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goldfinches

Brie said:

goldfinches said:

Well spotted @Miró and very nice they both look too. All you need now is some decent weather, perhaps @Brie can put in an order for us all. 

Well good weather in the south at least 24 hours ahead of schedule.  Happy to take the blame for it!!

Thankyou so much, it's actually quite warm here today, miraculous. I'd almost forgotten what warm sunshine felt like.

Rosa_Damascena

I remarked to friends that yesterday was the perfect evening - long daylight hours and wonderfully temperate. I was out walking for 3 hours and reluctantly made my way back as it started to get dark at 10pm.

Cherryfudge

Cherryfudge said:

 🍳🌶️ You can find the original recipe in Madhur Jaffrey’s book “My Kitchen Table: 100 Essential Curries” 1. If you’d like to see a video demonstration, check out this YouTube video2.

@florianatwobob, I'm just popping in to say thank you for mentioning this recipe! We made it today and it's a keeper, though I used chickpeas as DH doesn't like eggs, so for an egg curry, it was a bit wide of the mark. I think @Brie's mum's idea of sultana rice would work well with it too: I like fruit in a curry and actually ended up chopping the remains of a mango over mine as I couldn't find mango chutney in the cupboards.

You were right in that it wasn't super-spicy, but it would be easy to make a double batch of the spice paste and add to taste.

florianatwobob

Glad you enjoyed it @Cherryfudge and I’m a fan of a chickpea curry too so can see how it would work along with the addition of fruit.  

Frith

From the one opposite the donut stand in Kidder today (used to be Tammy Girl!) 

£7. I had walked in to town (few miles) so had to carry this home. I've included my hand for scale! 

goldfinches

Great find @Frith and lovely frame too. I do like the Georgian houses and the details in the reflection, very attractive.

I popped into one of the two Oxfam bookshops here on my way home from my Wednesday walking group and found these three treasures. The Ina Garten was £2.99 and the other two were £1.99 each.



So now I'm ensconced on the sofa perusing all three, a very pleasant way to spend an evening.

Rosa_Damascena

@goldfinches - I too am an Ina Garten fan. Her food isn't fussy at all, and I love the way her recipes predictably start with a stick of butter or three 

YoungBlueEyes

I'm another fan of hers. She was always on the Food Network channel - The Barefoot Contessa. I don't watch a lot of telly now so I don't know if she's still on but her progs were always simple to follow in plain language  

Miró

Thought I was going to have another fruitless trip to Otley today but not so!  First got a 2 pack of posh M&S tights for 50p and then in the PDSA shop I got a Black Watch tartan jacket by Ella for Viyella for £5.99.  Fitted into the waist and with a peplum effect at the back.  Looks unworn too.  One selling on FleaBay for £35 in a used condition.  Will be on the look out for a bottle green half circle midi skirt now!

Do we have any peeps with inside knowledge of chazza shops in Northumberland?  Orft to stay in Alnwick for a week shortly…… Thankees! 😊

goldfinches

@Rosa_Damascena - you're not wrong about the butter content of Ina Garten's recipes, the woman must have shares in a dairy or a cow at the bottom of her garden. How she stays the size she is is another mystery, her portion sizes must be very small is all I can say. However, there is one recipe for a courgette and goat's cheese tart that I'm going to try making later today so watch this space and cross your fingers for my pastry.
@YoungBlueEyes - I've never seen the programmes because I don't have a telly but her recipes are always being referenced by other cookbook writers and on sites like Food52 as well as on Eat Your Books so I snapped up this volume when I spotted it. You might like Erin Jeanne McDowell's videos on Food52 called Bake It Up A Notch or her own website which is here Erin Jeanne McDowell. She's very down to earth and practical and doesn't hesitate to call a spade a bloomin' shovel, I'd enjoy having her as a next door neighbour and I think you would too.
@Miró - that is a fabulous jacket and I can't wait to see what you're going to wear it with, great spot. I hope you have a lovely week in Alnwick and that you're planning to visit the poison garden at the castle because I want to hear all about it, I've always thought it such an original idea.

I had to walk up to the chemist's shop yesterday to collect some bits and so did a tour of the charity shops on the way there. At the Sobell House shop I found this almost unworn Peter Storm lightweight showerproof jacket which is a lovely fit and has pockets that are big enough for my phone for £17.50. It's mid thigh length with an adjustable waist and two front pockets and a folded away hood in the collar, very like this one. I also snapped up this double sided whiteboard, £3, and these two cookbooks that were £3 each too. Then I went down the road to the Mercy In Action shop and found this Land's End top, £5.50, and these two cartoon books which were £1.50 and £2.50 respectively.





I thought I might amuse myself next winter by learning to draw cartoons, I expect the urge will have worn off before Christmas but you never know do you.