Friday night. Got to throw something together that will cook without needing much watching, while I take a deep breath and tackle piles of clothes various. Out of the cupboard and into the pot come chickpeas. Satisfaction guaranteed. It’s probably been a bit of a chickpea week. Dan found and commandeered a three pack of …
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Marzipan
It’s the feast of St Nicholas today. Whether or not you put out shoes to be filled, I feel the need for a food item that is about Christmas. So it’s marzipan, because…do you really need a reason when it’s marzipan? Just as there is a mackerel gene, there must also be a marzipan gene. …
Oh but Jean…
It’s cold. Finger-chillingly-indoors cold. I know we don’t live through particularly long winters (as in, we don’t have months of snow to contend with) but I am still feeling a little weary of cold. Time to think of warm weather ingredients: like aubergine. The title of the post is how we tend to say it. …
You shall have a fishie
I believe there is such a thing as the mackerel gene. The one where you open a packet of smoked mackerel, breathe in, and immediately feel both better and that you want to eat it all. Immediately. Mackerel seems to be something that I am eating more and more. Not so much that I grow …
Minty
It’s December 2006. I have stacks of assignments for my counselling course. I also have chunks of annual leave to use up (gosh, leave! That’s definitely a while ago.). Cue extended Christmas break. And peppermint tea. I had a former colleague who seemed to drink nothing but peppermint tea. She was very calm. And very …