Missy Stronach went for her Saturday morning bathe, yes I do believe she bathes on other days too as sometimes when I face time her from the office and maybe it is getting close to lunchtime she is still in her goonie (dressing gown for the more discerning of you) or wrapped in a couple of towels, yes I know lunch time but what can one do or say .....
Anyway as she went for her morning bathe I went for my morning walk. While out walking I was thinking of what I could do for Saturday Lunch which invariably turns out to be a late one and into an early dinner, but there you go.
I had a plan and had a look round the shops as I wanted some nice chicken thighs on the bone and with skin, some asparagus and some good seedless oranges but alas couldn't find anything decent in any of the shops or the market.
On the way home I bumped into 83 year old Mrs Pearce who was, quite rightly going off on one at the cars parked on pavements in the area, so I shall do a blog on that later.
I then bumped into 76 year old Alan who gave me a graphic description of his knee and thigh problems including the fact that he had just had the kneecap on his left leg 'washed out' don't know what was wrong but it sounded painful but the thing is that both Alan and Mrs Pearce are still highly active and are out and about in the village and trying to keep busy, in fact Alan had just been to the motor factors and bought some brake pads for his large 4 x 4 that HE was just going to change......
Anyway, got home and Missy was out of the bath, I had been out two hours, and was 'putting her face on' I really don't like to see her without it, reminds me of a George Romero zombie, but who am I to judge (I will suffer for this later no doubt) and there we were then sitting at the kitchen table and I say,
Me "Think we might pop to the supermarket"
Ishbel, "Why" (We really don't purchase much from supermarkets)
Me, " Iwas thinking of getting some chicken thighs and doing a spicy marinade for them and then to serve them up with some griddled asparagus (no bloody ketchup Jules) with orange quarters sprinkled with brown/demera sugar and grilled, with maybe a broad bean and bacon salad"
Ishbel, smiling, "That sounds wonderful"
Me, "in fact I think I've changed my mind, how about fish fingers beans and chips"
WHaaaaaaaat was that look for, honestly I have no idea.
Update:
So this is what I eventually made for Missy Stronach:
Chicken thighs marinaded in Sweet Chilli sauce cooked in the oven for 40 minutes with a side of char grilled orange with brown sugar melted on top
Char grilled Asparagus
Long Grain Rice and Peas
Hee heee....Ishbel loves you. Smart, handsome AND a good cook. :^)
ReplyDeleteAnd knows the best spots for take-out, too. Which is very important for a good marriage.
You can't go wrong with fish fingers. Especially in a sandwich!
ReplyDeleteMore! Please more of these stream of consciousness posts! And ketchup, must have ketchup with your asparagus!
ReplyDeleteYour neighborhood sounds very interesting and I can't wait to hear about the cars parking on the sidewalk.
You'd like our market. So much fresh, local produce. We walk over all the time to see what the farmers have brought. Plus this is California where the dirt smells awful but grows everything.
Penny and Julia just in case you didn't know Mrs K who would have preferred fish fingers is our oldest and wisest,Marie, the totally gorgeous mother to Charlie, give me a cuddle and Holly granddad you're a muppet 5 year old twins...
ReplyDeleteand yeah I like a fish finger sandwich too.
Mrs Pearce was a lovely old dear and there will be a video of her on the next blog
And no Julia - I am arranging for a psychiatric evaluation when you come over in September - ketchup does not in any way shape or form, go with asparagus
I like your lunch, 'posed' regimentally for the camera! but I bet it was as good as it looked. Are you always thinking about food Tom? and heavens to betsy, KETCHUP ?? unless youve made it yourself, as salsa it might just fit
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