Some new pictures for our walls
It’s been ages since we had pictures printed and the red wall is looking pretty bare. So the following should be arriving soon!
Fortune cookies
Surprisingly easy to make, fortune cookies are a tasty and lighter way to end a meal rather than with heavy petit fours. Also, there is a lot of fun to be had making up silly saying. Mine included such great sayings as – ‘Never admit defeat. Unless failure arouses the cute girl in accounts’ ‘You…
Update etc
Mondays are rubbish. I did actually write that line on Monday. And then was distracted by work related shenanigans and I am now coming back to you, my faithful blog. It’s been a long week, with a lot of overtime in it plus added stress and hassle because of a rather large project. In fact, from only…
Dinner club – the 70s spectacular – including spam fritters, kievs and vol-au-vents
It started really well. I was left alone to prep and cook for some of the afternoon and all of the evening. Liz, Simon and Matt went to the pub to give me some space. In hindsight, this was not ideal. They all arrived about 8ish and as the good hostess, I immediately made Liz…
The Clifton Kitchen – a tribute to Keith Floyd.
Last week, Simon and I decided to head out for a little time together where we weren’t cooking or playing with kittens. Initially we were going to the movies and having a nice date night but there were no decent movies on – even Conan was on too late for me. (ok, ok I know…
Bread making and books about bread
I have been baking a little bit lately, nothing exceptional but just generally very tasty, very delicious things. I’m trying not to bake too often as I generally follow a fairly low carb lifestyle. This River Cottage book is an excellent reference manual – it details nearly every type of bread and gives you an…
Kittens and a Mirror Ball = entertainment value
Dinner Club – Simon’s Local theme
Simon decided to go with a local theme for last week’s dinner club and went as far as to despatch me to pick some nettles from the park opposite our flat. But firstly – we did our usual Ready Steady thing with 5 random ingredients. Matt helpfully provided 6 eggs, some lovely buffalo mozzarella, cherry…
Weekend in Cornwall – Take 2
It’s not really take 2, but more take 763993 as we’ve been to Cornwall many times to see Si’s lovely father. It’s take 2 tho as it’s the second time we’ve had a weekend down there this year. We were not particularly lucky with the weather but it was lovely on Sunday morning and we…
Playing with trains – pictures of Bodmin General station
There was some kind of steam train event at Bodmin General station this weekend and due to lack of planning (on our part) and the weather (no idea whose fault that was), we toddled off down there. After declining to spend £70 on a cream tea aboard the City of Truro train, we just decided…
