I produced fried potatoes tomatoes and sausages for a healthy start to the day. We decided on a relatively quiet one as the weather was overcast and we had chores. It was nice to discover a note from barrett who had left very early this morning. He thanked me for help with his tv which had solved the problem and wished us well and hoped we would meet again next year and share a drink. Nice touch!
The crew made a start on hulling more walnuts. It was a tiresome task and she deserves great credit for her persistence and determination to complete the task today. I caught up on my blog and drank coffee.
Time for a restock of much needed vittals, we took to the steeds and headed off up Yates another steep hill the 2 Kms the other side of town to intermarche.
Great news was that the Roche mazet merlot boxes were finally back on the shelves. 3 were soon in my basket. Got some more rose and heinekins and a couple of bottles of Cremant. Decided on a jamie style fish curry. Fish is so much more expensive than home over here. Coley is 15€ per kilo. At home it was 7. Shopping trips always take much longer than expected and so by the time we got back, unloaded and lazed through the rest of the day even watching an old james mason black and white whilst the crew triumphantly hulled and scrubbed the last of the nuts.
I watched a bit of my most disliked chefs programme about cookery course F*****g Ramsay! He tried to show how to cook perfect basmati. Complete F*****g B******s you could see the starchy stodgyness when he lifted it on the fork. My delia method is the only fool proof way and you definitely do not wash the rice first. Anyway i rant, but Ramsay is such a ..............
I used a green Thai paste for the curry and it was a big success although I had bought too much fish and it was a struggle to see it all off. The rice was absolutely perfect of course, the one thing I can definately cook better than Ramsay.
Well fed, we slept well after a gentle Friday.
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