We like to eat out once – sometimes twice – a week. It’s
nice to sample somebody else’s cooking, and even nicer when someone besides me
sets the table, clears away and does the washing up. If the food is good, it
can inspire new creations in my own kitchen. A few weeks ago we splurged at a
nice barbecue restaurant. I ordered a sirloin that came with steamed vegetables
and mashed potatoes – two whole cups of mashed potatoes for one person! Who
eats like that? I polished off the veg and the steak, which were wonderful. The
intimidating mound of spuds came home in a box, completely untouched. The next
morning I added two beaten eggs and a quarter cup of flour. My recipe called
for chives, salt and pepper, but the mashed potatoes already had all three. I
fried up eight potato pancakes for breakfast and served them with sour cream, but they'd also have been delicious with applesauce.
No comments:
Post a Comment