Looking Out To Sea

Making rolls is easier than you think. I used this recipe from the Crazy Squirrel, and it worked out well. I’ve yet to royally screw things up when making bread, despite not being choosy about my recipes. We had warm rolls for (late) lunch and there’s half a dozen left over for tomorrow’s lunch.

In future I would probably gloss the tops with egg or something to give a nice coating. And maybe do something to prevent the dough breaking into little bubbles from all the popping carbon dioxide. Maybe some egg would help that too: keep the bubbles on the inside.

For tea Helen made a vegetarian shepherd’s pie, made with some kind of beans. I forget the type. We came to the decision that, since there was no lamb, it didn’t deserve the name shepherd’s pie. So officially we made “gardener’s pie”. There’s plenty of that left over for tomorrow, which is good. Monday is a bad day to make an evening meal from scratch. Using leftovers is always advisable.

We have even less reason to make a proper meal tomorrow cos it’s Café Scientifique again. This time we’ll be discussing climate change with representatives from the School of Geosciences at Edinburgh University. If you can make it to the Filmhouse Bar for 8.30pm I might even buy you a drink. Come along!