Rudders at Home

I think that title says it all. Being a very big glutton on Sunday, I made us a nice lamb roast, with mint sauce, roast vegetables and for dessert, chocolate rice pudding. Now, the roast was absolutely lovely, and the veg was pretty good, but this rice pudding was utterly amazing. And incredibly easy to make. I’m stunned by how absolutely mindless it was. Pretty much mix it all together and stick in the oven to cook to a gooey mass, stirring occaisionally. I got the recipe from a sainsbury’s magazine, but it’s Nigella Lawson, a version of the one she published in Feast. I have to say, if you can, try it out. There certainly wasn’t much left of it once Paul and I were through. Yum.

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I am in such need of a holiday – for reasons I cannot go into here, but I really can’t wait to get away. And boy do I have ’em coming too. The last weekend in October we’re headed to Brussels, and then, for my birthday, we’re heading to Luxor, Egypt. I absolutely cannot wait. We’re going to do a little touring around in Brussels, but mainly we’re just going to be enjoying the cafe culture and beer. It’s going to be brilliant.

But, Egypt is going to be so much better. For a week plus, we’re going to be hanging around the Nile, seeing the Valley of the Kings, eating gorgeous food, laying around by the pool… Bliss.

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I noticed something here once while I was on my way to work. Some folks had bottles of milk at their front door. I questioned Paul about it and low and behold, found out that you can get milk delivered to your door. Of course I wanted to get milk delivered to MY door too! Well, it’s been a couple years, but I’m finally getting my wish.

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So, yesterday, while we were out, I bought a new cookbook. I got myself another Good Housekeeping book – the other one I have I’ve used quite a bit. Now, cookbooks are something of an addiction for me, and as mom has said I probably have too many, but I really just enjoy them. This one in particular is a low GI cookbook, supposed to be for healthy eating, but I thought there were some nice easy salads in there that I could put together for lunches. Plus there’s some nice ideas for quick dinners, which could make things a bit more interesting around here.

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Paul and I finally made our way down to the Partridge the other day. We’ve had drinks in there before, but this time we actually decided to have a proper pub lunch. And it was soooo nice. The menu itself is pretty decent, but I really had my eye on trying one
of their pies. So, instead of trying anything else, we had yummy,
stodgy British pies. I had the steak and ale pie, and Paul had the
shephard’s pie. I do have to say that mine was pretty darn good.

The beer selection isn’t bad, and it’s a little older crowd in there than what’s in the Walkabout next door. We didn’t feel out of place and were able to enjoy a drink in peace. I think we’ll heading back for another sometime soon.

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