Saturday 17 April 2021 Before and After

The day the Royal Family said goodbye to their loved one.  Very sad.  A man of vision and such a kind man. He will be sadly missed.  I did watch the funeral later on TV after we came home.

Today for me has not been a bad day at all, all round.  I feel much better than I did.  I have been taking things easy though and watching how much I eat, when I eat it etc.

The delivery driver arrived in good time and we received the delivery of Charcuterie items we had ordered.

Trying a different supplier this time predominantly for Charcuterie items. This is not a sponsored post, and we paid for items.  Completely our own views but thought that you might also be interested in seeing what they offer.

The items arrived in a box but were supplied and packed in nice insulated cool bag with packs that can be reused. Company called Craft'd web site: 

Craft'd 

Apparently they also have a You Tube site. and they provide a variety of artisanal foods. 

In our box today, there is Chorizo, Sopressetta, Coppa, Bresaola and Fennel Salami. There is also a jar of Chicken Liver pate with Port and Pork Rillette.  What I like about the pate's, is that I can recycle the jars.  Think might be ordering more of these in the future.

We have yet to receive the Black Pudding and White Pudding we ordered which is coming under separate cover (for us) one lot arrived which we had bought in for step-son. Lots of lovely goodies. We intend to have a nibble platter later with some of each of these plus some cheese, buns and pickles. 

As planned OH then took me to my favourite Butcher's Johnsons of Old Hurst.  I stocked up on several things as it has been over a year since we last visited.  I bought bread rolls to go with the Charcuterie meal planned for this evening, some crusty ones for \OH and some soft ones for me.  I also bought some Hot Cross Buns, Cornish pasties, Haslet, Brawn, chipolatas, bacon (Green Back Bacon with no nasty  preservatives) some Barnsley Lamb chops, a joint of Pork for tomorrow's dinner, and some sausage-meat for stuffing, as well as a couple of stuffing mixes, fresh veggies, bunched carrots, broccoli, Kale, Romanesco, mushrooms, some Hash Browns, cress, and an apple and blackberry pie.  So did not do too badly. 

Also found some Strawberries at the Butcher's this morning so will have with some cream. They smell wonderful. Do so hope they live up to their promise.  

They have a fantastic cook shop section at the farm.  I found a couple of items that hopefully will be able to save up for in the coming months.  OH has indicated that we will go again before we leave for our next break so I may be able to snaffle at least one item then.  Fingers crossed.

From there OH decided to treat us to a cooked breakfast.  It was tasty and went down a treat.  It was lovely to sit out in the sun even though the breeze was a little chilly, we were sat in the sun and it was nice and warm.

We then came back to Peterborough and picked up Missy to take her walkies.  She does not appreciate being left and gets all over-excited voicing her pleasure at seeing you but displeasure at being left in the first place.  Boy does she get in a state.  We do not leave her a lot often taking her with us but we could not take her into the Butcher's so it was a no go.

On the way to walk Missy we dropped off what we had purchased for step-son.  We also had earlier on made a visit to step-daughter as well so both were treated.  On the way back from walking Missy, OH called in at the pub.  We were there when the minutes silence was held for Prince Philip.  It was just nice to have a quick drink and then come on our way again.

Tea was nice and simple at the end of the day haven't gone too mad. 

I had a mini cottage loaf with butter on which was nice and soft cut in half with Pork Rillette which is similar to potted beef. It was delicious. served with pickled shallots and some slices of Chorizo and Sopresseta. Seriously tasty. Also tried chicken pate with Port and that was lush too.

 

The "pates" were Cornish Charcuterie products which are made near Bude about 10 miles from where we normally stay at St Tinney Farm, Otterham, when we go. In a really unspoilt part of Cornwall. We still have loads more to try. Also have some Brawn and Haslet to add to the mix too.   We also had strawberries and cream for pudding!

They were beautiful  and they were Dutch, packaged in cardboard and although a tad pricey, were very tasty. 

I finished off with a cheeky little Gin and lemonade for tonight Tonight's version is Absolute Pear. Served with a lot of lemonade suits me fine. Chin-Chin

So all in all a very pleasant day.

Catch you all soon.

Pattypan

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