Suppertime

…and tonight for dinner we had

sea bass fillet
new potatoes
steamed spinach
Tomato hotch potch vegetables – made of a box of left over chilli tomato sauce found in the freezer,  leeks, garlic, courgette, red peppers, green beans and so on…

Does that sound reasonably healthy, the sort of dinner a person should eat who is trying,  if not exactly to lose weight, not to put on any more….?

and no pudding

It was very nice but I wish there was pudding…..it’s so cold and grey.

Come on weather! Get a move on; the birds are singing away like mad, the doves are cooing, the song thrushes are turning over the leaves,  the magpie juveniles are holding conferences on the football field, there are enough of them out there for a tournament: there are little teeny tiny buds on the plum trees:  and Zeb is in love with a Basset Hound called Issy… I can see what he finds attractive about her, a certain jaunty lilt to her walk… it must be Spring. Please, soon.  And in the meantime, I think pudding might have to be considered….

Word Play with Wordle

Wordle Bread Picture

Thank you Jay-me for liking a post of mine. I am not a very graphic person but I enjoyed following links from your blog to Jonathan Feinberg’s Wordle which was so easy to use and such fun!

Go and make a Wordle today and post it on your blog! Or save it in the Public Gallery on Wordle.net and let me know and I’ll try and add it here…..worth a try…

I couldn’t resist having another go….

For more information on how to use the Wordle Programme read on… Continue reading

White Bread (Toast Bread)

Toast Bread Jeffrey Hamelman

It’s one of those weeks. A new American pullman tin has found its way into my tin collection and needed to be road tested. I didn’t need this tin, but I wanted it. It was the right size and I had been eyeing them up for a long time. Why no English tin manufacturer produces these for the retail market is completely beyond me.

I also got a banneton with a wooden middle that looks like a Mexican hat. I didn’t need that either, but I really wanted it too. I tried it out and Bakery Bits let me exchange it for a proper couronne basket.  This one has too narrow a centre to create a proper hole in a decent sized loaf. Some people spend their money on sensible things, like a night in the pub.  I spend mine on banettons, Lego, cookbooks and dogtoys.

Chicago Metallic Pullman tin from Bakery Bits

It worked beautifully and Brian is happy to have a soft thin crusted white loaf after eating sourdough for weeks. This bread won’t hang around long. Continue reading