2011.07.31 My Day
Its been a busy weekend and I have managed to get all the washing done and air dried this weekend which is quite an achievement as there was a lot. Now I have a large ironing mountain to deal with. Guess what I will be doing tomorrow evening. Its been a lovely day here today and even now it is still well warm and very muggy. I have been busy as usual in the kitchen today. I cooked tea tonight after a few weeks off. We have had roast pork with home made sausagemeat stuffing roasted courgettes, roast potatoes, fresh baby carrots,cabbage and cauliflower with gravy. Very tasty it was too. I don't use salt to get the crackling. I have a gas cooker and for the first hour I blast the joint at Gas Mark 8 to give it a real nice crispy crackling. OH has high blood pressure so I tend to avoid it if I can. Here you see the joint and the stuffing after only ten minutes or so. I also add a pack of lard to the bottom of the tin so tha...