Catherine Phipps

You look so young!

it IS! But a good lot.

It’s a proper rollercoaster! Was wrung out by the end.

I am very annoyed with myself for finishing it on the day it came out. As usual. Worked for most of the day too.

Adam decided to make hot cross buns as he didn’t get enough last weekend. I was out for most of it. Bombarded by messages asking to buy sugar, yeast, raisins, allspice berries, all of which were exactly where they were supposed to be. But he got there in the end. Not all cross at my request!

I have just had the experience of my bone conduction headphones being bluejacked. A forced disconnect from my phone and a really creepy voice saying over and over again something like PS CREAM. Bit deaf so not sure. Factory reset seems to have worked….

And the rice pudding was so easy since done in instant pot - as per recipe from @catherinephipps.bsky.social

I usually go with some combination of vanilla, bay leaf and lemon zest but this was great

Yes!

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We’re off there tomorrow too as it is a vintage market week and I 🧡 the repurposed cashmere stall…

Yes, got mine at Ealing FM - Wild Country Organics.

(And thank you 😘😘😘)

I have just done my cime di rapa and told my lot to suit themselves. Lemon, anchovy, chilli, capers as per.

👏👏👏👏😍😍🔥

Also please note, I pressure cooked literally every stage of this, separately: mince; leeks; potatoes. Only turned the grill on to toast up the cheese on the leeks. YAY for @catherinephipps.bsky.social + her amazingly thorough book Modern Pressure Cooking 🧡

ORANGE ones?! That maybe worth renewing my membership for.

I have spent so much time today on pigs and ripples!

My lot watched it last night! Has it suddenly appeared on a streaming service?

Blimey. I hope you went in separate cars!

Fucking hell!

I know, right?

Yes, took me by surprise! I’ve had a few years of running hot - I think those days have passed.

So cold! Yesterday I got as far as Archer St and decided my insides felt too cold for gelato. I think this might have been a first!

This is just over a week away now. For anyone in the Shaftesbury area who wants to know everything about pressure cooking AND eat lots of good food, this one is for you!

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Nowt wrong with using goat instead!

Luckily we hadn’t booked it! There were loads of last minute offers on and I’d
just decided on a place in Mevagissey when Adam came home from school really unwell.

Today I am mourning the loss of a rare and glorious day of the house entirely to myself for 6 whole hours. Instead I have swapped office bound husband for sofa bound sick son. Of course I am sorry he is ill but peace shattered. Plus 5 day break to Cornwall scuppered.

It is their unpredictability which makes me nervous as a pedestrian and a driver. I think they should have licence plates as it might make them
follow the Highway Code.

LOATHE cyclists who bully pedestrians. There are too many of them and they are frequently much more dangerous than car drivers. I know that post rage shaking is horrible but well done for standing up to him.