Entries from September 2006

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Dreamtime

I dreamt that D was going swimming with killer whales and that the people at the end of our street all knocked their houses down in order to build new, swisher, larger houses (they were living in holes in the ground whilst the building work was being carried out).
Meanwhile, in the real world, I have [...]

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Happy Birthday Gracie!

One today and all partied out!

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Digging

Gracie says she would like you to vote for her (if you can) in the September Year of the Dog 2006 competition. She is very excited to have been nominated but realises that her chance of winning is very slim. Though if she did win she would use the opportunity to travel [...]

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

French Knots

Who would have thought that an insignificant little thing like a French Knot could keep me from knitting. Well it has. I cannot progress with my green cardigan until I have French Knotted thousands of knots all over it. My cardigan will remain in bits until I can get over my hatred [...]

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Mussels with chilli, ginger and coriander

Recipe that was handed out at the Scarborough Seafest.
Ingredients

900g fresh mussels
1 fresh red chilli
1 small bunch of coriander
1 glass of white wine
1 chicken stock cube
1 fresh lime
1/2 small onion
25g butter
salt and pepper to taste

Method

Place the saute pan over the heat.
Add the mussels to the pan then throw in the chopped chillies with the white wine [...]