1. Making squiggly patterns with black treacle on my yoghurt. My mother sometimes does the same thing over the thin white icing on her ginger cake.
2. Poaching a goose egg and eating it with toast and lettuce and rocket. I like the differences between goose and hen eggs -- goose eggs are harder to crack and the shells and rather translucent. They are also a bit big for the egg box.
3. Not eating the crust of a bakewell tart. Pastry is fatty and not very tasty. It's just there to keep the bakewell safe while it cooks. No-one should have to eat it if they don't want to.
White grapes, gothic novel and predictions.
1. This week's grapes are particularly good -- a little hard so they burst well, and then both sweet and sharp. 2. Before Nick comes up...
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1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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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 m...