[New shoot]

The aubergine plants in the greenhouse didn't like the cold night so picked all the remaining fruit today.  Aubergine curry and a soy braised aubergine dish with pork made for the freezer this afternoon, so all cooked out. 

Luckily there were overs, so I had the curry with rice and some stir-fried greens 

[madcat]

Or just trying to do too much in too few hours?

Honestly I'm doing less - it's just annoying me more 

Ahh ... that's age!  Not only does it bring wisdom, but also less patience with timewasting idiots... human, machine or just s*d's law!   

Tonight is pork, apple, cider and beans in the slow cooker.  Greens of some sort on the side and a chunk of bread for OH.

[Lardman]

Yesterdays left over, not often I don't, or can't finish off liver and onions but I was full to bursting yesterday.

... also less patience with timewasting idiots...

Funny you're the second person to say that to me today

Tonight is pork, apple, cider and beans in the slow cooker. 

Curious - as I have a lump of piggy for the weekend - what type of beans and do you thicken the cider to make a sauce, Id imagine it would be a little thin?

[madcat]

Curious - as I have a lump of piggy for the weekend - what type of beans and do you thicken the cider to make a sauce, Id imagine it would be a little thin?

It was a layer of chopped (peeled and cored) apple fallings, then soaked cherokee beans (tryout before growing - very good), but you could use butter beans or borlottis or haricot. In a pan I briefly fried off some belly pork chunks, added onions and garlic to soften in the fat.  Once soft, a bit of flour to take up the fat and thicken the sauce.  Cook it in then add the cider to make a quite thick sauce, as the apples will add more liquid in due course.  Add to slow cooker.  Finish off with more apples, and in yesterdays case, a bit of courgette and a sad tomato.  Important - do not salt it until you have finished cooking or the beans will be like bullets!!!  Leave to blub for at least 6 hrs (your lump will need more).  About an hour before serving if you think the juices too runny, a small handful of pearl barley will thicken it nicely.

Tonight the griddle will be coming out - a couple of (not very big) gammon steaks have just come out of the freezer, with griddled courgette, tomato (see a theme here?  ), potato cake for OH and green salad on the side.

[mumofstig]

Mince and onions in gravy with runner beans and cannellini beans.

This afternoon, I picked up a reduced unsmoked gammon joint from the Co op, that'll do nicely for tomorrow (and most of the week  )

[jaydig]

Mince and onions in gravy with runner beans and cannellini beans.

This afternoon, I picked up a reduced unsmoked gammon joint from the Co op, that'll do nicely for tomorrow (and most of the week  )

Great minds thinks alike, MoS - I've just taken an unsmoked ham joint out of the slow cooker ready for tomorrow.  Going to make a potato bake, and tray of roast vegetables to go with it.

[New shoot]

Last night was one of those half the plot soups - spuds too tiny to do much with, onions too small to store, then whatever bits of harvest were there to use up - peppers, tomatoes, beans and greens.  The base was hm chicken stock from the freezer and I made bread rolls to go with it.   It was garnished with grated cheese from a nub end found in the fridge.

For a meal scratched together from bits and bobs it was pretty successful 

[madcat]

Sunshine outside and a forecast of a warm evening - hold that bbq, we are going to use it one last time before it goes away for the winter!  Quick dive into the freezer - couple of chilli marinaded chicken thighs, some sausages, lots of vegs for veg kebab sticks, corn on the cob fresh from plot.... don't know what else but a bottle of wine has gone in the fridge.  Forget the diet, tonight we will celebrate the indian summer!

[mumofstig]

I've been sitting in the greenhouse with a can of Thatcher's and have just eaten cold sliced gammon, small boiled plot potatoes and naked coleslaw, Rosella toms and Mini-munch cuke from the greenhouse.

Except from the gammon and the carrot in the coleslaw, everything home grown. Perfect

[snowdrops]

We’re away for a few days & we’re near the best ever motorway services at Tebay, the farm shop is fantastic, so we had 2 pieces of fillet steak(£6 something), lyonnaise potatoes,carrots,green beans,mushrooms,toms & baby courgettes, all veg homegrown apart from the mushrooms
Followed by a selection on desserts from their patisserie oh & a few glasses of vine colapso

[madcat]

I've been sitting in the greenhouse .....naked ......Perfect

Erm ... that was how I read it first time ...  I had to go back and try again ... such a disappointment! 

[snowdrops]

I've been sitting in the greenhouse .....naked ......Perfect

Erm ... that was how I read it first time ...  I had to go back and try again ... such a disappointment! 

😂😂😂

[Lardman]

Naked coleslaw    is that like deconstructed cottage pie   

I'm back to bland again  Spud nuking time, can't decided on tuna and mayo or cheese, both isn't an option 

[mumofstig]

Naked coleslaw    is that like deconstructed cottage pie   

You think coleslaw has to be dressed, then? 

I've having more cold gammon but with a mild curried veg for a change 

[madcat]

 

Slice of game pie with lots of calabrese in cheese sauce, steamed charlottes on the side for OH.