tag liatelle

I have been tagged by ILTV!

It’s less painful than a wasp sting and a 6 inch nail so I shall have a go but food is not my forte. I like to eat food though.

5 things about food

Do I know 5 interesting things about food? ‘Interesting’ obviously being relative and subjective.

I don’t expect you to be interested at all – fear not, but it makes a change from the wasps which are now thankfully dying but not yet dead. And my leg which isn’t better, but red and hot and swollen. That sounds quite fun writing it, but I assure you, it sadly isn’t.

One

My mother is an excellent, but bad tempered cook. She then resents her food being eaten. Consequently all 3 of her daughters couldn’t cook, 2 are quite good now, 1 still isn’t. We ate things like nashigoren, curries, chilli and spaghetti bolognese in the ‘60s when no-one else had ever heard of these things in rural England. We were so ashamed and could never invite other kids home for supper.

Two

My ex-husband used to make all our bread, but now I’ve gotten used to Hovis Best of Both. It’s a small price to pay.

Three

Himself can bake an excellent banana and walnut cake but can’t (so he says) cook a meal. I can’t cook a cake or a meal. I can arrange a salad though; well open the bag and tip it onto plates. Cherry tomatoes are an excellent invention don’t you think? I can even slice cucumber evenly with the cheese slice. Having read FN’s post I can add apple, celery and walnuts and make a Hot Waldorf as well.

Four

I once made mayonnaise (again courtesy of FN) but have only managed it the one time. Mind you I’ve never tried again.

Five

I once tried to be a vegetarian but it was so boring. Pulses and chick peas and nut roasts and all that jazz are so uninspiring. So then I just ate normally but not the meat and lost a stone and became anaemic. I have never managed a successful diet since but at least my blood is red.