tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post2489563816231866453..comments2024-03-29T01:00:14.468+00:00Comments on Diary of a (retired) teacher: SaturdayJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-68249623595731621742018-11-17T09:44:35.860+00:002018-11-17T09:44:35.860+00:00Interested in the potatoes please will you say ho...Interested in the potatoes please will you say how you do them? I am slowly reading through yòur blog- love it!!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832021443447502646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-71649136964698112022018-11-11T12:29:34.923+00:002018-11-11T12:29:34.923+00:00I was awake at this time too - wish I had known yo...I was awake at this time too - wish I had known you were I might have had a chat!<br />I spent Saturday morning until lunchtime like a zombie because of the lack of sleep.wherethejourneytakesmehttps://wherethejourneytakesme2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-91410246440316685872018-11-11T08:33:37.420+00:002018-11-11T08:33:37.420+00:00Well, Joy, I must try your frozen roasties. I mak...Well, Joy, I must try your frozen roasties. I make roasties by par-boiling small potatoes and then draining them, and adding a little rapeseed oil to the pan in which they have boiled (so all is still hot). I give them a swish around in the pan, add flakes of Maldon sea salt and put them onto a tray and into a hot oven. Do you do yours differently? Perhaps using beef dripping which would make the truly the best roasties in the world, but so few people use dripping today. <br />Of course, I'm very fortunate. I have my sous chef here (aka Husband) and he preps all the veg at Christmas. Under instruction, of course, ha ha!<br />Margaret P galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-79968512564829275142018-11-11T07:13:18.004+00:002018-11-11T07:13:18.004+00:00:-) Not bonkers at all
Oh, I love my home made fr...:-) Not bonkers at all<br />Oh, I love my home made frozen roasties, they are delicious. I suppose it is how one does them that makes them different from shop bought ones. They're not just for Christmas. <br /> It's ever so handy to just be able to lift a few from the freezer and pop them straight in the oven.<br />I started doing this when I had the whole family over for Christmas and wanted to enjoy Christmas morning with them - anything that gave me time out of the kitchen was a Good Thing. It worked so well, I have done the same every year since.<br />I think in winter I'd rather smell the roasties than any roses that are brave enough to still be in flower. lol<br />How lovely to be away for Christmas. You will enjoy it so much.<br />xxJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-91806296362298276812018-11-10T20:55:03.193+00:002018-11-10T20:55:03.193+00:00Prep the roasties for Christmas! Are you bonkers, ...Prep the roasties for Christmas! Are you bonkers, Joy? It's November, or hadn't you noticed, ha ha! We do such things on Christmas morning, we might prep the rest of the veg the day before but we like spuds freshly peeled, and freshly cooked. They're not the same after being in the freezer, girl. But if you feel like doing this, being one step - nay, several steps - ahead, then do it! But I still think you're bonkers - go out and smell the roses or whatever you can smell in November instead! (Oh perhaps not, you might just prick your nose on a flowerless rose bush!) Only joking, dear girl! <br />I often wake in the night like you did, husband and I often have sleepless nights now, I think it's an age thing as when I chat to other elderlies they say the same. Perhaps we simply don't need as much sleep as when we were younger, I know I don't. <br />Glad your hearing aids are up to snuff!<br />Margaret P <br />PS I can be smug about the roasties - we're going to son and daughter in law's for Christmas day; neither husband nor I will have to prep any spuds, ha ha! galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-71569839807615261752018-11-10T17:33:59.554+00:002018-11-10T17:33:59.554+00:00I was able to have a good snooze this afternoon. ...I was able to have a good snooze this afternoon. It certainly did the trick! :-)<br />xxJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-73616577372917968312018-11-10T13:57:18.240+00:002018-11-10T13:57:18.240+00:00I have spells of wakefulness and I can’t function ...I have spells of wakefulness and I can’t function during the day. I just accept it now and try some mindfulness to put me back over. Happy weekend. Catrionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285645419229840373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-15862531224899532852018-11-10T07:17:07.889+00:002018-11-10T07:17:07.889+00:00I did, thanks, Sooze. I don't mind four o'...I did, thanks, Sooze. I don't mind four o'clock but before three was a bit of a slap round the chops really. Still, if we need extra sleep, a nap during the day is very much on the cards, isn't it?<br />xxJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648310406783744033.post-63991224642536212352018-11-10T06:11:41.920+00:002018-11-10T06:11:41.920+00:00I do hope you managed to get back to sleep. It...I do hope you managed to get back to sleep. It's the same here, if I wake up at some ungodly hour, I come downstairs. 5.30 this morning, which is practically a lie in for me!Soozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762391472811785736noreply@blogger.com