Soused Herrings?

My lodger made dinner last night. He pickled some Herrings that he had  bought, in vinegar with onion, and he made some nice potatoes, which can best be described as partly mashed, so they were creamy with big lumps in them! It was all topped off with one his excellent salads!

I told him about jellied eels that you get in London, maybe I will take him to an eel pie shop there one day.  He was sending his parcel off to Ukraine today, so I signed one of my bought Christmas card for his wife and daughter from us. The other day in the morning the door bell rang. It’s one of those kinetic powered door bell presses stuck to the door frame. When I opened the door, no one was there, but the door bell press was on the ground. It’s screwed on the frame now. I have been making my batch of home made Christmas cards the last couple of days. It’s quite hard work, I use the magnifying glass to make sure the colour is covering the area I want it too. There are two colours to go, then a bit of glitter.

But nothing I could make is as good as this card the Cosy Nook got the other day. It’s just like the inside of their cafe, and it has the blackboard menu too. If you look closely there is some Nepalese, I am afraid I can’t remember what it says, but it’s a super card.

I read up a paper about the metal frame on my leg. It’s a proper paper about the frame design and how’s it’s progressed over the years, and variations and it’s take up over the world. I had not really thought about it, I know the two long posts screw into my leg bone, but the other twelve wires, yes there are twelve holes in my leg bones that they thread through! A neighbour said when they are removed, I might leak blood like a sieve!

Finally the cake making is still going on. The mean time between bakes seems to be going down! That’s not good for the waistline!  My ninety year old neighbour is going to help me with the icing of the Christmas cake, this is my second effort at a Carrot cake and much neater. The cake also had all the right ingredients including cinnamon, ground ginger, mixed spice, walnuts and sultanas. Unfortunately after it was baked, I turned the oven off and did not remove the cake, so it’s slightly over baked on the edge. But it’s still pretty good. Fracture lined tomorrow.

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