For tea on Wednesday we had chicken, mushroom and bacon pie with tarragon. Yes, we’re in “tea” territory here, and even if we weren’t I spent my early years in Lancashire, so it will be “tea” wherever I go. On the side we had baked potato and sauteed kale. (It’s stir fried really but people always seem to call it sauteed). Of course, those people know how to access the French accents on their keyboard; I don’t and on my screen the word is underlined in red. We had a proper meal because we left work as early as we could and got home in time to do some proper cooking.
That’s what we’ve been missing recently, time.
We did a bit of easy cooking with the group -jam tarts using ready-made pastry and the jam we made on Tuesday from the blackberries we picked on Monday. It’s known as Any Berry Jam. I would include a link, but I can’t find it. I’ll try later. There was very little washing up and we had very little inclination to stay longer, so we went home, where I cooked again.
Joy.
Tonight, we will be having soup and a sandwich because we tested sausage rolls for the food blog. I am putting weight on in my capacity of pie tester.
Quick blackberry jam tarts
It was a very pleasant day, and there were several butterflies on the wing as I drove down the lane. I snapped the two Red Admirals just behind the centre and the very tatty white on the verbena is by the polytunnel.
The marigolds are having one last hurrah, whilst the Cape Gooseberries (or physalis, ground cherries or Inca berries if you prefer) are still struggling to ripen. The ones that were left from the vicious attack last year are a little behind the ones we grew from seed.
The last wheatsheaf loaf broke. This year they all seem to have deformed as they dried out and have actually broken instead of cracking as they normally do. I think it may be because I should let the dough rest more before use.
Sad fate for Wheatsheaf Loaf
The wormery is going well, though we will probably release them after tomorrow’s session. They have produced tunnels, they have dragged bits of grass down and they have even moved a paper triangle, though not as impressively as in Darwin’s original experiment. In their defence, my worms are smaller. 😉
Wormery, with paper triangle showing
Clearly a good day. Should you feel inclined you can google French accents and get info on how to do them. The Mac is by far the easiest, but Microsoft is doable.
Thanks Derrick, I’ll do that- I’d like to know how to do it, even if I rarely use one.
Very nice photos. Glad you were able to have a more relaxing day.
Thanks. It was a very pleasant day. Tomorrow is going to be more hectic – 12 inner city kids for soup, scones and apple pressing. 😉
Fun, fun, fun! 😉
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I really enjoy reading about your wormery setup. Did you make it yourself or is it something that is commercially available?
We bought it – not sure where we got ours from but it’s available here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Interplay-UK-5026175002002-Worm-World/dp/B00008OS3W
It’s always been a good talking point and it always seems to show some evidence of activity. We normally set it up a few days before a visit and don’t keep the worms more than a week. I always feel like there’s not much soil for them, though if there was more you probably wouldn’t see many tracks as they’d stay deeper inside.
I keep thinking of making a tool to make a better job of the layering, but that’s the only improvement I can think of. 😉