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Cottage pie with broccoli and cauliflower.

Still have some smoked haddock to use before tomorrow, so it’s Cullen skink (soup) with homemade bread.

Kedgeree, made with smoked haddock. No side dishes as the Kedgeree is a complete meal.

Yes, she was. Age 16 is we call it the Age of Consent here. According to a Barrister friend, the trafficked person scenario is not likely to happen. Yes, he may well be guilty elsewhere, just not...

No, it is information released from Epstein’s files in the US and concerns giving Epstein state information obtained when AMW was a Govt appointee as a Business Envoy. ANdrew cannot be prosecuted in...

So far, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was taken in for questioning re secret business information he was privy to as a Government Business Envoy. He is alleged to have passed this info to Epstein.
He...

Chicken Jalfrezi with Basmati rice.

Tonight is home made Quiche Lorraine with salad.

Re onion family, I agree with you, but the older I get, the lower my tolerance for garlic gets!
I often make toad in the hole with onion and carrot gravy. The Yorkshire pudding is a substitute for...

Tonight we had bangers and mash with carrot and onion gravy. Just the thing on a cold wintry evening.

Personally, I put a lot of the blame on Noah Webster!

WOW! Most Americans want to use their own names, rather than adopt ‘English’ English terms! Thanks, Iris lilies ,

Feeling lazy today so dinner will be jacket potatoes (? Baked potatoes in US-speak) filled with home-made ratatouille from the freezer!

The weather has been bad in the Southern Med. Greece and Malta have been badly hit this winter. BUT the Islands soon recover.

Sorry for your family’s loss, Catherine.

Kib. My daughter and son in law live in Corfu, Greece and work remotely for their business in the UK. We visit them at least a a couple of times a year. Lots of cruise ships visit the island. I...

Mushy peas are more of a Northern English addition, Catherine, most commonly eaten with fish n chips! I have never eaten mushy peas in any home making Mince n Tatties.

Yes, of course! Wouldn’t be right without it!

It is almost 25 January, Burns’ Night. We will be attending a Burns’ Supper held by a local historical society. Its proximity put my husband in the mood for haggis, neeps and tatties, so that’s what...

Well done, BAE! You obviously raised a motivated, intelligent, money savvy daughter, much like I did myself!

St Andrews is one of my favourite smaller towns here. The University is such an...

I have some uncooked smoked haddock left over from last night’s Cullen Skink, so will be making kedgeree, haven’t cooked it for ages.

Very few terraced houses in Edinburgh were ever working class! Designed by Playfair and the Adams, our ‘new town’ area was always for the wealthy. Ditto London, Bath, Tunbridge Wells, for example....

So sorry to read this, Catherine. I was once made redundant from a job in FE. It was a complete shock. On the Friday, I had my annual appraisal with my HoF, with top box markings, set in places...

We brought back lots of local honey, olives and extra virgin olive oil from our recent visit to our daughter and son in law in Corfu.

Lamb kebabs on the barbecue, with a Greek salad with plenty of feta and Greek extra virgin olive oil.