight watcing results so late up, usual porridge breakfast, watched more TV, everybody won it seems:D


Lunch, probably PB baguette BLT
Dinner, could be heat through the LO tasty beef stew

Wednesday2000

I showed my brother the exit poll while we were at the concert last night and he wasn't pleased as he is a Corbyn supporter!:eek::rotfl:

Oh well, I didn't vote Tory but I hope Boris Johnson makes a good PM for us.:)

OMG, I was so hungover this morning! I just made oven chips and baked beans for myself and drank loads of water.:D

Brambling wrote: »

Family call tonight to say one of my sisters is in hospital, just a vague she's in A & E and they are keeping her in overnight for observation, third hand by the time I got it due to the family 'telephone tree' the hospital was vague it seems when they called my eldest sister but I think that was more because of the permission given on how much they would tell her. The hospital said it was too late for visitors which is just as well as my BIL won't take my eldest sister to hospital tonight as she's not well, her blood pressure is 'through the roof' at the moment. Local family will go and see her tomorrow and let me know what's happening. Family dramas, there's always something and she's one of my sisters nearer in age to me :cool:

I hope she is okay.xx

caronc

Good evening everyone,

I hope your sister is ok Brambling <hug> always worrying when folk get kept in overnight.
Hope the hangover was worth it Wednesday


I headed to bed last night before the results started coming in but going on the exit polls wasn't surprised with the outcome. Uncertain times ahead for the UK......
Until an hour or so ago the weather was much better here today, cold but dry and calm. It's pouring now with wind and sleet forecast as coming in overnight so no doubt of the nearby hills will get snow. I made the most of it being dry and braved the chill by having the windows and back door open for a few hours to the give the house a good airing. My dehumidifier switched itself off not long after I did which shows the benefit a bit of air flow gives even if was decidedly chilly indoors. My fridge has been completed gutted, scrubbed out and various tubs/jars/bottles inspected before they were returned. There [STRIKE]were far too many [/STRIKE]:o a few mustard jars with just residue in them kept to make salad dressing in but as I'm not making a huge amount of salads at the moment they've been washed and recycled. In case anyone thinks I'm completely slovenly, I do wipe my fridge out before a grocery delivery but seldom haul everything out for a deep clean, I find it a horrible bendy/balancing job which has basically taken me all day to manage so definitely not something I'd contemplate too often! I didn't find anything squidgy, furry or slimy so that was a plus, it's looking very shiny and empty tonight.:D I was just at the point of maximum chaos when my sis appeared at the door clutching a very welcome Greggs' steak bake for each of us. It was piping hot and my it was tasty, I hadn't anything organised for lunch so it was great timing on her part:).

Easy oven bung it in tonight of chicken wings, baked spud, mushrooms, toms and roasted sprouts. Not the best day in the F&V or healthy eating department though I did have a pear & a biggish portion of grapes late afternoon as well.

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

There [STRIKE]were far too many [/STRIKE]:o a few mustard jars with just residue in them kept to make salad dressing in but as I'm not making a huge amount of salads at the moment they've been washed and recycled. In case anyone thinks I'm completely slovenly, I do wipe my fridge out before a grocery delivery but seldom haul everything out for a deep clean

I used to keep ketchup and brown sauce bottles thinking "next time I put something in the SC I can swill that out"; I'd invariably forget and promise myself I'd remember next time.

In the main I reduce my jars/bottles to the bare minimum as I can't bear having 20 opened jars that sounded interesting. I limit myself to one jar of jam open at a time, I can only open the next one when the first is finished. Ditto chutneys etc. If I open a jar of chutney it'd last 2-3 years (forget I've got it most of the time), so even though I might like the sound of 20 other chutneys - and even though I don't particularly like the current/open one, I can't buy/open another until the first has gone.

The fridge still seemed cluttered with: 1 ketchup, 1 brown sauce, 1 jam, 1 marmalade, 1 lemon curd, 1 other jar of something or other.