cha0tic stuff

With that in mind, may I present for the readers consideration, a variation on a traditional British dish,'Toad-in-the-Hole'. I'm sure all you clever bloggers will need is the name of this dish to reproduce it for yourself.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:

Roast Parsnip* Toad-in-the-Hole**

It's fucking lush!***

• *I will probably be experimenting with various other things 'in-a-hole' over the coming months. (Keep your filthy minds in check!)
• **Suitable for Vegetarians if they eat eggs, or if you can make batter without them. (I leave that as an excercise for the reader)
• ***There is no picture as I eated it. All.

...and not just on the net.
Two text messages greet my rising this morning (Ok this lunchtime if I'm honest) One from a pal who I dropped off a Birthday card for last night:

"Thanks so much bab x its a corker. Me and em am having a human puppy x just started telling the world. well people we know at least x"

The second from a pal who's child is just over a year old:

"Have just invented a new game, build a small town with wooden blocks then release mileszilla and see how fast he can destroy tokyo"

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy"

I say:

"No shopping list survives arrival at the supermarket"

I'd headed into town yesterday to stock up on supplies, with a list of stuff I needed/wanted so I could eat for the next few days & over the weekend.

I'm weak though, especially when it comes to reduced stuff. So added to the list was:

1. A bag of Parsnips as I can't resist them roasted.
2. Sausage meat, Mmm, add some herbs & things, turn it into patties, batter them then shallow fry them.
3. Smoked salmon trimmings. Wow cheap salmon got even cheaper and I love smoked salmon. Looks like butties at some point. I just need to get some cream cheese.
4. A Turkey drumstick, a Turkey drumstick that was bigger than some legs of lamb I've seen.

I ate it anyway. with a firm note to self, never ever to pick one up again. The remains are now simmering away in a pan, to provide stock for tonights meal. A lentil & bacon stew/soup thing, based on a programme I heard on the radio the other day.