Time on my hands
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:25 pm
Till the weather decides to play spring anyway. I have spent time today going through the food store cupboards.
The cupboards are set up for baking as well as everyday meals. Thing is - now that the family locally has thinned out - local youth has left home and older relatives died, other family members work away and aboard, well there ain't so many parties or seasonal feasts. Result is that I have the utensils and a certain variety of ingredients that would still support a larger family gathering or three for a party.
Time to get back to cooking more than the absolute basics instead of going out due to sheer idleness do you think?
When the gardening season gets going (if ever, March is changing its mind from hour to hour this week) I should learn to dry and store herbs instead of buying. Should improve the soups.
Likewise, as soon as the knee feels sturdy enough there are compost bins to turn one into another to free up so that I can start from empty in a few weeks time.
Don't feel that dress making is quite my scene - anything that required the use of a sewing machine was for other members of the family. Decorating can be put off till next winter.
And the rest of you?
The cupboards are set up for baking as well as everyday meals. Thing is - now that the family locally has thinned out - local youth has left home and older relatives died, other family members work away and aboard, well there ain't so many parties or seasonal feasts. Result is that I have the utensils and a certain variety of ingredients that would still support a larger family gathering or three for a party.
Time to get back to cooking more than the absolute basics instead of going out due to sheer idleness do you think?
When the gardening season gets going (if ever, March is changing its mind from hour to hour this week) I should learn to dry and store herbs instead of buying. Should improve the soups.
Likewise, as soon as the knee feels sturdy enough there are compost bins to turn one into another to free up so that I can start from empty in a few weeks time.
Don't feel that dress making is quite my scene - anything that required the use of a sewing machine was for other members of the family. Decorating can be put off till next winter.
And the rest of you?