Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Oh fond TV memories there Brambling though we always had our roast in the evening after we had all watched whatever was on in that slot. I adored the Narnia tales and "the Borrowers". Open fire toast or pikelets was a Saturday evening treat before bed, like you we only had the coal fire but my Dad always took charge of the toasting. Probably just as well as us kids would be in our nightwear - all that brushed nylon doesn't bear thinking about near the flames:eek::eek:


Freezer-wise I'm sure the more the I use the less space there is it's like a reverse Tardis:rotfl::rotfl:

Brambling

caronc wrote: »

Oh fond TV memories there Brambling though we always had our roast in the evening after we had all watched whatever was on in that slot. I adored the Narnia tales and "the Borrowers". Open fire toast or pikelets was a Saturday evening treat before bed, like you we only had the coal fire but my Dad always took charge of the toasting. Probably just as well as us kids would be in our nightwear - all that brushed nylon doesn't bear thinking about near the flames:eek::eek:

Freezer-wise I'm sure the more the I use the less space there is it's like a reverse Tardis:rotfl::rotfl:

My dad would let us toast and my mum would hover in the background having a panic attack about us being to close to the flames :eek: but never in our nighties I forgot about the joys of brushed nylon nighties and the electric shocks caused by getting into bed with brush nylon sheets as well :eek: :eek:

I was also a fan of the borrowers and narnia books and TV

littlegreenparrot

wort wrote: »

Mouse tales - : he's still here!:eek: definitely in the cavity wall between me and next door. I set 3 traps in the kitchen but still no more sign of it in there. I'm not sleeping much as when I hear it in the cavity, I'm worried it's trying to get in!!!!!! I've kept the cat in at night, and last night even allowed him to come in the bedroom . He usually gets shut downstairs at night.
I don't have a cat flap, so he's not brought it in. I'm worried to block any holes up outside in case the mouse dies in the cavity and it smells!! Same reason not put poison down. I don't know where it's going for food unless it goes outside. But I'm worried it might chew my electric wires.:(/QUOTE]

We had a mouse find it's way in a couple of years ago, the parrot food meant it was a 24 hr buffet!
Didn't want to use poison for similar reasons so we got a couple of humane traps.
It took a couple of weeks but he succumbed in the end. Peanut butter and nutella proved to be irresistible.
He got taken to a country park a couple of miles away so he couldn't find his way back.

I liked it because it was easy to find it, and it meant I didn't feel bad.

caronc

Brambling wrote: »

My dad would let us toast and my mum would hover in the background having a panic attack about us being to close to the flames :eek: but never in our nighties I forgot about the joys of brushed nylon nighties and the electric shocks caused by getting into bed with brush nylon sheets as well :eek: :eek:

I was also a fan of the borrowers and narnia books and TV

Oh yes the joys of nylon sheets either getting shocked or sliding off them - so glad they have stayed firmly in the '70s:rotfl::rotfl:

SunnyGirl

Good evening everyone!

I have been MIA for the last 18 months as I changed my degree and life got verrrry busy! I'm still here though and still CFO.

For all the new faces I am a 52 year old mature uni student who was widowed 6 years ago. My kids are now aged 26, 24 and 20 and all live away from home.

I was used to cooking for a family and utilising all sorts of tricks when I was working full time, but struggled with CFO - the quantities, the repetition and general CBAness somedays.

I hope that you all don't mind me jumping back in?

caronc

SunnyGirl wrote: »

Good evening everyone!

I have been MIA for the last 18 months as I changed my degree and life got verrrry busy! I'm still here though and still CFO.

For all the new faces I am a 52 year old mature uni student who was widowed 6 years ago. My kids are now aged 26, 24 and 20 and all live away from home.

I was used to cooking for a family and utilising all sorts of tricks when I was working full time, but struggled with CFO - the quantities, the repetition and general CBAness somedays.

I hope that you all don't mind me jumping back in?

Lovely to see you back SunnyGirl - life sounds very busy no wonder you've not had time to post:D.

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Grey and drizzling here but much milder.
I'm not sure what I'll do today as my balance ain't great, suspect it's not happy at the stormy weather coming in. I hope to get a bit more decluttering done I'll see what I can get done.
Food remains undecided as yet- possibly bacon & eggs for lunch.

Is PN out of limbo yet? I do hope she comes back when she can

Farway

Welcome back SG

Another ratty free day to report, half time score is Farway 1, Ratty 0:j. Wort I was thinking about the mouse traps, and concur with bait suggested by LGP, I used bit of chocolate, and break back trap, both of which worked a treat

Porridge breakfast

I've removed the maturing beef stew from fridge to reach ambient temperature before reheating, plus fresh dumplings, for tonight's dinner

Lunch, cheese sarnie of some sort, only one big decision today, will it be tomato or onion inside with the cheese?

All this toasting on open fire talk, we used to do that, and of course sometimes it fell off into the flames

Then I remembered a bit form my Great Great Aunt Lydia's [1854 - 1940] journal, she was "in service" but Cook not skivvy, posh houses, big estates, Lord Galloway being one.
One family had estate near Hillingdon, here is an extract ref toasting. This was 1876 when Lydia was a Kitchen Maid

"The dining-room breakfast was at about 9.30. For this I had to make fresh yeast rolls every morning. There would be hot bacon, sausages, fish, sometimes omelettes and boiled eggs. On the sideboard there was game in season, cold ham or tongue and pressed beef. A large urn was taken in for breakfast, and toast, tea, coffee and hot milk were taken from the kitchen. Mr Clarke had along handled fork made so that he could sit at table and re-heat his toast without rising. This fork, made on the estate, had a sort of cage at the end.

At lunch our mistress had two-tiered tin vessels brought to table. These were for poor people. Meat was put into the bottom part, milk pudding into the top and a cover was fitted. She arranged these herself in the dining room every day and gave orders regarding those to whom they were to be sent."

Times change, you can make of the last paragraph what you will

SunnyGirl

Good morning!

faraway So glad that you remain ahead of Ratty :beer:

Caron Thank you for the lovely welcome back. I have noticed that PN isn't posting but am not sure why not. Also what has happened to MITSTM?

Plans for today are more revision for my exams which start a week tomorrow :eek: I'm working on my Policing module questions today which are how women protesters at Greenham Common and the Suffragets were policed and how black and ethnic minority people are policed - starting with the 1981 Brixton riots and onwards. Big topics but I'm enjoying them and am learning plenty.

Need to nip out for milk shortly then will be having either beans on toast or a tuna sandwich for lunch. Dinner is going to be a chicken breast roasted with potatoes and carrots and whatever other green veg I find lurking. It may be sprouts or it may be peas :rotfl: such is the excitement of my CFO life!

I am onto the edging of a crochet blanket I've made myself now and will continue with that when I've had enough of Policing.

wort

The problem re mouse is he seems to stay in the cavity wall! Of which I'm quite glad! But it means most methods of catching him are difficult.

Dgson is here today but not well, tonsillitis and a bad cold, he's due back to school tomorrow, so I e suggested he goes home to sleep, as mouse may keep him awake. He's just had a lightly toasted thin with cheese and chicken on, then pineapple with ginger yogurt.
We're having the obligatory curry for tea. Jalfrezi.
:j