In vino veritas. Perhaps, deep down, you really
want to be a vegetarian.
It's still there, but I wouldn't eat from it!
I went there twice I think, first time I was really impressed, second time I got food poisoning!
The veggie Vietnamese pho down there is pretty good
Oh no! I must’ve only remembered your review from the first time.
Definitely
And Henderson's!
I’m going to have to order a new bottle before Yorkshire Day, mine’s running low. It’s the same bottle you gave me when I visited a few years ago, though I’m not sure the stuff really goes bad?
Good morning Guardians, What was I thinking???!!!
I should probably have planned this better, and gone shopping first, but a deal's a deal, you have my solemn word that I will forego all meat and fish, cheese, and eggs, but not including animal fat or eggs if they are a minor ingredient in something I've purchased (I haven't eaten eggs for 45 years anyway) for the period of Lent! I think I might have got carried away throwing cheese in there, but I don't eat much these days anyway
Despite my rising panic, things started out well this morning, with toasted wholemeal sourdough
I got a chuckle as I read this this morning while eating my breakfast — a scramble of bacon, eggs and cheese.
I remembered you saying, when we had breakfast in Sheffield, that you didn’t do eggs, so at least that part shouldn’t be too tough. I’m sure it will be interesting for us to follow along with you.
About 10 years ago, my doctor advised me to try to eat my evening meal no later than 4.30pm, and to try not to eat anything after that. It took some getting used to, and I can't always stick to it, but I almost always do, because it has made such a difference to me
That’s something I struggle with. I’m always snacking after the kids go to bed.
When I was growing up, after WW2, there wasn't a lot of food here, and working class families tended to have the same meals each day every week. Not only that, but even different families, had the same meal on a particular day. In Sheffield, workers were traditionally paid on Thursday, and a common meal on Wednesday, the end of the week, was a poor-man's stew, which Sheffielders call 'Ash'. Recipes vary slightly from family to family, but it was mainly vegetable based, with perhaps a little cheap stewing meat, or steak and kidney, adding flavour to the pot. My mother's contained so little meat, that me and my sister, called it 'potato stew'! Sheffielders though, are generally very proud of their Ash, which typically contains sliced carrots, onions, potatoes, and possibly swede or turnip, in a brown gravy. Nostalgia sometimes pushes me to cook this simple stew today, and it is perfectly accompanied by Henerson's Relish. Like a good chip butty, it's not enhanced by adding extras, but better appreciated as a simple meal. As a small child, I thought Ash Wednesday was called that, because of what we had for tea, as did many other Sheffield children, and probably a few adults too!
That looks and sounds great, Jack. The first time I watched
Detectorists, I had to Google “swede.” We call it rutabaga here (though personally I don’t know that I’ve ever had it, and probably couldn’t pick it out of a vegetable lineup).
In the show, Lance makes up a curry for him and Andy that he calls “swede surprise.”
Andy asks, “What’s the surprise?”
“How bland it is.”
Well, I don't spend too much time thinking about it Harvey, but it reminds me of a time when I couldn't just eat what I wanted, indeed times when I couldn't eat at all, and that there are many, many people in that position today. I'm glad my own children didn't have to go without, as I sometimes had to, but I'm also glad that they haven't grown up just being able to snap their fingers for anything they wanted. The things I enjoy in life today are relatively inexpensive, and I'm able to buy a new knife, or a new jacket, more or less at whim, but this is a relatively recent thing for me, and it feels important to have the strength of character to give up something I enjoy, for a short while, or longer if necessary, because a comfortable lifestyle can be precarious
Hear, hear!
Maybe you can talk Tool Man into joining you………
Eleanor’s school is closed today, though I’m not really sure why. It snowed 4 or 5 inches last night, but stopped snowing around maybe 2 or 3 AM and isn’t supposed to start up again until later this afternoon. There was plenty of time to clear the roads, and no reason as far as I can see why they called it off today, but they made the decision last night, based on the forecast, to cancel school today and tomorrow.
It is supposed to come down pretty good tonight, but I doubt we’ll get the full 20+ inches they were forecasting.
On top of that, they don’t really give kids snow days anymore. They’re “e-learning” days.
