Clearing out the Fridge

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Honeyed Stilton on Toast

Glass of Dessert Wine

(can’t remember exactly what!)

Strawberry Flan & Clotted Cream

A funny thing happened to me this morning.  I got up as usual and was just drinking my coffee when all of a sudden I was struck by an unfamiliar sensation …

… I felt like doing housework!  So I cleaned out the fridge and below is a list of what I found and what I did or am going to do with it.

~   ½ a cucumber – I'll pickle it, see Lightly Pickled Cucumber here for recipe (incidentally this is my most popular post so far because of the Rumpot recipe therein)

~   2 packs cheap strawberries so I made a flan (English flan, not American where “flan”, indefinite article, means a sort of egg custard) with a sponge base I had laying around in the freezer.   My real man is chuffed.

~   a small bowl of cooked rice

~   a few salmon trimmings

~   a Peas and Edamame Salad from Tesco – I shall stir fry this with the above rice, the above salmon and a spoonful of lovely spicy but sadly secret sauce that my friend Deb gave me.

~   pastry scraps – I always have these – probably cheese straws because I love ‘em, but see here for lots of ideas

~   a few tablespoons of cooked mince – left over from Real Man’s Mince & Dumplings  – make myself a chilli as in Chilli con a bit of Carne here.

~   a little bit of juice from cooking plums – refreshing drink with sparkling water or maybe stir into yogurt for breakfast tomorrow.

~   about an ounce of cooked ham and 1 rasher bacon – these will go into tomorrows roast chicken stuffing

~   a small piece of stilton – with this I made ...

Honeyed Stilton on Toast

... which is just gorgeous; the sweet caramelised honey is a perfect foil for the sharp, salty taste of blue cheese.  Crumble Stilton or a similar blue cheese over toast and drizzle each slice with a teaspoon or two of runny honey.  Bake in a hot oven for about 10 minutes till the cheese is melted and the honey is bubbly and golden. 

~   a glass or so of dessert wine – I drank it.  What would you do?

After lunch I completely lost the urge to do housework