Cooking for one (Mark Three)

wort wrote: »

PN have you got yo the bottom of the police mystery?

Just googled it, looks like a false alarm.
Fire alarm was activated, I heard the police response vehicle.

So ... "nothing to see here" as they say

Wort - it's no big deal. I know from experience it'll be gone soon. There may be summat about it in latest book just sent for (not a cookery book for once - this time it's one on Tibetan medicine). Yep...I've been doing all sorts of googling of wierd and wonderful websites this afternoon - checking for how to get rid of suspected hypothyroidism (ditto no big deal - I have confidence I can get shot of it if I'm right about it). Any sound of Tibetan gongs sounding through the ether is me having decided to try out YouTube videos of that LOL.....

Though it'll be mucking up the taste of tonight's dinner (one of the last two helpings retrieved from the freezer of "sorta bolognaise" that I made to use up last of the soya mince ever and some sweet potato chips).

Wonder how Kittie got on today re house viewings? Guess she'll be along in a minute to tell us.

caronc wrote: »

My current bag of spuds are just the size I like for baking so I think I'll do a few and freeze the extras. A bit like "Goldilocks" I'm fussy in the baked spud size department so quite often bags of spuds don't have any of the size I prefer in them. I find the spuds sold as "bakers" are too big for me:)

Years ago, before the likes of Spud U Like shops and cafes selling baked spuds, we used to have very large spuds for baked spuds. Then the sacks stopped containing them - I guess producers were picking them out for the catering trade.

Then many menus would have a baked potato on the side of some dishes and they were small.

I begrudge paying extra for separately named "baking potatoes" and so I buy spuds at half the price/Kg and just have two smaller ones.

A few years ago I went into a fresh fruit/veg shed at a garden centre and they had a single monster spud in the loose spuds container, at regular spud prices, not marked as special at all. I bought it, it was HUGE! But I couldn't cook/eat it at the time, so gave it to a sibling, who I knew would really enjoy a proper super large baking spud.

I'll translate "may have a slight meltdown" into = went rather ballistic shall I?:rotfl:

Have decided that, obviously, it's a good idea to work on general health (eg more exercise, etc) whatever the situation is. Now that the weather is getting better - it does help tempt me out walking. Still got lots of routes lined-up I've not tried yet.

So to date - lined-up for experimenting with is Japanese Long Breath (that's basically a form of deep breathing that's supposed to burn off any unwanted weight in pretty short order). Well it's worth a try...

I'm planning to have a go at Tibetan throat area exercises for my suspected hypothyroidism.

Those two things together shouldnt take more than, say, 20 minutes daily "unless & until (ie they've either worked or I've decided they arent going to work)".

Got mentally lined-up doing a short yoga session at least alternate days - but want to get those two things done (one way or another) for a few weeks to either have them work/or junk them (dependant on whether they work or no).

I've not got a lot of time personally for modern Western drugs/operations based medicine. It's such a "new kid on the block" compared to other traditions that have been going for thousands of years - so therefore, I feel, must have some merit.

Courtesy of YouTube - I tried out a Tibetan Gong Bath earlier to "get my chakras sorted out". Only a pretty short one - to see what I made of it - well it felt sorta "going right through me"/a bit wierd (but not in the "so wierd it made me feel thoroughly ill actually" category of sitting underneath a model pyramid some years back:rotfl:).

Yep...I'll try most remedies for things - provided they're in the "alternative" category - as I am so distrustful of that conventional Western medicine:cool:

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On the oat cakes front - I've come across a recipe that sounds suitable for us singles on t'Internet (quantity for 1) that I shall have a go at for English muffins. I've duly got some apple sauce for it out of the freezer and think that could be on tomorrow's menu.

If anyone wants to try it:
one-third cup rolled oats
1 tablespoon chia seeds
half teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons apple sauce
1 tablespoon mylk (but one could obviously use cows milk)

- Blitz the oats/chia/baking powder and a pinch of salt together till finely ground.
- Place in a ramekin and flatten.
- 180C for 12-15 minutes in the oven to cook (or could be done for a minute or two in a microwave). Till it's cooked in centre and golden brown edges
- Slice in half, toast and spread with whatever one decides.