Good morning Dear Readers.
Sky pale grey, night was cool, this morning isn't hot.. is weather a'changing? They, weather folk, are saying that rain is a'coming.. well, SHE hopes it hurries up and falls out of sky instead of jurst lurking up there in form of clouds making HER have to wear sweater or cotton jacket.
As YOU know SHE went to garden at garden yesterday.. lots to do still. Today SHE is 'taking on' Blackberry bushes that did not fruit this year.. has to wear boots and gauntlets to do this, those briars are evil and will rip skin like hot knife through butter.. SHE already has a couple of old quite spectacular scars from last year's fight with a Blackberry bush.
SHE came home via North End Road Market.. lubbly jubbly Fishmonger was not there but he has trained his staff well.. they know to give her two bags, one for her hand and one for Squidly-Diddley.. but oh ho ho.. what was this SHE saw! A basket of Samphir in the chiller next to some Whelks..
Whelks, Winkles, Cockles.. SHE is CRAZZZYYYY about these.. as a teenager the family lived in ancient town of Sandwich in Kent. SHE and Constance and two dogs often walked across salt marshes and course of Royal St. George's Golf Club to Sandwich Bay.
The dogs would play in sea as mad water-loving dogs do and HER mother and SHE would hunt for Sea-Food.. if they found lots and lots, they would take some to an family friend, a old man who ran a tiny restaurant on main street and exchange it for supper.
The old restauranteur had been Head Chef on The Queen Mary, the famous Cunard ship which saw VERY active duty during WW2 when she was painted entirely grey and called 'Grey Ghost'.
He had wonderful TALES to tell of Glamourous Liner Life after the war and ran a very tight 'ship' in his tiny restaurant.
WE have peppers a'roastin in oven.. such an easy thing to do, little amount of work but maximum amount of scrummydumptiousness for eating in winter time.. FAT Cloves of soft-necked Garlic, a large sprig of fresh Rosemary and several Bay leaves are in the big pan.. smell is beyond mouth wateringly good.. come on gloomy winter nights.. WE are all prepared!
I am ahead of time.. for there are lots more fruit to bottle in Syrup or to put 'up' in Brandy, Rum and Vodka.. SHE gives these to friends as Christmas presents, fruits are delicious and various Alcohols will have taken on taste of fruits and turned into 'Eau de Vie .......'.. simple to do and SO appreciated!
This year's batch will be for 2013.. yes, they are left for sixteen months to mature, lying on their side in cool place, SHE turns them once a month. HER Vanilla Essence also gets same amount of time but YOU can make Vamilla Essence any time of year, jurst have to find VERY best Vanilla pods available.
But I know Dear Readers.. YOU are all a'wondering about title of 'As Brown as a Berry'. Well, YOU see, weather has been very hot, so best to wear something light with no sleves.
SHE wears jeans and a cotton camisole, gardeners spend most of gardening time upside down weeding and no clever gardener faces the sun when digging or forking or hoeing, YOU put your back to it so YOU can see what YOU are doing.. HER front is pale biscuit colour and HER arms and back as as brown as berries.
Fear not folks.. SHE uses HER own home-made Sun Oils to stop any burning.. NO chemicals on HER body, thank YOU very much.
But now SHE has to get a 'wiggle' on and go to do work and I have to fly to second favourite perch.. first favourite, of course, is HER head but for now bedroom door will have to do..
WE will be back.. enjoy YOUR day and make it a funny one.. practise TomFoolery and SMILE at people.. it cheers them up!
GeeGee Parrot.
August 24th, 2012.
Sky pale grey, night was cool, this morning isn't hot.. is weather a'changing? They, weather folk, are saying that rain is a'coming.. well, SHE hopes it hurries up and falls out of sky instead of jurst lurking up there in form of clouds making HER have to wear sweater or cotton jacket.
As YOU know SHE went to garden at garden yesterday.. lots to do still. Today SHE is 'taking on' Blackberry bushes that did not fruit this year.. has to wear boots and gauntlets to do this, those briars are evil and will rip skin like hot knife through butter.. SHE already has a couple of old quite spectacular scars from last year's fight with a Blackberry bush.
SHE came home via North End Road Market.. lubbly jubbly Fishmonger was not there but he has trained his staff well.. they know to give her two bags, one for her hand and one for Squidly-Diddley.. but oh ho ho.. what was this SHE saw! A basket of Samphir in the chiller next to some Whelks..
Whelks, Winkles, Cockles.. SHE is CRAZZZYYYY about these.. as a teenager the family lived in ancient town of Sandwich in Kent. SHE and Constance and two dogs often walked across salt marshes and course of Royal St. George's Golf Club to Sandwich Bay.
The dogs would play in sea as mad water-loving dogs do and HER mother and SHE would hunt for Sea-Food.. if they found lots and lots, they would take some to an family friend, a old man who ran a tiny restaurant on main street and exchange it for supper.
The old restauranteur had been Head Chef on The Queen Mary, the famous Cunard ship which saw VERY active duty during WW2 when she was painted entirely grey and called 'Grey Ghost'.
He had wonderful TALES to tell of Glamourous Liner Life after the war and ran a very tight 'ship' in his tiny restaurant.
WE have peppers a'roastin in oven.. such an easy thing to do, little amount of work but maximum amount of scrummydumptiousness for eating in winter time.. FAT Cloves of soft-necked Garlic, a large sprig of fresh Rosemary and several Bay leaves are in the big pan.. smell is beyond mouth wateringly good.. come on gloomy winter nights.. WE are all prepared!
I am ahead of time.. for there are lots more fruit to bottle in Syrup or to put 'up' in Brandy, Rum and Vodka.. SHE gives these to friends as Christmas presents, fruits are delicious and various Alcohols will have taken on taste of fruits and turned into 'Eau de Vie .......'.. simple to do and SO appreciated!
This year's batch will be for 2013.. yes, they are left for sixteen months to mature, lying on their side in cool place, SHE turns them once a month. HER Vanilla Essence also gets same amount of time but YOU can make Vamilla Essence any time of year, jurst have to find VERY best Vanilla pods available.
But I know Dear Readers.. YOU are all a'wondering about title of 'As Brown as a Berry'. Well, YOU see, weather has been very hot, so best to wear something light with no sleves.
SHE wears jeans and a cotton camisole, gardeners spend most of gardening time upside down weeding and no clever gardener faces the sun when digging or forking or hoeing, YOU put your back to it so YOU can see what YOU are doing.. HER front is pale biscuit colour and HER arms and back as as brown as berries.
Fear not folks.. SHE uses HER own home-made Sun Oils to stop any burning.. NO chemicals on HER body, thank YOU very much.
But now SHE has to get a 'wiggle' on and go to do work and I have to fly to second favourite perch.. first favourite, of course, is HER head but for now bedroom door will have to do..
WE will be back.. enjoy YOUR day and make it a funny one.. practise TomFoolery and SMILE at people.. it cheers them up!
GeeGee Parrot.
August 24th, 2012.
You have the best food posts! And the best back story! I hope you get your illness figured out and feel much better.
ReplyDeleteMiz Pegeen.. how very nice of YOU to comment on OUR Blog.. WE lurve food and enjoy all aspects of it.. the buying, the cooking and, of course, the eating.. and to write about it generates lots of very sweet emails.. sigh, I wish they were like YOU and wrote in MY Comments Box!
DeleteHope it make s YOU think about doing a few jars of some scrummydumptious things for winter, easy to roast a few peppers in a pan whilst YOU have a hot oven cooking something else.
And homemade Vanilla Essence is wonderful... beyond belief!
Tomorrow WE are posting a recipe for one of OUR favourite Pickles.. it has Bay Leaves, Beets, Garlic, Olive Oil, FRESH Lime Juice, Red Onions and Sea Salt .. and people go CRAZZZY for it!
But that is tomorrow.. today, WE are doing another three BIG trays of assorted coloured Peppers and Garlic, with Oregano instead of Rosemary.
Try them and see what YOU like best.. wonderful with Antipasto / cold Roast Chicken or with dish of Buttered Eggs.. YUM.
Enjoy YOUR weekend Pegeen and thank YOU Gain for reading and commenting on MY Blog.
GeeGee.