MY YORKSHIRE TROTETTES are in the oven, I am on page 75 of my book, meaning I have now have over 1050 words listed in my notebook (though my vocabulary is so retarted I had to look up many of them 5 or more times ...) I had a good flick through the medium wave band last night and was surprised to find half the stations broadcasting in German and Dutch (Brits don't listen to AM radio any more). A station called NDR has been reading me the news etc.Things are going from bad to worse with Maple Syrup my druggieworker. She still appears to believe I can be bullied into doing things. I deal with her by saying yes yes and agreeing to whatever she's banging on about ~ so I can get out of there as quickly as possible. Then doing absolutely nothing about it. I really want to change worker.
And that's about it. I'm sending off for the Free University Berlin prospectus. Surely the EU has funds for waster old drug addict would-be international students like me..? Well you gotta have some goal, even if it is totally half-baked ...
Illustrated: Yorkshire (batter) puddings. Stuffed, these are turned into my own special "Yorkshire Trotettes" ...
Here's the link for students wishing to "major" in German language and literature in German at Berlin Free Uni (wouldn't want to be outside Berlin, would you??)
Japanese Studies ("Japanologie") at the same institution ...
PS re "philology"/Philologie I stand corrected. Philology does indeed mean the study of language and literature in English as well as German. I had believed "philology" was just an oldfashioned word for linguistics, having been thrown off course by a fascinating tome on comparative linguistics entitled Comparative Philology ~ that I found on the shelves of a Welsh holiday cottage in Amroth, of all places ...
Are you going to share the recipe for your trotettes?
ReplyDeleteYou're just going to have to start saying no to ms Marple Syrup Gleds, she's not hearing you.
ReplyDeleteMy Gran used to make dinner plate sized Yorkshire Puds for Grandad which he had as a starter before the Sunday roast*!*
Syd: trotettes are simple: get Iceland's own precooked Yorkshire puddings (the type with batter already risen).
ReplyDeleteCook beef/lamb, cauliflower/broccoli cheese, vegetables, gravy.
Slam in Yorkshire puddings for last 5 mins.
When Yorkshire puddings thoroughly done, carefully spoon in meat, vegetables and gravy (not too much: you don't want them soggy) ~ keep in hot, switched-off oven and allow to mull as it cools down. Here's your Yorkshire Trotettes!
Bimbimbie: oh I'd love to try one of them puddings. Could you make one and pop it in the post for me..?
Maple Syrup: yeah I know. I just don't like dealing with her at ALL :-<...