1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the mizzling clouds, but we had got up at 4am and were there observing the moment it came up, and that's what counts. 2. Food at The Junction Inn , Groombridge. All four lunchclub members were impressed by the quality -- although the portions were rather small. I had smoked eel with beetroot cream (Oli says that sounds like witch food, but it was delicious, and didn't taste of beetroot at all); Ed and Doug had wild mushroom risotto; and Johnny P got his face round a huge homemade burger. It had chips with it that were very good too -- I know this because I stole some. 3. Taking The Mother's homemade cakes to work. There were three -- one chocolate, one coffee and walnut and one lemon with homemade jam in the middle. There was a lot of stickiness in the office for most of the afternoon.
The thing I like most right now:
ReplyDeleteBurt's Bees beeswax lip balm. It makes my lips tingle and smell like peppermint. I've been addicted to it for over a year, and I don't think I'll ever get over it. Love the stuff.
What's aniseed sirop?
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ReplyDeleteOK, my three beautiful things for today are:
ReplyDelete1. Realising you will always have a bad day at work if you are in a bad mood inside...in other words, you can't escape your own moods. Realising this makes me feel surprisingly free.
2. Phone calls from friends who have been abroad for a while & now are back.
3. Aniseed sirop - i meant to ask you the other evening where you get yours, Clare?
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Ah, aniseed sirop. In France, they don't have orange squash or high juice. They have sirop. It comes in tins with plastic pouring spouts. It's sugar syrup flavoured with almost anything - the common ones are orange, lemon, grenadine, mint, pineapple.
ReplyDeleteYou can mix it about eight to one with water for a drink, or add it to milk, or add it to coffee in place of sugar - I like orgeat (almond) for this. You can pour it over icecream or puddings (fluffy treacle sponge with lemon sirop, anyone?) Or you can add it to cocktails - grenadine and mint crop up often.
If you go to France, it's in every supermarket. For a while a posh bakery round the corner from me sold it, but then they went bust. I'm nearly out of aniseed, so I'll have to put in an order next time someone I know goes on a booze cruise over the Channel.