Cooking for one (Mark Three)

PasturesNew

Nobody mentioned the War when I was growing up ... mum just mentioned how much "fun" it was and how she sneaked away to London to see first hand (with her sister I think) what the blitz looked like.

But you have to put things in perspective ... and now I've done family history I can see that mum was "one of a huge gang of family", with cousins/siblings etc of every age who all lived within 300 yards of each other, so every time they went out of the house they were running into their family and going to do stuff etc.... dating Yanks seems to have been a bit of a thing too, with a station of them just half a mile up the road the Yanks were in all the local pubs and "the family" were in some way in the pub trade. So you have a bunch of young things (mum was 14 when the War started, 20 when it ended), with a huge entourage of cousins, all outgoing, surrounded by Yanks, just 1 mile from the main town....

Mum always "did" Remembrance Sunday - she said once that she'd often be waiting for dates to arrive and a friend would come instead to tell her he'd died. But that's unsubstantiated as to frequency/truth. She did have a "cousin" who died in the War, civilian dead, died when a bomb hit her house, she was aged 12. Mum'd occasionally mention how unfair it was.... I've managed to work out who this "cousin" was from doing the tree.

My older sister said something about our step-granddad being injured in WW2, he died when I was 10 and I've not got his service records at all (he's not a blood line).

Looking at WW1, I've found stuff I had no idea about:

Paternally, my grandfather's brother died in the War (of illness) and my grandfather had a couple of distant/cousins who died too. But my paternal grandfather died 7 years before I was born and I only met my grandmother a couple of times (aged 2 and about 6), she died when I was 13.

Maternally, my grandfather lost two brothers and a cousin. But as mum was illegitimate she probably didn't know this.

PasturesNew

Food.... again???? It's endless isn't it.

Freezer's looking "healthier" now (definitiion: full of goodies) and there's a WP mince/onion pie, crispbakes, breaded fish fillets, chips.... but, well, I don't fancy those

It's peeing down with rain here... endlessly wet.... so I don't fancy going out to browse for food.

Yesterday I boiled four eggs - ate two mixed with salad cream in an oven bottom muffin yesterday - and I've just mixed up the two remaining eggs with salad cream, filled another of the muffins and foil wrapped that in the fridge to be grabbed later if I'm hungry.

Yesterday I bought 2.5Kg of English Baking Spuds - so the best idea might be to have jacket spud with baked beans and cheese in all honesty.

The trouble with CFO/shopping is you go from nothing much in the house to food overload and indecision...

I'd like a nice roast dinner.... but it won't be happening

caronc

Good morning everyone,

It has actually stopped raining:D:D, it's much colder too though I don't mind that so much if it's dry out.

I'm just off to do the final prep and cleaning for this evening. Folk are due to arrive around 5pm so I should have plenty of time.

Hope everyone has a good Sunday.

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

.... Folk are due to arrive ....

A phrase I've never used

As a rule people don't visit me .... those that have suggest their home as a future venue as my houses have always lacked what others see as essential creature comforts.... good heating/on, good lighting, a telly, bit of comfort.... food in the fridge, drinks available (especially alcohol). None of those luxuries here.

Farway

It's hammering down here, woke me in the early hours and has never really stopped since
Which is a shame because I had pencilled in going to a local Apple Day, but I'll give it a miss, I'm not going out in this to mooch around a nursery & Farm Stalls
My DD on the other hand is out in some Stampede running event over your way PN, rather her than me

Breakfast usual porridge / banana set up

Lunch, I've found a pack of rashers, looking like bacon butty time

Today is ideal roast dinner day as mentioned by PN. Luckily I've got roast beef LO, and spuds plus fresh veg. No Yorkies, and I'm not making any, the weight is going the wrong way at the moment, bread pud excesses:o

I've got half a tin of mushy peas LO from the other day, not a big user, buy a small tin once a year maybe. Never knew about splash of vinegar in them, thanks Caron, I'll try that with the remains

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

Never knew about splash of vinegar in them, thanks Caron, I'll try that with the remains

Mushy peas + vinegar is pretty compulsory in my experience. Chips and peas is always a generous splash of vinegar over the chips, then a small/quick splash over the peas.

caronc

It's was flubberyzing not me that suggested that Farway;), but would completely agree. Vinegar & lots of black pepper are a must:D.
Prep is well in hand so it's been a quick lunch of crackers & salami before I do my usual and put my feet up for a bit. I've gone very "Abigail's Party":rotfl::rotfl:and made a bowl of carmelised oranges to go with the tiramisu. I can't think when I last had them but I'm hoping there might be some LOs:D.

Farway

Dinner is on the way, just waiting for the broccoli to turn to mush:D
Then make the instant granules gravy & job done

flubberyzing

I just did egg on toast for tea. Been thinking about fried eggs all week, but didn't have any. Or bread!
That will be my tea for the next few days. A nice easy, quick one. I've got almost a full week of teaching, so quick and easy teas are appreciated.

Brambling

Farway wrote: »

It's hammering down here, woke me in the early hours and has never really stopped since

It was moving SE Farway . I was also woken up silly o'clock by the rain, I got up to shut the window before 5am, I had accidentally turned my alarm on when I went to bed, so that woke me the usual work time :mad: I wouldn't have cursed so much if I hadn't also done it yesterday, I must be losing the plot :rotfl: unfortunately I couldn't switch off the furry alarm clock who then wanted his breakfast :cool:

The weather stayed gray and rainy most of the day so an excuse to stay in and to start my new book this afternoon .

Lunch was jacket potato with beans and cheese, dinner was salmon and LO salad. I did intend to make soup for lunches but had no tinned tomatoes :eek: not sure now I managed to run out I always have them in, cba to go out in the rain so that's a job for tomorrow night

Have you tried marmite on your toast before adding the egg flubberzing

Hope you had a good day Caronc