It was a tough visit to Mum on Sunday so the doughnut on the way home at the service station, eaten after the lovely, and for once hot, vegan sausage roll was definitely needed ... although, wow, they are super sickly sweet. Thank goodness for a lovely black coffee to take the edge of it.
We both ate up, and then sat and people watched for a good ten minutes just to decompress. You do see all sorts of folks at the service station, I do still get cross with the messy ones though, especially when they have children with them and just wander off leaving all their mess for someone else to clean up. Just what sort of an example are they setting for their kids?
Yes, I will be turning into a loudly tutting old lady soon. 😞
We got home on Saturday after a couple of hours picking up building supplies ... yes most weekends are now spent browsing the delights of Wickes or B&Q ... to find that Ginger had just been in a spat with another cat defending his garden. His poor little nose was dripping blood and over the course of the afternoon his face swelled up quite alarmingly. He looked like he had done a round or two with Mike Tyson. I had washed it thoroughly, he's a gentle cat and he let me do it with only a minor wriggle and complaint, and we both spent the rest of the day monitoring it closely.
By bedtime he could see out of his eye again, and these photos were then taken the next morning so I can monitor if any infection sets in. I think for his first ever cat fight he has gotten off quite lightly.
19th Booths - £1.60
This was literally my only shopping for this week, and sadly it is not very nice bread.
As they were much larger slices than the bread that I usually buy, I thought I would have a little play this morning. I made myself three mini 'quiches'. I cut out circles, pressed them into my muffin tin and left them in the warming oven, while I chopped some pepper and let an egg come to room temperature.
You can see each stage in this photo. First chopped pepper dropped into the lightly toasted bread base, then a little sprinkle of cheese, and then finally one beaten egg divided between all three.
It made for a very tasty little breakfast, eaten an hour after my Weetabix, yes I am still on Hobbit breakfasts. 😄
I've been doing quite a bit of playing with my food just recently, and it's always nice when it works out.
Sue xx
Poor Ginger, he looks well battered, poor soul. I hope his wound heals soon.
ReplyDeleteRe the bread: I bought one of those loaves and I quite like it. I took a few slices out and put the rest into the freezer for another time. Mine is soft and tasty with a moist filling like salad, or cheese and pickle. Why did you not like it, Sue?
The Greggs donut looks lovely and you and Alan deserved a treat. My favourite is the pink sprinkled donut at the moment :)
Angie
Angie
We were really concerned at first, but he's healing well and is back to his usual self now. I put the rest of the loaf into Alan's freezer so he can use it, there's no space in mine, it's a larger loaf than my usual one.
DeleteI just have the glazed version and Alan has the caramel custard one. We are turning into creatures of habit. :-)
Poor Ginger!
ReplyDeleteI've gone off Warburton bread... it can be a bit 'gluey' for my taste.
That's a good description of this one, somehow dry and yet gluey. And it sticks out of the top of my toaster, another reason to try and find my usual loaf, which is light, tasty and fits perfectly. :-)
DeletePoor Ginger, that looks sore.
ReplyDeleteDisappointing when a well known brand lets you down. I don’t mind a half teaspoon of sugar if the yeast is a bit slow, but I don’t want Emulsifiers: E481, E471, E472e, Soya Flour, Preservative: Calcium Propionate doing who knows what damage to my gut. The latter is to stop old bread from growing mould and bacteria.
I hadn't noticed that it was a 'no added sugar' version until I had eaten it. I doubt sugar would have helped the texture much though. They are so concerned about making products last a ridiculously long time, they have no consideration for our guts these days do they.
DeleteAh, sweet Ginger. I am so glad that you managed to clean things up on the injury and can monitor as the days progress.
ReplyDeleteI am already an old lady that tuts when messes are left.
God bless.
It's our duty to continue the tutting old lady tradition isn't it. Alan is an honorary member. ;-)
DeleteWe used to have that bread all the time, but since going back to homemade ( bread machine) I’ve realised I was just tolerating it and not enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteThat donut looked delicious x
Alison in Devon x
That is a really good description of how I feel about a lot of shop bought bread ... 'tolerating it and not enjoying it'.
DeleteHave to say Hooray for my bread-machine after your description of gluey bread!
ReplyDeleteWhen Col worked on the roads for the CC they always had two breakfasts as they started work so early, so home breakfast would be about 6.30 and then they had a second one in the lorry about 9.30.
That sounds like a very sensible breakfast routine, if you ask me. :-)
DeleteSending love to Ginger
ReplyDeleteAww I hate that when our pets get hurt and that looks nasty. Poor Ginger.
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