Dulcie's Date Pudding.

First you need:1/2 a cup of brown sugar1 cup of chopped dates100 g of butter1 tsp of mixed spiceA little ground nutmeg1 cup of milkPut all these ingredients into a saucepan on the stove and bring to the boil, when boiling remove from the heat and add a level teaspoon of bicarb of soda.Mix this in well....(the mixture froths up). When mixed well add 1 and a 1/4 cups of self raising flour and mix this in.Scrape the mixture into a pudding basin, cover with foil  and place into  a covered saucepan, 1/4 full of simmering water for 2 hours.Serve with home made egg custard.

Upstairs, Downstairs.

"Something is rotten in the Man Cave"

I think that, perhaps, the 'Ratsak' has worked for there is a definite unpleasant odour about the place.Sadly, there is nothing we can do about it at the moment as we are returned upstairs on 'leg crossing' watch.The Man Cave has become a dumping ground for all manner of junk displaced from the garage due to the building work down there.It is still not fully completed but we do now have a fully functioning toilet and shower beneath the house.When Shirley comes up next week, and trusting that all building work will be complete, we will have a chance to get down there, sort everything out and find the deceased creature.Shirley's arrival at the end of next week also heralds the chance for us to get away up to Frogknot for a few days around the 28th.We are looking forward to that.

A Pain in the Fundament!

"Your legs are crossed!""Brakes on. Hands down on the arms of the chair. Lower yourself down gently.""Back up to the chair""Don't forget to switch the bathroom light on.""Don't cross your legs.""Not so fast.""No, you have to take your walker with you everywhere.""Are your legs crossed?""Remember to put your arms on the arms of the chair before you sit down.""No bending!""Your legs are crossed."I have become a pain in the fundament!

Come bite me!

Ever since I was alerted to this by my favourite vegetarian in the UK I have been looking forward to being feasted upon by one of the vampiric insects and today whilst indulging in some 'Nickification' down in the garage my right cheek (upper....let's be clear about that!) was probed. I went immediately upstairs and performed said procedure and can reveal that, in my case............(drum roll)................it works!