I am a great believer that the sun feeds you when it's so hot like this fabulous summer. I have never known a summer so good.
We have a big Kenwood Chef mixing bowl of new potatoes waiting to be ate. But it's just too hot and we much prefer snacks like corned beef toasties.
I have blogged about the Kenwood Chef stainless steel bowl before. I bought it for a pound on a car boot sale twenty five years ago and we still use it every week. Especially for collecting new potatoes from the veg plot. There are still plenty left for me to dig.
Of course I am using our home grown onions and lettuce to accompany the corned beef and toast:
What's your favourite snack at the moment?
Do you hear yourself saying:
"It's far too hot 🔥 for 🥔 potatoes. "
"Is it hot or is it me?"
Here's a little bossanova tune to go with this post:
My last lot of spuds are growing well, still a few weeks away from harvest, I am planning to grow more next year, still in bags, which work well here. Mainly eating salads and soft fruits, mostly home grown.
ReplyDeleteI still have potatoes in the ground and in the repurposed IBC tanks Marlene. We sowed more ⁵ carrots, lettuce, beetroot and cabbage yesterday.
DeleteI try not to eat snacks these days but will admit to indulging in a mini magnum once or twice. It's worth putting up with the stomach pains once in a while for that particular luxury.
ReplyDelete"A Little Bit Of What You Fancy Does You Good". That's the old music hall song JayCee. I wish I had some Newcastle Brown Ale.
ReplyDeletePotato salad! Greek style with lots of Mediterranean tomatoes, cucumber, onions and olives, or foreign style with mayo, boiled egg and whatever you've got in the fridge
ReplyDeleteSounds good. Potato salad sounds great Linda.
DeleteTinned mackerel in a spicy tomato sauce accompanied by tenderstem broccoli cooked quickly in the microwave.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't eat mackerel to save my life YP. Well except for battered cod from the chip shop or chipper they call it in Ireland.
ReplyDeleteSoon I’ll be outside getting the garden ready for planting.
ReplyDeleteThis year I’ll plant more potatoes. When it’s hot I just boil the potatoes until just soft. Add onions mixed herbs and dress with oil vinegar and a little bit of salt. It’s great to keep some in the. Refrigerator and eat it when your peckish.
Great idea Angela to keep potatoes in the fridge.
ReplyDeleteI must try that.We are going to be gutted when this hot weather ends.
ReplyDeleteBarbarax
It's been a fabulous year Barbara. Thanks for commenting.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a fantastic summer! I remarked, only yesterday, that this month has felt like the Augusts I remember as a child.
ReplyDeleteI had a toastie for my lunch today - cheese and tomato. I had forgotten how good they are :)
I remember coming on holiday to Ireland in July in the late sixties and early seventies and I am sure it never rained. This spring and summer weather is the best I have ever known. Cheese and tomato toasties are great. In West Cork the pubs sell cheese and onion toasties for around 6 Euros. Great with a pint of the black stuff or lager.
ReplyDeleteTomatoes on toast with mayo and fresh black pepper.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds good Debby. Especially if you have grown them yourself.
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