Horsenastics

 

Snow! Lots of snow

Uurgh! We went to La Mongie for a night, taking advantage of it being empty for more than a couple of days the first time since the start of the summer (this week’s guests cancelled, they were Spanish, maybe worried about border closures, not sure). We carefully planned the trip to be ahead of the coming storm.

But look what we woke up to! We were in the small car, no winter tires, no chains!

There are still farm animals up there (you may just be able to make out some Alpaca in the photo - they are better equipped for it than the cows!)

We decided we had to get home because we needed to check on the animals after the storm and Poppy had a vets appointment (sore leg). We managed to drive on the snow a little and then had to dig clear tracks as far as the ploughed road. After that thankfully it was fine. I had to dash back at one point to rescue the plant that Doug remembered - it was going to die if left behind!

All the animals had survived and we had a nice warming pizza for dinner. Bit too much excitement in the day though. This year is full of the unexpected!

The vet says Poppy has hurt her elbow and needs to rest for 10 days. It’s going to be tricky to persuade her to!  

Salad wot we did grow

 

Square sausage

These are toad balls (for using in toad in the hole!)

Pretty nice fried too...

Round square sausage (square sausage that looks round?)

Bottle cutting

 Set of brown ones to match the 60s style of the La Mongie apartment. Made from beer bottles

Nice shaped wine bottle in to a beer glass

Bottle to glass

These are still waiting for sanding to finish them off

Next ones I do I’ll try to do some videos if what I do

Duck for dinner

Sad to see the ducklings go as they are funny and cute, but we cannot keep them all. 

Nice meal with pancetta and vin sauvage to start

Duck with roast potato and kale

Apple crumble

Char siu buns

 Yum!

Ready to cook

Ready to eat!

Teriyaki Sauce Recipe

Makes 6 servings

 250ml soy sauce

110g brown sugar

3tsp fresh grated ginger

2 tsp fresh minced garlic

2 tablespoons golden syrup

2 tsp sesame oil

4 tbsp mirin (or wine if you don’t have mirin)

100ml water with 35g corn flour mixed in

Combine all the ingredients and heat slowly. Simmer for 10 mins 

Serve over rice and pork or salmon or whatever you fancy.