Food and Drink #16 Liedown larder

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Just popping in to say we tried some vegetarian butcher pig out sausages and they were lovely. Have a nice Sunday Frauen!
 
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This photo is so beautiful I could see it as a painting good luck!! I imagine your sheep having lambs will be a super busy time? But I hope in a few months time we see cute lambs on here
 
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I’m going for a long walk today, I’ve had such a heavy period I’ve been wiped out and think it will do me good. No snow here just rain for days and it’s finally let up. Having ham & cheese toastie first I’ve become somewhat addicted. Beautiful scenery falkor just dreamy
 
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From the comfort of my warm house the snow looks lovely. Hope you have lots of good news about lambs.
 
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I don’t have any myself (love Turkish food but am a bore in the kitchen), but I remember it being discussed a few threads back, as you say. Think there were a few suggestions at the time:

If you scroll down a few posts, you’ll see ’em
 
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Thanks Marmite, I knew it had been covered somewhere!
 
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Have a look at Claudia Roden’s books as she has written extensively about Middle Eastern food from all over.
 
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Good afternoon fraus. Mostly been lurking lately. Stepped back from the MT after the old friend made an appearance and it made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Just wanted to pop in and say hello! Don’t have much to add to the book chat. Went through a stage years ago of reading loads when I got a Kindle but for the past couple of years every time I try to sit down to a book in the evening my brain gets distracted or I fall asleep! Also need to find a good series to watch. Waiting for The Walking Dead and This Is Us to return so until then I’ve been watching random films, most of them a bit shit.
Sundays are lazy days in this house. So far today I’ve cooked and eaten a roast dinner and had a long nap!
 
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Evening all

Had a lovely day yesterday in the garden before this crappy storm arrived. It was date night #6 last night and my turn - I made a bit of a mistake as wasn't really paying attention with the old lactose in making this. My guts (from the milk in the roux) have been complaining on top of period pains .

Mr BB also said it had too much white sauce, so overall not my finest hour! I bought the spinach gnocchi from Waitrose and they were good so will get again, but with something lighter next time. I added some shallots and saucisson and the cheeses were mozza, gorgonzola, fontina and cheddar.

For any of you Frauen who love Agatha Christie, there is an amazing podcast called 'All About Agatha' - I found it this time last year and I've re-read all the books and short stories in order along with it. It started in 2016 and I'm now about to start Dead Man's Folly - I should be in real-time with them later in Spring (I'm a fast reader so I can easily get through a couple of books a week). Honestly it's the perfect tonic to exit the pandemic and go back into a different time.

Just about to start on the Serpent in a moment, once I've caught up on Neighbours (another dirty secret of mine).

Love to all. xxx
 

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Thanks @Bumbear for the podcast recommendation, it sounds very interesting! I've liked most of her books I've read so far and they're perfect for a light read but some of the later ones are a bit ...strange.

On the weather front, this is what my weather app was telling me this morning. I went out for a walk and had 40+mph winds blowing snow in my eyes

 
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Try Istanbul&Beyond by Robyn Eckhardt, My Mother's Kitchen by Mercan Tucker, Turkish Cookbook by Musa Dagdeviran. Also check youtube! Best guide there is. Let me know if you're looking for a specific recipe! I might be able to find a source that will help.
 
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@traumatised sideboard I have 19 novels left and they're all the later ones from the 50s onwards - I know they did start to deteriorate after a point so not sure how many are left now that will be classics...anyway - going to plough on through with them to the end. I literally haven't read another author for a year now.

Last Jan I started on Rebus from book 1 but TBH I couldn't deal with the grittiness during the early pandemic when I had zero client work for 6 months. It was much better for me to escape to the 1920s! I think I only got as far as book 4 before I switched so I've got plenty of that left to return to...
 
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@Bumbear You may have already come across it, but I thoroughly recommend Shedunnit podcast. The podcaster is super knowledgeable and very calming to listen to. It was my favourite for lockdown walks back in the summer.
 
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@Bumbear You may have already come across it, but I thoroughly recommend Shedunnit podcast. The podcaster is super knowledgeable and very calming to listen to. It was my favourite for lockdown walks back in the summer.
Brill thanks I've just subscribed. I see she has just had the owners of 'All About Agatha' on her own podcast in December 2020!
 
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I made two vegetable pies for tea tonight. One without cheese as my son doesn’t like cooked cheese. Just what I wanted on a cold day.
 
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Evening Frauen. I’ve had a decadent day of food (it’s my birthday), started with croissants, then smoked salmon for lunch and steak for dinner.

MrEddieBeds ‘made’ the croissants aka from the ‘Jus-Rol’ but got a bit confused...JM would be proud no doubt. Made me chuckle more than it probably should have!



Had an amazing fudgy chocolate cake - vegan (still milk/soy and now egg free due to BabyBeds). Have some left over steak but no idea what to do with it - I’m not keen on cold steak so a steak sandwich is out of the question but also don’t potentially want to cook and make it tough as old boots!

ETA: Recipe for the cake - though it was a just a non-butter butter icing as BabyBeds reacted when I had coconut milk once so stay clear of it currently.




I know others have said this (and more) already but finding this lockdown so hard - it just feels never ending. And I say this with the privilege of having bubbled with my parents so at least have some support in place but it’s still so shit. BabyBeds has been full on with the reflux/allergies/feeding issues but feel we’ve turned a corner of sorts (and he’s finally putting on weight/keeping it on and generally happier in himself though teeth are now in the mix!) - my anxiety than taps away and I get scared I’m tempting the universe saying that and it will throw something else my way. And it’s just exhausting trying to challenge that to keep my head in the right place sometimes.

But it’s (Covid/lockdown etc) all a massive head fuck and feels so claustrophobic just not knowing what the pathway out of this lockdown is. Sorry I know I’m not saying anything new but just blurgh. Also MrEddieBeds put on a film about the Kursk submarine disaster (so sad ) and I probably should have gone and watched something else.
 
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Happy birthday eddiebeds!! Your food looks lovely wow you did really well there I’ve never done jus roll croissants but they’re giving my life I might have a go it will be spring soon so hopefully we will start to feel things turning a corner and getting brighter
 
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Happy EB day! Film choice definitely sounds like a head fuck. Lovely looking cake though

My sister used to spend ages making those Jus Rol dough triangles into fancy arty scenes when we were kids, then she’d be raging when they came out as half-raw half-burnt indescribable blobs. Mr Ed’s done a good job, I’d say!
 
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Happy birthday Eddie! Happy age of Aquarius to you.
Cake looks fudgy and delicious. Hip
Hip hooray!
 
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