Monday Again

Thank you for all the suggestions about using up bread. I had eggy bread aka French toast over the weekend and I very much enjoyed it, so that's on the list. I need to buy extra eggs. I'll also need them if I try the savoury bread pudding - I was thinking layers of bread and butter, intermingled with onions, crisped bacon and plenty of herbs. When I had a rummage on the internet, I found Yorkshire Savoury Pudding, which sounds amazing, though this bread isn't going to produce anything like soft white breadcrumbs. This bread is robust. It's tasty, but it's extremely substantial. 

I also plan to dig into the medieval tradition of trenchers. In England, in the Middle Ages, food was served on thick slices of coarse bread instead of plates. At the end of the meal, those pieces of bread were often given to the poor, as part of the Christian charity that was preached. The tradition has survived in the British meals of beans on toast, poached egg on toast, and scrambled egg on toast. I don't see why I shouldn't pour a portion of chili or ragu over a hearty slice of bread instead of over rice or pasta. I'd still get the carbs and plenty of fibre, reduce waste and, as long as no-one from Italy or Texas found out, it wouldn't hurt anyone. 

It's been windy here. 

That's the trellis with the honeysuckle that's blown over. Because of the way the street works, we rarely get wind and rain against the house, but weather blows down the street with an almost wind tunnel effect. As the honeysuckle is verdant enough and heavy enough, the strong winds have caused havoc. 

I took a quick and rather poor pic of how lush the honeysuckle was.

This year is the best it's been, but it blocks the wind, and so it's blown over. I thinned it out a little today, but I can only manage five or ten minutes at a time. I'll keep going at it. DH propped up the trellis with broom handles, and he'll fix it properly with bear when bear comes back for Easter. I think that I'm going to have to get rid of this particular honeysuckle, which may need dynamite as it's well rooted and been there for a while, and replace it with climbing annuals, like sweet peas. 

Speaking of bear, I had a lovely phone call with him and he got me an amazing gift.

He knows me so well!

Writing stuff - Today's instalment of The Guest is here. And if anyone would like to be an ARC reader for Tales from the White Hart, you can have a quick look at what's involved here. If you leave a way to contact you in the comments, which I won't publish, I'll be in touch. 

Hugs and good health to all.