Hot Days and Hot Food...

The weather warnings were not wrong, today is quite possibly one of the hottest, if not the hottest, day so far this year and it is the last day of August.

What better than to be cooking a curry on a day like today?  We had chicken left over from the kebabs I made yesterday which needed cooking up and I reckoned with the addition of a few extras I could make it stretch to three so we asked Les if he wanted to come for a bite to eat.

The sound of relief that he was not going to be eating his own cooking was palpable - it transpires that he has managed to tackle a jacket potato although somewhat unsuccessfully as the middle was hard and managed to stuff some cheese on top for an added gourmet touch.  I do feel for him.

Last time he came I did Nuwabi Curry and so I decided to do the same today - I have noticed we are nearing the end of the Curry Frenzy kit so I will need to look at putting in an order soon - the Nuwabi is a real hit - I follow the recipe save for the fact I add a healthy teaspoon of minced red chili to give it a bit of an extra kick.

John was off down to Rob's with the light fitting he had fashioned to go into their display cabinet - this was mark two and hopefully it will do the job.  Rob seemed pleased with it so that is good.

We had a visit from the goats today - the first in the field next door for months and really there is next to nothing for them to eat unless they are able to tackle the spiky capers - I guess this is another sign that the seasons are changing.  I couldn't manage to get a photograph of the leader of the pack unfortunately - he was a magnificent beast with beautiful curled horns that made almost a full circle around his ears and he was charcoal grey and had certainly found something to eat during these summer months as he had a fair old girth on him!



I pre-cooked some onion bahjis ready to re-heat when Les arrived at 6.00pm - they look a strange colour because I used up some red onion which Isobel had left me in her red-cross food parcel and I knocked up the dough for the naan breads ready for John to cook as he does them the best.  It was obviously a good day for making bread as the yeast fizzed almost immediately and the dough almost tripled in size and was super light and fluffy which was a good omen for the finished article.

I was a bit at sixes and sevens when Les arrived just after 5pm!!  It wasn't a problem as I stuck him i the garden with a beer.  It transpires that they are just about to start the cobbling right by Les and Clare's house and I think he had been advised to move his car so it didn't get stuck for a few weeks (if not months) so I am guessing that is what he did and then decided to come across to us.

Les is a bit of a curry connoisseur coming from the Black Country so to be told that my rather odd looking bahjis were superb was fabulous news!