Hi all its a horrible horrible day and I still ave this awful cold and it is sleeting here on the South coast of England... I have to go and walk the dog (and his friend who is staying...ye gods its mad enough when the kids have sleepovers...but the dog!!!!!!!) All the talk of Tuna and whether you like it or not... I do, but in the summer with pasta and huge tomatoes with balsamic vinegar on them....... has got me thinking about what I would like to eat today as it is sooooooo f*****g cold......SO, cue music, here are some of my Favourite meals for really cold days.... these all have childhood memories attached to them and they never fail to remind me of us all sat round the dining table drooling....
1 Wall Pork Sausages, mashed potatoes and Heinz Baked Beans 2 Birds Eye Cod Fish fingers with mashed potatoes and peas 3 Cottage (shepherds) Pie with carrots and peas .. there will now be debate about whether cottage and shepherds pie are the same thing... Its minced meat in a sumptuous gravy with mashed potato on the top baked in the oven until the mash has attained that golden edge that makes you have to (You just HAVE TO) tug a bit off it... 4 Lancashire hot pot 5 Beef and Ale stew with dumplings 6 Corned beef hash (not the illegal hash .... all though that would certainly cheer things up :-) In the UK at out table this is like a poor mans version of Shepherds pie, but you use Corned beef from tins instead of minced meat.... I think that will do for now.... for main courses... Puddings... sweets, whatever you may call them? Apple pie, Apple pie, Apple Pie, Apple pie Apple Crumble Sponge pudding with loads of golden syrup on it Baked Apples and did I mention Apple pie? Oh I am so hungry now and I think I will do something yummy for supper tonight, the kids come back to me tonight and that is always great.... they have a day off from school tomorrow and each have two friends staying tonight so there will be Me, Liz plus two, Sam plus two and Danny the dog plus one!!! Enjoy your days all of you..... Lucy
