Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

flubberyzing wrote: »

I'm travelling down to Somerset tomorrow, to do a piece with ITV News, regarding the 'Shrouds Of The Somme' art project being done at the Olympic Park next month, for 100 years since the end of WWI.

I happen to have a relative who was killed at the Somme, and posted his story to their website, and now ITV have asked if I'll go and meet the artist making all these 72000+ little men. All a bit random, but I'm seeing it as a big adventure. It'll be a long day though. First train at 8am ish, and not due back until well gone 10pm..

Oooh, a TV star in our midst, hope the day goes well

Money, the CFO cold is still on the move it seems, honey & lemon is nice for sore throats, tasty anyway
I wouldn't be too harsh on the e mail quote, maybe he has typo in the address? I know sometimes if there is a DOT in there it can be missed. Checked you spam box? For some reason I find mail in there that I've had before but Gmail then decides it's spam

Certainly colder now, heating is clicking on more frequently, and I was glad of it this morning. Sun's out but today is last of the mild days here so they say

I had the last of my home grown tomatoes last night's salad, they did well this year, and remained blight free for once. The yS salmon fillet was nice, rest now in the freezer

Still feeling a bit under the weather, no shivers, cough or the like, but I'm not going to do much today, except laundry, but that'll have to dry indoors, if it went outside it would just hang like damp rags even in the sun.

Porridge etc for breakfast
Lunch another corned beef & beetroot sarnie

Dinner is the YS LO cold Hawaiian pizza, how exciting. I may just open a tin of soup to go with it, all this soup talk, plus the weather

If I'd have thought a head I would've defrosted some steak chunks and made a stew thing. I think with the cold weather due this weekend that will be a food plan, I'll top up with fresh carrots, only got one sorry looking one lurking

PasturesNew

The whole WW1 thing, to me, is a bit of a shame for the 100 years because many people have no idea they had a relative in it who died because they don't do family history and the names are different to the current generation....

If a man is killed in WW1 and has a daughter, she'll marry; maybe even the widow will remarry and the child will be known by a different name... then if the daughter has daughters and they marry .... suddenly you can find that "I've no idea what my granny's maternal name was".

While there are people who know, or large families who have kept the story going, or families with a family historian, they'll know ... but there are plenty who don't.

I've about a dozen deaths dotted in the tree, but no up/bloodline killed.

My mother was illegitimate and, although she knew who her father was by name, I doubt she knew his two brothers were killed in the war. She might not also know that her father's cousin died in it.

I am not sure if my dad knew that his father's brother died (illness) in WW1, he certainly never mentioned it and that chap had the same surname as us!

It's a shame villages over the last 4-5 years hadn't all been trying to find easily traceable downlines to make sure they know.

I bet a lot of people will discover in the next 10-30 years that their gt/grandfather was killed.... and wonder how come they never knew before.

PasturesNew

I didn't mean to get sausage rolls.... I wasn't going to eat until tea-time. I found myself killing time in L1dl and picked them up .... then had to cook two.

L1dl are once again stocking their own brand ginger beer
Hooray. I last saw that in July, so I bought three bottles. At some point in the next few days I'll go and get some more

I also saw/grabbed a pack of the 49p Cherry/dark chocolate jaffa cakes. The orange sticker on the shelf announces they are a "While it Lasts" item, so not always available.

Wednesday2000

I slept in late today and then went straight out for an hour walk before I had breakfast so I've only had cream cheese on toast so far today. It was warm out there and I've had lots of water.

It's 2 already!

I might just pop a pizza in the oven.:p I feel like some salad but I don't have any in the house.

caronc wrote: »

My elder son is the double of my sister - he "dressed up" as her one Hallowe'en it was scary how similiar they were:rotfl::rotfl:

That made me laugh!:rotfl:

Farway

PasturesNew wrote: »

L1dl are once again stocking their own brand ginger beer
Hooray. I last saw that in July, so I bought three bottles. At some point in the next few days I'll go and get some more

I also saw/grabbed a pack of the 49p Cherry/dark chocolate jaffa cakes. The orange sticker on the shelf announces they are a "While it Lasts" item, so not always available.

Ta for the tip, I like ginger beer, not often, but think I'll get some in with Christmas coming up, that can count as my bit of planning towards the Big Day

I'm in there Friday so I'll keep eyes open for the cherry / choc Jaffa cakes, ever since cherry / dark choc combo was mentioned on here I've been hankering for it

I've moved one of the 57 varieties of soup tins onto the work top ready for dinner as a warming accompaniment to the cold pizza
I don't want to heat the pizza or the base may turn even more cardboard like

Neighbour knocked on the door, forewarning me it is a 50th birthday party next door on Saturday and apologising in advance. Fair does, at least they have the decency to let me know, normally they are quite as mice anyway, and only 50 once
For my 50th I cycled the South Downs way with a mate, not all in one day I should add

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

Ta for the tip, I like ginger beer, not often, but think I'll get some in with Christmas coming up, that can count as my bit of planning towards the Big Day

I've tried a few "cheap ones" and none are good. This one, 2 litres, 45p, tastes exactly how I remember it tasting years ago. Fiery GB, No Added Sugar.

Farway wrote: »

I'm in there Friday so I'll keep eyes open for the cherry / choc Jaffa cakes, ever since cherry / dark choc combo was mentioned on here I've been hankering for it

In mine it was with all "While Stocks Last" stuff on a shelf with all sorts of mixtures, lots of orange shelf labels there... everything was "While Stocks Last". The sort of stuff I don't usually head for as a lot of that "While..." is either furren stuff or branded but pricey. I tend to just stick to the shelves/areas/aisles I know I want stuff from, which doesn't tend to vary much.

Farway wrote: »

For my 50th I cycled the South Downs way with a mate, not all in one day I should add

For mine .... I did nothing
Nor my 40th. Nor the 30th. Nothing on 21st, nor 18th. Or, to be fair, on any of them.

flubberyzing

PasturesNew - I agree. Many, MANY people don't seem to even know (or even care) that they lost relatives in WWI particularly.
In my case, I was made aware of my family link because both my great-auntie (the niece of the soldier) and my father, were keen on family history.
It was also easier to keep passing the knowledge down, because I'm a direct descendant through the male line, so I still have the same surname, as I have never married.

I fear though, that the passing down of the story will stop with me. I have cousins in the same direct line, with kids to pass it on to. But those cousins have never shown any interest in the story as far as I know.

Through this project though, I got to know of a distant cousin who is also into the family history, and is keen on the story. So I hope it'll pass on through her branch of the family. As I think it'll be a dead-end down my particular line.

In other news, I've just had another parent reach out to me regarding private tutoring for their child. She's got a slightly odd request though, which I'm not sure I can accommodate. I've replied with my best offer though, so I'll see what she comes back with.

PasturesNew

flubberyzing wrote: »

PasturesNew - I agree. Many, MANY people don't seem to even know (or even care) that they lost relatives in WWI particularly.

I have an unusual surname and was walking past a memorial one day and there was my surname on it ... and I thought "who's he? he must be on the tree" so when I got home I did his entire tree to find out if he fitted into my tree... couldn't immediately find an obvious link, but I think I'd have needed to push him back 2 more generations and I got a bit "caught up" with his story.

He'd left a little widow and a little baby He didn't get to see the baby, his submarine sunk in January, so early in the pregnancy he might not have even known his wife was pregnant.

moneyistooshorttomention

Flubberyzing - intrigued as to what the "slightly odd request" might be:rotfl:. Anyways - we'll live in ignorance on that one then...

I found a work-around to ask for my quote again - ie mobile phone texts. Got my quote now - it's pretty much the sort of figure I thought it would be - so I shall give benefit of doubt and arrange for it to be done. Would have thought he'd have had his quotes pinging back at him if they had been sent - but google tells me googlemail can sometimes have problems that are nothing to do with the people concerned. So we'll see....

Duly had lunch out - cheese baguette in the event. Not particularly repeatable I decided. Feeling washed-out from the cold and must go and have another salt water gargle in a minute. You name it - and I can probably think of alternative remedy (or 10:rotfl:) to deal with it from minor to very major illness.:) Don't think I'll feel up to more dancing tomorrow. Hoping to feel up to an evening of music Friday...

caronc

Good evening everyone,

Interesting re the WW1 histories, I only had two relatives (through) marriage involved in direct action, both were already in the army and both survived. My other close male relatives who were of age were all in reserved occupations (ship builders, foundry workers or miners) or exempt due to disability. One of my great-gran's brothers did die during the war but not in service, he had polio as a child then contracted TB or something in that vein. My maternal Gran's Dad was officiall signed up to the navy but as the Harbour Master for the local port didn't actually go anywhere and lived at home.
How exciting flubberyzing - hope the day goes well:)
Sorry you are still feeling under the weather Farway and you have been smitten Money. I'd suggest a group hug but don't want to spread the germs;).
PN- hope the viewing results in an offer.


It was actually dry today, I thought some fresh air might help my cold but it was so raw out I didn't last long! A dollop of cream cheese & a spot more milk were just what the mushroom soup needed, it must have been ok as my Dad had 2 bowls and has a portion away with him:). I served it with cheese, tomato and spring onion quesadillas which went well and weren't too heavy, he's away with a wrap to make his own to have with the soup tomorrow.:) As I knew I be eating lunch early (for me) I skipped breakfast so I'd be ready for an early meal.



The cold lingers on no worse but not improving it definitely proving to be a sticky one. I'm hoping to blast my tubes tonight with chilli & ginger belly pork served with stir fry rice & veg.