It has been our habit for some years to have a goose at Christmas. I remember paying about £70 (seventy quid) for one in 2009, the year we moved up to Hull. But since Aldi and Lidl have become so ubiquitous, we generally buy a frozen goose for £20 when they come into stock in October-ish,…
the peripatetic turkey
It is the time of the year when many people, in this country at least, cook a big turkey for their family, and some years ago, when my grandson was a baby, we volunteered to go to her little house in Norwich and provide the festive feast. Planning ahead, I took a big roasting tin…
soups of the week ending 2 dec 2018
Monday: a sweet potato and a couple of carrots, with some cumin seeds. At the very last moment, I remembered there were some dregs of soup from last week in a box in the fridge, so without really looking, I hurled it in to the machine. It turned out to be the last of the mushroom, which…
soups of the week ending 18 nov 2018
Monday: half a fennel bulb left over from a prawn and fennel risotto, some carrot, and an onion, all roasted off in the oven for about twenty minutes first. Fennel is not stocked by the local greengrocer, so I had to go to Morrisons to get it, but it is so nice … The rest went…
soups of the week ending 11 nov 2018
I’ve decided I should more properly entitle these “soups” of the week, as they are different every day. So I am, starting now. This is the box I keep in the fridge, and all the Bits For Soup get put in it. This was its status on 6 Nov 2018 Monday 5th: there was a little…
soup of the week ending 28 oct 2018
Monday: an amalgam of leftovers from Thursday and Friday, the remains of the onion gravy from a toad in the hole, and a fistful of lentils. Delicious – tasted just like split pea and ham. Very odd, as there were neither split peas nor ham in it. Tuesday: A tiny bit of yesterday’s soup, plus cabbage…
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soup of the week ending 21 october 2017
Monday: carrots and leeks left over from Sunday’s lunch, and a potato Tuesday: lots of green leek leaves, two potatoes. Thursday: two carrots, one onion, the last of Tuesday’s soup, half a yellow pepper, some frozen coriander (£1 a bag from Iceland). Friday: a real mongrel soup today. Two tablespoons of leftover lentil dhal, some cauliflower stalk, some…
lots of chicken stock!
We had a roast chickie! last weekend, and as regular readers will know, we stretch that bird out. We had a stir fry, we had lentil dhal with chicken and spinach, we have a box full of bits of chicken to make a pie! tonight. So last over the past two days we have rendered…
soup of the week ending 14 oct 2018
Monday I went for a Thai sort of thing. Three carrots, some frozen sweet potatoes, an onion, about 40g of creamed coconut, two teaspoons of smooth peanut butter, pinch of chilli flakes. I think the third carrot made it too thick, but it tasted lovely. Tuesday 45g of lentils (soaked for 30 minutes), 1 medium carrot,…