Dialect

#lancashire #sayings Photo by Katerina Holmes on Pexels.com There’s been trouble at Mill this morning the chaos has been obvious to see the cook in the kitchen is flummoxed as someone has messed up works tea See the barmpot of the mill came a calling to see what their having for lunch and he’d switched …

Instant

Photo by Nadi Lindsay on Pexels.com It’s just the thing on a winters morning Noted for the quickness in its preparation Some aficionados might complain its not “The real thing” Though if you checked the ingredients And looked – Milk, Sugar, Cocoa – its all there Noses attracted by the Chocolatey waft That travels through …

Beefburgers

Balanced Exquisitely between two halves of Extremely seeded sunflower buns Fully loaded beef patties, grilled to perfection Backed up with fried onion, lettuce and tomatoes Under the bap … sauces of your choosing, Right royal mix of ketchup, mustard and mayo Granted you don’t have to have all three and Everybody knows the gherkin is …

Mission control

#FDDA #Writingspace A Corner of a room prepared with paper , pens , coloured pencils and such placed randomly around a silver coloured laptop located by a local view if needed , a nearby camera will provide visual cues combined with words from a number of coloured notebooks as the ideas form and come together …

Combine

#Fowc #Combine I. Baking Take your favourite root vegetable add it with some fat, flour, and a sugar for sweetness put some additional berries or nuts stir in, and stick in the oven when ready – retrieve – cut up and enjoy II. Art Trying to get the colour of flowers in the garden isn’t …

Bubble and Squeak

#fowc #food #christmas #leftovers Photo by Keegan Evans on Pexels.com Salford, 26th December 2019 By the time the pans were in the sink undertakings of the Christmas leftovers were being sorted out bird of the day stripped down to its carcass and boxed up – and placed in the refridgerator like the vegetables left behind …

Authentic

Something to note when you next go into the supermarket that durum wheat spaghetti you picked off the shelf for a really cheap price probably has a more local flavour than Milan or Turin Although they’ve stuck to recipe – noted chefs will tell you – the product hasn’t seen hair of a Dock or …

Ode to a sandwich

Salford, 6th August So, here we are, with a noble invention A combination of ingredients Now brought together, with love tween two slices of bread Daintily paired, meats and vegetables When required –  sauces or spices It’s what you might call – a matter of taste Combining flavour and texture – the eater Happy in …