Things He
Can Do (2)
In addition to the afore-mentioned accomplishments can be
added three more achievements. Today Barry has made dhal. His dhal is always
much appreciated by Susannah who takes a portion to work most days. We now
refer to it as ‘one-legged dhal’ or ‘hopping dhal’. The kitchen maid (me) was at hand to fetch and carry and
clear away – no change there, then.
He also made houmous and bread. We have a machine to actually mix
and make and bake the bread and the bread of the moment is tomato and black
olive – very tasty, filling and moreish. We shall not starve!
Love houmous .. I used to make it - but not any more - well for now!
ReplyDeleteI'm worried have you suddenly acquired a lot of fingers - all these posts coming out?!
Well done on coping between the two of you - and Susannah obviously loves the change in cooking style .. cheers Hilary
No extra fingers, just a little more time to myself, strange though that seems. It won't last . . .
DeleteHave just gone back to part 1 to get caught up. It sounds like Barry is making good use of his recuperation time. I would be thrilled to have my husband turning out such wonderful things from the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI wish him a smooth recovery.
Thank you. Barry is handy around the kitchen, a very good cook, but not good at clearing up.
DeleteI had a bread machine for a while, the bread always got stuck and couldn't be removed without breaking it up and it wasn't good bread anyway. It needed a certain measurement of water to bake properly and I didn't have anything with that measurement, so I added this many ounces from this jug to that many ounces from that jug and so on. It never came out right.
ReplyDeleteYes, correct measurements are quite essential. I've got them wrong from time to time and the bread has turned out like a stone!
DeleteWhen there is pasta (which happens very often) it's Riccardo's turn. After all I am supposed to be a potato girl with kraut.
ReplyDeleteI also bought a bread machine and love to make different sorts of bread ! What a difference to what you get in a shop !
The bread we make doesn't last as long as shop-bought bread - but then it doesn't often last long enough to 'go off'.
ReplyDeleteOh you are making me hungry!!! That bread wouldn't last long in this house.
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