Friday 27th December - embracing the 'New Normal'

We are falling into a new routine... visit my father, then... that's where the routine stops!

He's doing OK, very, very tired and still mentally twizzled by all the meds. The physios came today as we were leaving so get him up. I thought it was a kindness that a nurse gave him some painkillers a short while before they arrived!

Kindle have got Nigel Slater's book 'Toast' on offer for 99p. That was a no-brainer. I read a few pages; I want to make it last. The first section is short descriptions of memorable food. I've copied this and added a note;

Still on the subject of food;

Choppy choppy, mushy mushy, squishy squishy, bubble and squeak. The last of the turkey/potato/sprouts sizzling in a pan. Of course the little patties half disintegrated as I turned them, and completely fell to pieces as I served up. But delicious, not withstanding the appearance. 

I've had a hankering for bubble and squeak ever since I was recently serves a 'refined' version; a neat and tidy little round of puréd potato with a little very thinly shredded green vegetable measuring a scant few centimetres across... it tasted of fried baby food, not that I've ever tried such a thing.

I like to think Nigel Slater would have preferred my version!