RISOTTO...

NO EXCUSE... SHE has, yet again, been off doing Human stuff, leaving early, coming home late, too late to concentrate properly on what I wanted to write on MY blog.. So this means that MY last post on MY Blog was last Sunday.. many apologies.. What can ONE do?

Moving swiftly along.. WE think WE may soon have new Dear Readers in Canada, family live on the West Coast in Victoria.. how lucky they are! Family consists of Human parents, son James, daughter Lilli, plus Avian people, a Budgie and a Cockatiel. This means, I hope, that WE will have Tales from Victoria, Canada.. mind YOU, I am still waiting for Mister Cat in Ottawa to pipe up with news.. If Mr.Yowie Cat can get his act together in Sheffield, a Canadian Cat should surely have a Tale to talk about.. maybe Cats hibernate in Ottawa in winter? Who can tell ME if they do?

Now... are YOU well? I was amazed to see that our Russian Readers have been very busy reading MY Blog.. every day Stats show Russia as being dark green! There have been days when there have been more Readers reading MY Blog in Russia than anywhere else! YOU know why this has happened, don't YOU.. they have realised that it makes them happy! And they have decided to spread MY Blog amongst their friends to make them happy too. Like in Saudi Arabia, WE know there is Ahmed, who showed MY Blog to his wife and whooosh, I have SIX Readers in Saudi Arabia.

Grim outside here.. Oooh yes, terrible winds blowing things up and over and rain.. lots of rain.. but apparently, THIS rain, is wrong rain.. only here would it be 'wrong type' of rain.. WHAT do these people mean, rain is rain and WE are mighty glad WE got it... saves worrying about our fruit bushes and trees...

SHE is practising a bit of frugality.. never a bad thing, as long as SHE does not expect ME to practise as well... NOPE, I eat Rye and Sunflower Bread and I don't and won't eat 'Mighty White' or whatever those bakers bake!

Back to subject.. sorry, thought of not having MY special yumyum makes for anxious moment.. so frugality in house.. SHE took amount of money from Bank and thought of menus for week.. off to market with ole Wicker Trolley running along beside HER, SHE bought eggs, fruit and vegetables and went to HER beloved Butcher for chicken carcasses. With herbs and seasoning and garlic.. into HUGE stock pot it went and on with gas.. soon most SCRUMMYDUMPTIOUS smell wafted through house, Oooh, proper cooking, making proper stock, some SHE had as soup, then meat off bones, into bowl, into store cupboard for Rice.. Don't know what SHE has planned..

Pan on stove, garlic and onions and mushrooms chopped, bacon pieces chopped, butter into pan, sweated garlic and onions, rice, then seasoning and herbs, in went mushrooms, glass of white wine, stock.. Oh, Heavens-to-Betsy, what is this! I have never seen HER cook this dish before.. what is it, it smells delicious.

Much stirring, more stock, tested rice, I, meanwhile, on best behaviour, this is certainly NOT time to behave like Bad Bat. No Sirree.. Best manners, the odd, very polite squeak to show MY interest.. must not slobber from Beak.. or appear to think this is MY food, but do hope that I may be allowed to taste morsel as it smells.. well, it smells like something I would jurst LURVE to eat!

Bowl out of cupboard, gas off, ladle into pan, ladle dolloped yumyum into bowl.. SHE turned out kitchen light, onto HER hand, off WE went.. good programme on TV about Burt Bacharach.. and settled onto bed, fork into bowl, SHE had taste, offered it to ME.. but what is it?

SCRUMMYDUMPTIOUS.. that is what it is, I stopped eating and looked at HER, I gave her 'The Look', it is one SHE knows I make when eating something extra good and by golly, this qualifies.. SHE smiled at ME, I said "wooooo" and SHE said "it is called Risotto and it came from Italy".

Oooh, I slept well last night with tummy full of delicious yumyum.. even name of dish sounds good... Risotto... clever folks those Italians.

GeeGee Parrot.
April 28th, 2012.