TONIGHT`S DINNER

If I didn't go on my own i would never go jings so when the mood strikes I just set off. I like the carvery because you don't feel as though you are dining alone in solitary splendour with hot and cold running waiters.

Spinach and Sweet potato with a lentil dahl, absolutely lovely comfort food.

Good for you Elegran. And you don't have to wait ages for your food.

I decided to be healthy and Italian (bone idle really) and had Caprese (sp?) salad. Mozzarella, tiny plum tomatoes and basil, liberally sprinkled with olive oil.
Takes 2 minutes and the oil keeps everything moving smoothly

I'll be starving again before long!

Wasn't that just the starter, Lona?

Probably Ana!

We had fresh pasta with smoked salmon bits, peas and philly. Black pepper and very tasty too!

Fasting day. Baked salmon fillet with a mixed salad.

Couscous with mixed roasted veg, mixed salad with olives and feta cheese. Followed by half a tub of Karamel Sutra. Because I felt a bit low.

Sorry you feel low Janerowena hope the icecream helped. I had never heard of Karamel Sutra but on looking it up on Google, I am now salivating.

It is delicious, partly because there are different tastes as you work your way down the pot. I only when it when it is half-price, otherwise I would be huge(r)!

Family coming to celebrate a weekend of fun for DS's 40th on Monday.

Starting with Loaded potato shells bought by DH - because he likes them.
Followed by salmon, watercress sauce, new pots and mixed veg - because DinL isn't into meat much.
Lemon Meringue - the birthday boy's favourite
Bottle or so of Bubbly - because I like that.

Cheers folks.

Tin of salmon heated in condensed cream of mushroom soup with fresh tomatoes. All done in the microwave.

Now that's one to try for sure, Galen. Might it also work with tinned tuna?

Pesto chicken pasta. It's lovely.

Rib eye steak, maman potatoes, salad. Usual Friday night fare!

Very fresh eggs can cause problems Sparky. I once hard boiled a large number of eggs, bought direct from the farm, for a Harvest supper and had a terrible job removing the shells! I have since learnt that plunging into vinegar for 10 minutes after boiling makes pealing easy for quail's eggs, anyone know if it works with hen's?

jingle, IMO poached eggs don't taste so good when they haven't been submerged in the water. DD1 uses a microwave thingy, but I was not impressed. You have to pierce the yolk to prevent an explosion!

Sorry, replied to bottom of page 3, thought I was at the end!

Bandar monkfish (Iranian dish with yoghurt and spices) with lentil and quinoa salad.
We are still working our way through the Persiana cookbook and it doesn't disappoint.

We are having prawn cocktail[no surprise there] and pizza, still a bit tired,
and a little libation to say farewell Stateside, see you next time !!

Currently stuffing myself with leftovers from amazing afternoon tea at a swish hotel hosted by DD for our 50th Wedding Anniversary celebrations. DH is lying down recovering - there was rather a lot of champagne most of which I drank plus his (he`s recovering from a stroke) and you know what I don`t feel guilty at all

Regarding churching

Religious Jewish females will be 'churched' cleansed after they have stopped bleading and go to the special baths called mikves where they submerge themselves in water make a special prayer meeting to God and are considered cleansed. This has been go in on for thousands of years with no harm done . Just less infections.

Did you post on the wrong thread,Stewball This is about food, not churching.

The mikveh - that is every month, not just after childbirth! Perhaps no harm done, as you say, but she is considered unclean, and untouchable to men (including her husband, of course, and I do mean "touch", not just intimate touching) for a week after her period has stopped. So no cuddles, no affectionate pats, and for the very pious, not even sharing a bed.

Read "The Marrying of Chani Faufman" where the rabbi's wife has a miscarriage and he is so bound by the "no-touch menstruation" rules that he is hesitant to touch her to help staunch the flow of blood. He is also anxious that her own hair is not seen by other men and that it is covered before the stretcher takes her out to the ambulance.

Superstitions about the evil powers of women and keeping their attractions completely hidden from all but one man.

Kaufman, not Faufman. Finger trouble.

Last night we had Sausage rolls made by 4yr old DGS. We took him to the Railway Museum in York when they were here at Christmas and the only thing he seems to remember is that he had a lovely sausage roll for his lunch. He declared his own were just as good (thankgoodness for that !)

Tonights meal is in the lap of the gods