Not really random – there is a structure here, honestly – but I was stuck for a title.
I don’t make resolutions at this time of year, not least because it’s futile, but also because I never have. However, what I do need to do is cook more.
My ability to cook – not my cooking ability, which is excellent (sorry, don’t do false modesty) – is severely circumscribed by two things – my ability to stand, and the degree of pain. Sometimes both at once. This is why, when I can cook, I tend to cook for the freezer – the pain to food ratio is better.
The last thing I did was cook a hunk of silverside in the slow cooker, with onions, carrots, and a handful of dried veggies, plus some dried thyme and basil, and a couple of beef stock cubes – Oxo is fine, as the volume of liquid mutes its characteristic taste which, personally, I don’t mind. The cooked meat was sliced and portioned, and the stock strained, beefed up – sorry – with a little Bovril. thickened with Continue reading →