I'M DUTIFULLY POSTING but there's not much to report. Got up early. Did bits. Saw Mother Hubbs and admitted I really didn't like her mashed potatoes yesterday...
Now I forgot to post about this but... ook! The most disgusting mashed potatoes ever she made. What she had done is fork tiny cubed-up uncooked spring onions into the creamy mash... and the crunchy-creamy and bland-piquant contrasts I found over-grossing in the extreme!
I used to like to fry onions until sloppy in lots of paprika oil and mix THAT into mash but the onioniness had been cooked out... this... ooo... at one point I thought maybe neat GARLIC POWDER had been stirred in... oouughkh!
Anyway the rest of today I slept as was so exhausted. If anything is TO BLAME for my being depressed it is THAT SPEED FROM THE OTHER DAY.
Not to mention the BAD AUTUMNAL DARKNESS WEATHER.
Big reason for stopping speed about 15 years ago was the severe depression it was perpetuating... nasty business... no!
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Anyway:
My Video of the Day
Shirley Bassey sings Goldfinger in Albert Hall...
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Blog find of
the day:
Gaugin-like paintings http://peinturetapisserienathaliesouin.blogspot.com
Elizabeth http://lizzie-romero.blogspot.com - amazing photos from Spain...
Julia in London - (German) fresher's blog http://julia-in-london.blogspot.com
Yep, speed does that too ya. Not that I'm tired because of that, haven't done speed in years.
ReplyDeleteMy fave mash is just good old plain made with milk, butter,covered in lashings of gravy. My ultimate 'comfort' food.
Glad to hear you won't be doing speed again. Hope Mrs Hubbard does your mash just the way you like it in future - I love mash!
ReplyDeleteSpeed. Nasty, nasty drug.
ReplyDeleteI get Seasonal Affective Disorder, too. Luckily I live in the south, so there's a little more sunshine in winter. Take care, Gleds.
Vi Vi: Do you know I had the strongest craving the other day for bangers 'n' mash... wow. BEEF sausages, lots of oniony gravey... mash slightly dry 'n' not too creamy... yum!
ReplyDeleteAkelamalu: O she always does. She said "why didn't you tell me?!?" I said I didn't want to offend her bc she's so proud of her cooking (rightly so)
GGirl: you're lucky living down South! I heard something though: that everyone's body adapts so that winter STILL feels cold to those in hot climates! I heard someone from MELBOURNE Australia complaining about "cold dark winter"... Cold? Dark? You don't know you're alive, you Melbournites!!
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That sounds like nice mash! Good mash needs red potatoes I've found. The waxy ones.
ReplyDeletePeople shouldn't be messing with mashed potato! Just cook it well in salted water, mash it and add a good knob of butter and some creamy milk, I say.
ReplyDeleteLiz: I'm not a potato mashing expert at all... but I HAVE found red onions are rather good... also bc they show up quite artistically in the food!!
ReplyDeleteNicole: Quite