Sep 13 2008
Where have you been young man?
Hey folks, sorry for the radio silence. We’ve been busy laying on the adipose tissue for winter and haven’t had much spare blogging time. We’ve been doing at least one Nigella recipe every day this past week. In proper Hobbit style we had two breakfasts this morning. Put that Longbottom leaf in your pipe and smoke it!
We have still more to come this weekend. Tomorrow we will be cooking an outlandish lunch for 6 or 7 people. I hope it all goes well. I have to put together some flatbreads this time. They seem to be a bit like focaccia but without the height — you know, flatter. The problem of course is that I don’t have a big enough oven or enough baking trays to handle even the quantities mentioned in the recipe.
The weather outside now — as I look up the street from my sofa, along Leith Walk to Calton Hill — is dreich. The column at the top of Calton Hill is just disappearing in the haar. I’m sitting in here listening to Debussy and thinking about another cup of tea. I learned the other day that we have no drinking chocolate left. This seems like an oversight. I’m pretty sure it will become very appropriate as the weather veers towards the permanently wintry.
2 Responses to “Where have you been young man?”
We didn’t have two breakfasts. Breakfast just comprised a fruit course and a fried course. Don’t see what your problem is!
it is a bit hazy these mornings in California too if that’s any consolation