The clocks went back yesterday so it's pitch black outside despite only being 5.45pm. It's rained all day and boy, has it rained! And for some reason it's colder indoors than out. The central heating may have to go on later.
OK, so it's comfort food for dinner, tea, supper* or whatever you like to call it. I have sweet potatoes, ordinary potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, garlic, onions,
mushrooms, and a celeriac that needs using up. Thinks : soup or veg curry?
The latter, I think. I've a tin of black-eyed beans to provide protein, a tin of coconut milk and/or may add a few hard-boiled eggs. Will make plenty then I can have some left for tomorrow.
*Oop north, traditionally, dinner is eaten at midday, tea (unless preceded by "afternoon" which makes it posh and an excuse to over-indulge in cake
) is a substantial meal eaten in the early evening and supper is the biscuit you have at bedtime with your cocoa. Even if your midday meal is a packed lunch (a "piece" or "snap" or "packing up" or a sandwich) it's still called dinner.
.i was seeking inspiration for tonights repast & stumbled upon a jar of preserved lemons that i had made last spring & forgotten about,ah hah,thought i,for i also remembered a long forgotten stewing pack of cheap cuts of lamb languishing in the dingy depths of my freezer,next to mr yamamoto...you remember mr y...the japanese soldier who didn't know the war had ended?..no?...anyway the thought of said two foodstuffs transported me to the exotic warmth of morocco & the equally exotic warmth of laila who i met under a star filled sky in the night market of marrakech.laila taught me a few things,steady in the ranks
!.i'd put them somewhere between bird eye & scotch bonnet..that's why i left this one whole.really tasty too so i think i'll keep the seeds from one & trying growing them
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