Silent Sunday January

The Lyrical Tryst

You can make the world smaller , you can do this magic , not alas with a Harry Potter wand but with your camera or smart phone . I find it amazing that what I capture with my minds eye , if the picture is right before my eyes then I know when I take my camera to it then 9 times  out of 10 then it will work. Taking pictures is really my salvation it keeps me calm , I will go on what ever adventures I choose if I want to have tea and scones on a field I will , I will adventure and no one can stop me.

You can really get caught up on getting the perfect shot , this is where I relay on how I feel I get awful fidgety if I haven't been out to capture my world around me. You don't have to photograph your every move this is indeed true just a few pictures can capture the mood and then you can go about your day.

My randomness is what allows me to have adventures , it is what enables me to interact it is the backbone of my life and I can't and will not be any different. 

Labels why must we be labelled always ?!

I'm being more positive ( hang on have I just labelled myself)

The one thing I am finding now I'm calmer is the lack of politeness in people  a human necessity perhaps this has been fished out of people as if they are in a game of operation. Constructive criticism can be a lyrical literal tryst , but one we accept wether we agree with or not.

If you need me I'll be here cloud watching.

Red Wine Herby Infused Gammon

Gammon is one of those foods I never really give much thought ,but when I spied a half price offer whilst shopping with Ocado I thought why not, at worse I could slip into a Shirley Valentine movie and talking to the wall while serving egg and chips ( albeit  with the edition of gammon)

Ingredients 

Chateau Neuf 1978

Any red wine will do ~ the whole bottle 

2 bay leaves

12 pepper corns ( I used mixed peppercorns )

Tea spoon ginger

Method 

Pour the wine into the slow cooker , add the herbs and obviously the gammon 

I left mine on high for about 7 hours 

The result was a crimson gammon that I was able to pull apart 

Fussy Cat Who Me ow ?

"Oh me I'm choice , I'm select , I really like those the discount supermarket brand of biscuits ( brought 10 boxes you say ?) You are a good human bean , you really are !

Guess what , don't like them any more , yes yes I know you've 8 boxes left ! 

Ooooh you are telling me tails of cats less fortunate than myself , well perhaps they'll like the biscuits!

I know I'm one step away from going to the vets ...

I thank you for buying the new biscuits ( hypoallergenic, free from this ,that and the other , hand baked by the Dali Llama.

 

Oooh there is a man at the door with 8kg of those hypoallergenic biscuits ~ ooh yay ! 

There's a free gift you say ? baked dried chicken lovingly cut into cute hearts ~ guess what I don't like. 

Oooh I've not heard that word before , I think you are being a bit of a drama llama , no never seen a llama . And quite why three would be a llama treading the thespian boards I don't know "

Oooh you know the discount biscuits I like them again now "

Brussels Sprout Bubble and Squeak

It has been a long time since I did a food post , and now it is time that I rectified this and I bet you are glad aren't you after the excesses of Christmas ?! When it comes to Christmas dinner we only ever use 3 sprouts ( for Mr T) as I detest them if I am honest but January is a long month and I have to tighten the shopping budget then using up what we have is a must.


Ingredients


Enough mash potato for 4 people


Left over sprouts chopped

Half to a full onion chopped

Garlic jam ( or you could add a tablespoon of brown sugar instead)

Vegetable stock cube


Method

Chop the Brussel sprouts quite roughly.

Chop an onion.

Place in a bowl together and mix.

Add a tablespoon of garlic jam .

Crumble in a vegetable stock cube.

Heat some oil in a frying pan.

Fry the chopped Brussel sprout and onion for about 5 minutes

Mix with the mashed potato.

Add some more oil to the pan if needed.

Next put the mixture in to pan , divide into four. Fry on each side for about 5 minutes on each side.

I served mine with some pasta but the bubble and squeak would go with anything just don't tell the children it has sprouts in , I didn't ( insert evil laugh)