Hi Gang!
Like some of you here, I had a yukky day yesterday but am more hopeful of this one and to cheer myself up, will talk about vegetables.
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Grammaretto I can sense your weariness and frustration about this awful, ongoing situation, exacerbated by a hundred other things crowding in on you.
I wonder why men are often too stubborn to take the medication, after all, if they don't like it, then it's an act of macho bravery to take it, isn't it?
I almost used the word 'neeps' when wittering on about Swedes but thought no one would understand.
Doodle I tend to put pepper, especially freshly ground black pepper on many savoury dishes. Mum always made white sauce for cauli and although I've tried cheese (and love cheese of all kinds) I don't like cauli that way.
I think she felt, by not adding the cheese, she was saving it for another meal. Ultra-frugal, my Mum.
She used to make something she called cheese soufflé but was just strong-cheese sauce into which she'd beaten an egg. With toast soldiers, this was one of my favourite teas as a child. I still make it occasionally.
The steamed veg you buy are available here too. My son lived on them and hot rotisserie chicken when he was training.
Your clever Mum, freezing capsules !!
Missedout You say you ordered a choclate cake and cream tea to be delivered? It didn't arrive are you sure you put 'Waitakere' on the address?
Happy Birthday MrM
Nfk Although I very occasionally order a DVD from the library (and they don't have Blackadder) I can only listen. Movies and photographs, unless they are bright, are beyond my vision now.
Nortsat Drat! Another rough few days, I hope they pass soon.
Yes, turnip and carrot mashed is a favourite as well and although I've heard of mashing neeps into the taties, I haven't tried it but I do love leek sauce.
Every now and then I have a carb day and in the cold winter, it might be Yorkshire puddings - alwasy with leek sauce. Yum
How did the 11 o' clock appointment go?
Cherry I hope a bit of rest will ease you; it's sad to think these lightning strikes debilitate you so.
Oooh, broccoli is another favourite (in fact the only veg I don't like is okra). I usually put about an inch of water in the pan, stand the broc in it stalk side down and let it come to the boil, then turn off the heat. I love it dipped raw or par-cooked into garlic hummus.
Your vegie bake sounds delish, do you top it with a cheese sauce? If so, have you ever tried beating a raw egg into the cooling cheese sauce just before you pour it over and bake? It comes up so beautifully fluffy.
You'd think all this talk of vegetable would have made me hungry but alas. The lurgy may have gone but the state of the old tum is still very delicate, so it's Buckwheat Tea for me - then I'm off back to bed
Wishing you all good, strong, persevering spirits.