Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
The evening's hot chocolate has long been had. I think it's time for something a little stronger.
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- Thread starter Katherine
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
It's been a funny ol' grey , damp day
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
It's been a raw, chilly and grey day here chez Casa Reynard, but we escaped the worst of the rain.
Did not sleep well, as my back was protesting a day spent on my feet yesterday. Had the usual choresy morning, along with the addition of doing a load of laundry, and dealing the two half kilo bries I bought just before Christmas. They are now perfectly ripe. So each got cut into three, packaged, labelled and shoved in the freezer.
Had a lovely luncheon of toast, brie (well, I had to do a taste test!), an apple, a tangerine and a
After, I ironed my white coat, rounded up all the bits for my judges specials for Saturday, and then split a load of firewood - larger chunks, and then lots of diddy little bits to use for kindling.
Then it was time to pop out to Tesco. I needed fuel for the car, plus bread, milk, butter and onions. I timed my appearance for final reductions, and I certainly didn't come home empty handed. Had a lovely chat with the lady who does the reductions, and found out that the vast majority now doesn't go into the reductions at all - it simply gets boxed up for charity.
Yes, it's a bit frustrating for those of us who are regular yellow stickerers, but I sticker as a lifestyle choice, not as a result of need. And I know from a friend who used to do the charity food parcels, is that there's a lot of need in this area. So knowing it's going to a good cause and not going to waste does take the sting out of t
Still, I came home with a small "finest" smoked gammon, oyster mushrooms, three packs of shelled whole hazelnuts, three dented tins of baked beans, a can of tuna in spring water, a can of sweetcorn, four individual little cartons of apple juice (I use them for braising red cabbage), two bags of Christmas pretzel thingies, a litre bottle of Italian (Il Casolare) cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil, two "finest" sourdough breads (one brown seeded, one white), two packs of rolls ( one of ciabatta and one of ancient grain), various assorted pastries, and a job lot of hot cross buns, all of these from the in-store bakery.
Lovely supper of soup, a turkey & avocado sandwich and a vanilla crown pastry.
The evening was spent watching the snowboard Big Air qualification from Milan-Cortina.
Did not sleep well, as my back was protesting a day spent on my feet yesterday. Had the usual choresy morning, along with the addition of doing a load of laundry, and dealing the two half kilo bries I bought just before Christmas. They are now perfectly ripe. So each got cut into three, packaged, labelled and shoved in the freezer.
Had a lovely luncheon of toast, brie (well, I had to do a taste test!), an apple, a tangerine and a
After, I ironed my white coat, rounded up all the bits for my judges specials for Saturday, and then split a load of firewood - larger chunks, and then lots of diddy little bits to use for kindling.
Then it was time to pop out to Tesco. I needed fuel for the car, plus bread, milk, butter and onions. I timed my appearance for final reductions, and I certainly didn't come home empty handed. Had a lovely chat with the lady who does the reductions, and found out that the vast majority now doesn't go into the reductions at all - it simply gets boxed up for charity.
Yes, it's a bit frustrating for those of us who are regular yellow stickerers, but I sticker as a lifestyle choice, not as a result of need. And I know from a friend who used to do the charity food parcels, is that there's a lot of need in this area. So knowing it's going to a good cause and not going to waste does take the sting out of t
Still, I came home with a small "finest" smoked gammon, oyster mushrooms, three packs of shelled whole hazelnuts, three dented tins of baked beans, a can of tuna in spring water, a can of sweetcorn, four individual little cartons of apple juice (I use them for braising red cabbage), two bags of Christmas pretzel thingies, a litre bottle of Italian (Il Casolare) cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil, two "finest" sourdough breads (one brown seeded, one white), two packs of rolls ( one of ciabatta and one of ancient grain), various assorted pastries, and a job lot of hot cross buns, all of these from the in-store bakery.
Lovely supper of soup, a turkey & avocado sandwich and a vanilla crown pastry.
The evening was spent watching the snowboard Big Air qualification from Milan-Cortina.