I just woke up in front of TV and fell asleep again. Half an hour later I woke up when Julia called to see where I was. Instead of going to bed I had to go and make sandwiches. It’s not a big job in general, but in the early hours, when you want to go to bed, it’s a dreadful job.
Of course, I( then woke up and decided I ought to blog. Bad idea, but that’s what happens after you wake yourself up by making sandwiches at 2am.
Being virtuous, I didn’t make any for myself. I will come home at 1am because it’s my new half day, and I will eat the fried rice I made for tea. I made too much. Under my new weight loss regime I no longer stuff myself by eating half of all I cook, I use self-discipline to eat a proper portion and keep the rest for later.
It was good fried rice, which used several ingredients from the back of the freezer, including a block of prawns with severe freezer burn and a ball of ice and peas. We really should pay more attention to food storage.
I also solved a mystery when I discovered where Julia stores ingredients she doesn’t like. I have ordered more red lentils this week because I thought we had none, but tonight I found them, with the pearl barley, wedged behind the bread maker. She says she was just storing them, but I say it’s strange how everything there seems to be something she doesn’t like me using.
Vegetable stew with thyme
The vegetable stew with thyme looks very good, Simon.
We use a lot of red lentils here. They are especially good in stews as they cook down and make a thick base.
Agreed. Julia, unfortunately, doesn’t like them. It is a matter of some disagreement between us.
Very creative storage solutions from Julia.
One of many. I find it too distressing to discuss.
Hats off to you for making sandwiches and blogging after getting up. If it had been me, I would have Shuffled off to bed.
It was close. On Friday night I would have done that as I only have my own sandwiches to make. But on Thursday I have Julia’s sandwiches to make, which is much more important. 🙂
Sounds delicious food you’re making. I wonder if anyone ever bought food and then forgot about it before say the first world war?!
I imagine most people were too close to poverty to allow food to go to waste until after WW2. And I doubt that my parents, having grown up with rationing, were capable of some of my bad habits. In general, I blame the freezer. We are always finding forgotten bits and pieces in there. Once we even found a turkey crown. I’d bought it in case we couldn’t get a fresh one for Xmas (I always worry about that) and after Christmas it slipped my mind, coming to light months later.