Friday 24th January - you shall have a fishy

 In a little dishy, you shall have a fishy when the boat comes in...

Today I cooked sea bass for the first time...

I didn't want to fry it, as that fills the whole house with the smell of fried fish for the rest of the day and probably the next as well. So I spent a short while on the BBC Good Food website and found lots of recipes for baked sea bass...

It seems that the basic method is to lay it skin side up on a baking tray lined with baking paper, drizzle with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and bake it at 180°C fan for 7-8 mins.

That's just a starting point;

I sort of followed a recipe where you thinly slice potatoes and red peppers, toss in a little oil, and put in the aforesaid lined baking tray,  add half a lemon thinly sliced and Sprinkle on chopped rosemary, salt and pepper. I also added a handful of cherry tomatoes which were a bit flabby to enjoy in a salad. 

Bake for 25 mins, turning halfway through, then top with the sea bass fillets and continue baking for 7-8 mins.

Oh me oh my. I'll be doing that again!

The washing up was easy too. Win win.

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There's a violin sonata which I'm racking my brains to remember who composed it. French. Not Ravel or Debussy, but one from the same era. It's the one where the violin and piano imitate each other. I can hear it in my head... any suggestions? 

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I did a bit more January Cover Story Stitching. Goodness me, where has this month gone? Only a week left - how did that happen?

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Psalm 23 is finished, which I'm a bit sorry about. What next?

Now here's a nice coincidence; seven days left in January, and, starting at verse 2, seven lines in this poem.

At the risk of being irreverent, there is a wonderful bit in 'A Small Bomb at Dimperly', by Lissa Evans, in Chapter 5, when the person reciting this passage at a funeral forgets his words... I must look it out.