Yes folks, it's Monday. And for those who live in orderly houses, this signifies wash day, but here, in deepest Knightbsbride, it signifies the return of the Numpties. BUT this time, at long last, they have arrived to finish the floor!
Was there ever such an exciting day! And, no, I am not being sarcastic. For with the finishing, finally, of the concrete floor, it means that 4 metre vinyl snake can roll out of our hall and unroll himself onto the floor and become our new smart bathroom flooring!
No, we are not mad enough to sit and watch the screed dry but she did go and give it a once-over to make it smoother. Now we will leave it alone to do its' stuff. She emailed the landlord the progress and gave him dates for when it would be convenient for the vinyl fitter to come and lay it.
So with Numpty one and two on site, the door, was again, wide open and "ByeBye" said the heating as it skipped off up the stairs to play with Jack Frost. Last night was 'mighty chilly-billy' here and this morning was much of the same.
So seeing as she couldn't go out, she piled on more layers of clothing and rummaged in the vegetable rack for things with which to make something that I hope you make as well!
A very shrunken red beetroot emerged from the bottom rack and were swiftly followed by everything that looked past its' best, two slightly bendy carrots and a couple of sorrowful looking parsnips that were chopped into fat pieces and headed into the pan.
A couple of slices of dried mushroom, not dried by her, but out of a jar, were added, two cloves of fat home grown garlic, a chunk of raw ginger root, a sliced onion, salt, bay leaves and last but certainly NOT least, she added some whole white and black peppercorns and an allspice.
This pan was filled with water and two home made chicken stock cubes were taken from Frosty White larder.. aka freezer.. and it was set to cook.
Twenty minutes later, a poke with a sharp knife showed the vegetables to be soft and ready to be pureed. An old friend emerged from the machine rack, he plugs into the wall and makes scary noises, for he has a long neck and at the other end of his neck, he has a metal cup which hides a pair of blades.
Yes, he is a liquidiser! And after a quick whizz around inside the pan, what did I see? Oh yum, hot pureed vegetables with just enough fluid to make them worthy of being called Vegetable Soup! The tiny shrunken beetroot had made it the most glorious deep scarlet colour, the taste is slightly 'hot' as in spicy hot because of the ginger, peppers and the allspice.
I waited until my spoonful cooled down a bit but she ate hers from a mug steaming hot. Ah.. Monday Soup! That's just the right name for it, a happy mix of all last weeks' vegetables and some spices.
But you, Dear Readers, don't have to wait for it to be a Monday to make this.. all you have to do is rootle about in your vegetable rack and see what you can find, for there's bound to be something there that's small and tasty that maybe a tad past its' best.. but that's perfect for soup.
And we guarantee that it will fill you full of Chirp!
GeeGee Parrot.
December 5th, 2016.
Was there ever such an exciting day! And, no, I am not being sarcastic. For with the finishing, finally, of the concrete floor, it means that 4 metre vinyl snake can roll out of our hall and unroll himself onto the floor and become our new smart bathroom flooring!
No, we are not mad enough to sit and watch the screed dry but she did go and give it a once-over to make it smoother. Now we will leave it alone to do its' stuff. She emailed the landlord the progress and gave him dates for when it would be convenient for the vinyl fitter to come and lay it.
So with Numpty one and two on site, the door, was again, wide open and "ByeBye" said the heating as it skipped off up the stairs to play with Jack Frost. Last night was 'mighty chilly-billy' here and this morning was much of the same.
So seeing as she couldn't go out, she piled on more layers of clothing and rummaged in the vegetable rack for things with which to make something that I hope you make as well!
A very shrunken red beetroot emerged from the bottom rack and were swiftly followed by everything that looked past its' best, two slightly bendy carrots and a couple of sorrowful looking parsnips that were chopped into fat pieces and headed into the pan.
A couple of slices of dried mushroom, not dried by her, but out of a jar, were added, two cloves of fat home grown garlic, a chunk of raw ginger root, a sliced onion, salt, bay leaves and last but certainly NOT least, she added some whole white and black peppercorns and an allspice.
This pan was filled with water and two home made chicken stock cubes were taken from Frosty White larder.. aka freezer.. and it was set to cook.
Twenty minutes later, a poke with a sharp knife showed the vegetables to be soft and ready to be pureed. An old friend emerged from the machine rack, he plugs into the wall and makes scary noises, for he has a long neck and at the other end of his neck, he has a metal cup which hides a pair of blades.
Yes, he is a liquidiser! And after a quick whizz around inside the pan, what did I see? Oh yum, hot pureed vegetables with just enough fluid to make them worthy of being called Vegetable Soup! The tiny shrunken beetroot had made it the most glorious deep scarlet colour, the taste is slightly 'hot' as in spicy hot because of the ginger, peppers and the allspice.
I waited until my spoonful cooled down a bit but she ate hers from a mug steaming hot. Ah.. Monday Soup! That's just the right name for it, a happy mix of all last weeks' vegetables and some spices.
But you, Dear Readers, don't have to wait for it to be a Monday to make this.. all you have to do is rootle about in your vegetable rack and see what you can find, for there's bound to be something there that's small and tasty that maybe a tad past its' best.. but that's perfect for soup.
And we guarantee that it will fill you full of Chirp!
GeeGee Parrot.
December 5th, 2016.
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