Rain.. do we care? Not a jot today.. another day we might but not today! For it will water the allotments and wash our orange trees.. trees as in plural for there are six of them sitting out there.
Three are tall and produce lots of fruit and flowers all the year round. The other three are much smaller and haven't made up their minds as to what they want to be when they grow up.. except one of them has, for the first time ever, produced some tiny flowers.
I promised you the recipe* for that scrummy lunch we ate last week.. you need the following. You will have to buy what you need as I don't know how many people you're cooking for. She generally allows for six prawns / large shrimp per person.
Ingredients.
Prawns / Shrimps.. peeled and the back vein removed.
Chunk of Ginger root.. grated.
A clove of Garlic.. crushed and finely chopped.
A Dried red Chilli.
Black Rice - already cooked and waiting out of chilly-white larger.. aka fridge. She usually allows about 250g per 2 people.
4 Scallions / Spring Onions.. sliced very thinly.
Bunch of Watercress with some Rocket as well.
A fresh Lime.. cut into quarters.
Olive Oil.
Black pepper and salt.
Fresh water ~ about 100 mls.
You'll need a large frying pan.
Serving bowl.
Heat your Olive Oil gently and add the Ginger and the Garlic.
Then add your Prawns / Shrimp and cook for about a minute.
Add the Black Rice, the Spring Onions / Scallions, Chilli and water.
Stir and cook until the Prawns / Shrimp are cooked and the Rice is hot.
Turn into the serving bowl and add the torn up Rocket and Watercress.
Serve and squeeze on the fresh Lime.
I found this to be very slurpy indeed. Another thing I find extremely slurpy are those old fashioned Watermelons.. you know the variety I mean, they're long and fat as opposed to round and fat, they are sweet and have LOTS of crunchy black seeds. She bought a large slice on Tuesday and we've just had half of it.. just like Jack Sprat and his wife.. she ate the melon and I ate the seeds.
Now she is taking dictation.. for I still can't tap iPad.. and drinking Velluto Nero coffee and I'm sitting on Goosie Head perch grinding Beaky.. aka sign of happiness.
Now.. back to that rain. It has to stop before midday, for she's bound for Hackney Central, which is located in East London. She'll have a rootle around whilst she's there, for there will be, I'm sure, a street market of some sort and maybe she'll find a green and yellow striped watermelon, I hope so.
GeeGee Parrot.
May 14th, 2015.
PostScript: *This will make a delicious supper as well.
Three are tall and produce lots of fruit and flowers all the year round. The other three are much smaller and haven't made up their minds as to what they want to be when they grow up.. except one of them has, for the first time ever, produced some tiny flowers.
I promised you the recipe* for that scrummy lunch we ate last week.. you need the following. You will have to buy what you need as I don't know how many people you're cooking for. She generally allows for six prawns / large shrimp per person.
Ingredients.
Prawns / Shrimps.. peeled and the back vein removed.
Chunk of Ginger root.. grated.
A clove of Garlic.. crushed and finely chopped.
A Dried red Chilli.
Black Rice - already cooked and waiting out of chilly-white larger.. aka fridge. She usually allows about 250g per 2 people.
4 Scallions / Spring Onions.. sliced very thinly.
Bunch of Watercress with some Rocket as well.
A fresh Lime.. cut into quarters.
Olive Oil.
Black pepper and salt.
Fresh water ~ about 100 mls.
You'll need a large frying pan.
Serving bowl.
Heat your Olive Oil gently and add the Ginger and the Garlic.
Then add your Prawns / Shrimp and cook for about a minute.
Add the Black Rice, the Spring Onions / Scallions, Chilli and water.
Stir and cook until the Prawns / Shrimp are cooked and the Rice is hot.
Turn into the serving bowl and add the torn up Rocket and Watercress.
Serve and squeeze on the fresh Lime.
I found this to be very slurpy indeed. Another thing I find extremely slurpy are those old fashioned Watermelons.. you know the variety I mean, they're long and fat as opposed to round and fat, they are sweet and have LOTS of crunchy black seeds. She bought a large slice on Tuesday and we've just had half of it.. just like Jack Sprat and his wife.. she ate the melon and I ate the seeds.
Now she is taking dictation.. for I still can't tap iPad.. and drinking Velluto Nero coffee and I'm sitting on Goosie Head perch grinding Beaky.. aka sign of happiness.
Now.. back to that rain. It has to stop before midday, for she's bound for Hackney Central, which is located in East London. She'll have a rootle around whilst she's there, for there will be, I'm sure, a street market of some sort and maybe she'll find a green and yellow striped watermelon, I hope so.
GeeGee Parrot.
May 14th, 2015.
PostScript: *This will make a delicious supper as well.
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