I have an American friend who keeps posting pictures of platefuls of food on Facebook. So I thought I can do that on my blog, so that you can see how well we live in our retirement. These two platefuls were today's lunches. Roy stayed patriotically British with his Cheddar ploughman, I went continental with mozzarella on toast with tomatoes and basil with lettuce and rocket on the side, all dressed with lemon juice and olive oil. Yum, yum!!
The weather forecast was absolutely spot on with the cold returning yesterday. We made it back in the car just before it became a bit chilly and started snowing. Today it all melted, but tonight there is a nip in the air again. We picked up all the ingredients and gear needed for making truffles (Belgian chocolate, cream, fresh chillis, nuts, booze, stone slab, chocolate thermometer, bowls, spatulas etc), so either tomorrow or the day after I will gather all my courage and have a go. The plan is for chilli, walnut, rum and whisky truffles. We'll see how they turn out. If they are a disaster, we'll just eat them. If they turn out OK, I might even photograph them. On the course we made orange truffles with some candied but moist oranges. I have been thinking how to imitate that, as that ingredient is only available in catering quantities. Just now I had a brainwave: what if I make up a small amount of paste from marmalade? That might work!! We'll see.
Tomorrow I am giving my exercise classes a miss due to unwillingness to travel 2 1/2 hours there and 2 1/2 hours back on the bus. I hope Edina and Zsofi, the two lovely ladies will not mind my slacking. I did forewarn them that I might not come and they seemed OK with that. I promised them that I will do what I can on my own and I fully intend to.
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