A glut of courgettes yesterday so why not make a sort of piccalilli with courgettes and shallots?
Suddenly it’s all about pickling (and butterflies)
While the pizzas were being rolled and loaded and cooked …
Al Jazeera called daughter to appear on their news hour programme and talk about the terrible riots on our streets. She spoke, the guests ate and I suppose disorder continued – how sad and grim.
New visitor cuddles Ducky
One very happy human – two reasons
Jeremy just brought me in a dahlia
The second is a gift from my son-in-law
For over 15 years (I think) Twiglets were not on the “kosher” list of foods allowed to be eaten by observant Jews. It may have been because the factory where they were made or the conveyer belt where they were produced was using animal fats. Recent factory inspections have satisfied the kosher food board that this is no longer the case and one of my favourite UPF (ultra processed foods) is available for me to snack on to my heart’s content. It might be bad for my body but Twiglets are a vice that I do not want to give up ever again!
Two weeks old and growing rapidly
I put him/her in a box whilst I changed the straw and washed out the food snd water bowls
Then it was back into a clean, dry cage with fresh straw. Ducky will need the heat plate for another few weeks so I will have a kitchen companion until September
Simon Biles’ goat pendant might be diamond encrusted but my pewter goat arrived today
And I’m very happy with it!
And I actually have “real” royal goats too
The hover flies are enjoying the nectar and pollen of the pink anemones
I enjoy the flowers
Ducklings grow fast and so do children
A friend called in with his granddaughter this morning. I hadn’t seen her since she started high school and suddenly she’s a young woman and learning to drive! Being a teenager she didn’t want her photo on the blog but I snapped her grandad instead.
New recipes for fresh produce
The plums are beginning to ripen outside and I looked for an Umeboshi recipe (Japanese style pickled plums). If all goes to plan the pickled plums (pickled in sea salt) will be ready to taste in about a fortnight.
The green pate is made with courgettes, onions and garlic with some ground almonds and seasoning.
The sautéed celery should have been eaten last night but I forgot that I had made the dish so we will eat it tonight.
A simple tomato salad with homegrown spring onions and basil
The goats object
Have you heard the new word being used? It’s “goat” meaning greatest of all time. I heard it on the radio this morning and then this evening when the amazing Simone Biles won a gold medal at the Olympic Games
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