Friday, August 25, 2006
Surprises
August 25th.
A blog yesterday was forgotten because of the unexpected presence of TWO girls. Salami, apples, cheese and plums did little to reduce their appetite(or mine) so it was soon followed by generous portions of cold roast beef, ham, cabbage, potatoes cooked in their jackets and yogurts. The previous night we had eaten the beef hot with all the things predicted in the last blog.. Work all day prevented me from taking exercise so I will probably grit my teeth and my eyeballs for 38 lengths later.
Polenta sounds horrible though I expect it cant be too bad. I shall not go out of my way to find it but will probably try it if the occasion arises. It is probably not really permitted to me on the present self imposed diet/restrictions and while the restrictions continue I will also avoid potatoes which I love. I have had a few in the last two days. I think I have to blame women for this and indeed for many other things.
Norwegian Wood has surprised in several ways. Firstly I am enjoying it and finding it very easy to read. Secondly there is mention of food. The first meal I have encountered is on page 65 -mushroom omelette and green pea salad, whilst someone else eats macaroni and cheese. Not really very exciting stuff or very Japanese. The next meal was much more substantial and sounds very Japanese; an amazing assortment of fried,pickled, boiled and roasted dishes using eggs, mackerel, fresh greens, aubergine, mushrooms, radishes and sesame seeds, all cooked in the delicate Kyoto style. No recipes given but I expect you all know Kyoto style so you can imagine the meal yourself. I've only read a third of the book so far so there are bound to be more meals. In anticipation of finishing the book soon , I'm carrying around 'Rounding the Mark' the next inspector Montalbano mystery (I nearly wrote 'recipe') and I see on the first page on the fourth line mention of octopus a strasciasali and sardines a beccafico which he eats the day before the start. I think I'll have to get an Italian Recipe/Food book before tackling any more Italian Detectives.
A bank holiday weekend approaches. Its hard to imagine it will pass without some beer and some interesting food.
A blog yesterday was forgotten because of the unexpected presence of TWO girls. Salami, apples, cheese and plums did little to reduce their appetite(or mine) so it was soon followed by generous portions of cold roast beef, ham, cabbage, potatoes cooked in their jackets and yogurts. The previous night we had eaten the beef hot with all the things predicted in the last blog.. Work all day prevented me from taking exercise so I will probably grit my teeth and my eyeballs for 38 lengths later.
Polenta sounds horrible though I expect it cant be too bad. I shall not go out of my way to find it but will probably try it if the occasion arises. It is probably not really permitted to me on the present self imposed diet/restrictions and while the restrictions continue I will also avoid potatoes which I love. I have had a few in the last two days. I think I have to blame women for this and indeed for many other things.
Norwegian Wood has surprised in several ways. Firstly I am enjoying it and finding it very easy to read. Secondly there is mention of food. The first meal I have encountered is on page 65 -mushroom omelette and green pea salad, whilst someone else eats macaroni and cheese. Not really very exciting stuff or very Japanese. The next meal was much more substantial and sounds very Japanese; an amazing assortment of fried,pickled, boiled and roasted dishes using eggs, mackerel, fresh greens, aubergine, mushrooms, radishes and sesame seeds, all cooked in the delicate Kyoto style. No recipes given but I expect you all know Kyoto style so you can imagine the meal yourself. I've only read a third of the book so far so there are bound to be more meals. In anticipation of finishing the book soon , I'm carrying around 'Rounding the Mark' the next inspector Montalbano mystery (I nearly wrote 'recipe') and I see on the first page on the fourth line mention of octopus a strasciasali and sardines a beccafico which he eats the day before the start. I think I'll have to get an Italian Recipe/Food book before tackling any more Italian Detectives.
A bank holiday weekend approaches. Its hard to imagine it will pass without some beer and some interesting food.
# posted by Bob @ 5:22 am 
