A quiet day — no one came to see us. And, again, a spring day. They’re having nice weather in Kirkmichael, too. Helen has sent a picture of our teeny tiny wellingtonia. It’s looking well.
I pressed on with knitting. I have finished the Calcutta Cup, and — because I positioned the Cup farther down than I meant to — I have almost finished the first half of the plain vanilla st st band at the waist. Within a couple of rounds, I must turn around and knit the same amount up again and join for a hem.
But mostly, apart from dozing, I have pressed forward with Chinese cookery and my project of working my way through Fuchsia Dunlop’s “Every Grain of Rice”. I won’t be able to attempt the next recipe until I have a grocery delivery on Wednesday plus some more delicacies from Sous Chef.
Dunlop has a page early on called “magic ingredients”. If you have them in your larder, you can whip up a delicious Chinese meal in no time from the desiccated vegetables in the back of your refrigerator, or so it is claimed. I am ordering ingredients as they crop up in recipes. No point in getting too far ahead of myself — I might lose interest. I sent for six items today; two or three last week. I haven’t got any of Fuchsia’s magic ingredients yet. My next recipe will be “Cold Chicken with a Spicy Sichuanese Sauce”.
Wordle: Mark’s brilliant two was the scene-stealer today. Thomas and Ketki and Theo were the threes. Alexander and Rachel and I came chugging up behind with fours. Nothing from Roger yet. It’s early. I may yet be able to record his score before I fold and go to bed. And I am able: it was a very creditable three, and I can still hold up for another ten minutes or so.
Three today for me. I haven't even opened Dunlop yet. I do have some desiccated vegetables regularly, so I'd better look!
ReplyDeleteThe tofu bamboo sounds very good. Thanks for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteReally excited to see the Calcutta Cup sweater when photos are available!
Lisa R-R, Toronto
In my 12 years of Catholic education I never heard (that I can remember) that St. Patrick was not a saint. So I looked it up. According to one source , during the early Church there was no formal process of canonization, so he became a saint, more or less, by popular demand. Will check other sources later (it’s early here). Chloe
ReplyDeleteSorry, this post was meant to go under March 17. I’m behind. Chloe
ReplyDeleteMore on St. Patrick's day in its North American manifestations. I don't get it, especially since I lived and socialized and worked with Irish people (i.e., born and raised in Eire) in both Montreal and London, in the 70s, and they were all a bit bemused at the fuss North Americans make over it. I do, though, like the way it tends to introduce some Celtic spirituality into a Sunday March 17 service in my (Protestant) church. And I do get that it's a statutory holiday in Newfoundland & Labrador, given the strong Irish heritage and historic connections there.
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