That recipe looks lovely @BIWI could well be on the menu for brunch tomorrow.
I've had a long catch up on the thread. School holidays have meant intense grandparenting duties with other committments on top! There are always such interesting discussions on here - recipes, philosophy, science. I love it all.
@FinallyHere what do you mean the 1960's were slow on the fashion front? My Mum made me turquoise and yellow hotpants for my primary 7 disco. I was the bee's knees. Picture of the pattern attached in case anyone wants to recreate them
I didn't have boots, but I did wear fake patent leather shoes and long white pop-socks!
Had an interesting discussion with dh and dgc at breakfast yesterday which shows how ingrained the 'fat is bad' thinking is. One dgc has a cmp allergy so has oat milk instead. I didn't want to buy the large carton and waste it, so had bought a small carton of oatly cream instead. Also available was blue top (whole) milk. The non-allergic dgc didn't want the blue top milk beacuse they usually have green top, and opted instead for the oatly cream (I didn't declare the fat content on that!). Their Mum is a fabulously healthy cook, makes most things from scratch and both dgc eat an amazing variety of foods. dgc are very slender and hugely active, yet they have still picked up the message that lower fat is better.
Add in to the discussion my lovely dh. He also usually has green top, semi-skimmed milk but I had bought whole milk by mistake. I asked if he preferred the whole milk. There was much prevarication and obfuscation (which is his usual approach tbf
). He ultimately declared that it definately tasted creamier but that it wasn't as good for you as semi-skimmed. Bear in mind I have been eating low carb, high fat for about 5 years and dh eats everything I do: the fabulous cream and cheese sauce on moussaka, loads of butter on his veg, fatty cuts of meat, curries with coconut cream, nuts, avocados, oily fish, olive oil.
So he eats a pretty high fat diet, yet thinks he is going to save himself by having semi-skimmed milk in his tea. I didn't argue, just smiled wryly to myself. he also eats chocolate biscuits and processed snacks which contain trans fats, but we won't enter that discussion!
Food today:
Brunch: bacon, egg, mushrooms, tomato; coffee with cream
D - salmon, smoked salmon, spinach, fennel, tomato, in some kind of stir fry. Served with shredded cabbage shoogled in butter.
Oh and semi-skimmed milk on dh's cereal 