Hope you all had a lovely Valentines day yesterday. Dave very kindly gave me a vase of purple tulips, a hip flask (mmm… brandy. Things could get interesting down on the plot now) and he has pledged a days work down on the allotment! Many thanks lover. I’ll go easy on you. In return I cooked dinner. It wasn’t as nice as Wild Burro’s Val dinner, but it was tasty. Fillet steak with dauphinoise potatoes.
To make:
- Slice and par boil potatoes
- Layer them in a oven proof dish adding chopped onion, garlic, grated parmesan cheese, chopped thyme and plenty of salt and pepper.
- Pour over single cream.
- Bung in the oven till the potatoes are cooked.
- Eat.
I was so pleased with the pots I took a photo.
I also created a brand new cocktail. (chances are it exists somewhere, but it’s mine now) I call it The Mildew. You make it thus:
- 1 part vodka
- 1 part gin
- 2 parts cranberry juice
- fresh lime juice to taste
- Shake with ice, pour into a martini glass and top up with tonic water. It’s quite nice.
Barkeep! Make a Flaming Mildew and be quick about it!
~~~ 15 Flaming mildews Later… ~~~
Eyesluvsyouseyouliddlefookeryou. Yourshmymateyousare. Comeand digshumstuffwivme. Gawwwaan. Comeanshdigsmeplot. Hic. Burp.
That’s a scarily accurate description of me last night, that.
And purple tulips all round!
The mildew sounds yummy – and with the cranberry juice you just know it’s great for the ol’ urinary tract! Lethal and yet healthy – there’s somethng you don;t see every day!
Clare – you are waste product obsessed, you are! There’s a great future for you in certain dodgy German films, you know.