Was doing v.well. Was cooking from one book a week. Then had to stop baking (husband and I both getting fat on cakes). Then went on holiday for 2 weeks. Then 
Christmas happened. Was very disorganised. Was still scanning photos for relative’s new digital photo frame on Christmas Day. Then work got v.busy. Then found out cat weighs 5.5kgs and has to go on diet (hasn’t affected ability to cook but has been life drama occupying potential blogging time). Enough excuses. Have to get back on track. Now have book cases which just house all 130 cook books (+ 20 or so we had before auction). V.excited books on display and not strewn over worktops/kitchen shelf/in cardboard boxes.
Fewer life dramas + new bookcases + eating some cake again = more cooking time.
Have not been totally bad. Have made some stuff from new recipes. Was inspired after holiday to US to make American style pancakes. Recipe says they’re fluffy. Oh boy was this mixture fluffy. Was also delighted to get book by Nick Coffer for Christmas (have decided am allowed to receive more books as gifts – can’t be helped – but won’t buy any more for time being as book cases can’t hack pace) and have since made this banana cake. Was well delish, v.moist, think I got distracted though as slightly burnt top. Still trying to track down person who had cheeky nibble before I took pic.
Book 14 / Burnt Cakes and Other Offerings. A Taste of Burrowbridge / Rumblethumps
Is not really a book. Is a collection of recipes made by a school. Don’t think my school ever did this. Start flicking from back. Children give quotes about their mum’s cooking. These are my favourites.
‘I love fish and chips – mummy cooks it all by herself, she gets it from the freezer’
‘My mum makes lovely sketti bolognese’ (love the word sketti)
Wonder where Burrowbridge Primary School is. Suspect it may be in Hampshire like Botley Mills was. Google school. Is in Somerset. Read further down google to this article. School is to close in March! Number of pupils has fallen to just 12. In shock. Either book is really old and lots of pupils used to go to school or book is not that old and pupils’ mums are v.g cooks and managed to come up with 59 pages worth of recipes. Oh dear. Didn’t see that coming.
Flick through booklet. Includes recipes for ‘wiener schnitzel’, ‘gerald’s athelney eels’ and ‘Beryl’s chocolate sponge’ among some classics like pumpkin pie and prawn cocktail sauce. Opt for something have never heard of but looks relatively simple: rumblethumps.
Mix all veggies together, cover with cheese and bake till golden. Is v.easy.
Nice enough way of serving veggies. Husband says it’s ‘ok, tastes like veggies with cheese’. Bit of an alternative to bubble and squeak. Next book is ‘buying and cooking with vegetables’. That’s ok. VERY WORRIED about book afterwards. Book after is ‘Cooking with the Remoska’. Have had to look up what ‘remoska’ is. Is cooker from Czech Republic. Don’t have one. Know Lakeland sell them. They’re £104. Ouch. Have looked on ebay. Still sell for a lot second hand. Remoska may be brilliant. But not sure it’s investment purchase, and don’t really have cash post-Christmas. Have asked friends. No-one has remoska.
No remoska = no blog post = blog failed at book 16
Help.
Veggies topped with cheese
