Spice up your life

"We need a bit more spice" The Consort urged and before I could make some helpful suggestions she went on to say that although the food I was preparing was very nice etc etc it lacked some bite sometimes, and why didn't I attempt a curry.

Hiding my disappointment I agreed that I'd give the curry a go. I stuck to a boring Chicken curry but it did go down very well with The Consort and worth a repeat at some time.

Say cheese :-)

The Consort isn't from these parts so isn't fully aware of the local customs and traditions - such as packaged cheesecake from Tesco for less than a pound. You add butter to make the base and then add milk to make the topping. Make it look good by grating some chocolate on top and hey presto, a quick, easy and cheap second course.

So when we finished the main course and I presented my cheesecake, her mouth dropped in amazement that I was capable of creating such a well presented and tasty dessert. I kept it going for as long as I could but my face gave it away and eventually confessed - but it really does taste very good !

Pretty maids all in a row

So we had some people for dinner and The Consort was very fortunately in charge of the cooking but my role was to prepare the Strawberrys and then dip them in chocolate. The problem was how to store them while they dried. Just the sort of problem I like to solve so a "washing line" was constructed in the kitchen and each strawberry pegged and allowed to drip dry - simple !