Thank you very much indeed, my lovely friend on the Diabetes Forum,
@Diamum5972, and a very good morning to you. Yes, it was delicious, superbly wonderful. I think that's the essence of having Asperger Syndrome, meticulousness, perfectionism and eye for detail. I was very methodical in my approach to the meal preparation, measuring the right proportion of vegetables, potatoes (I cheated, I used the Sainsbury's £1.10 pre-cooked frozen roast potatoes!), and cooking the Beef on a moderate heat (160 Degrees Celsius), checking it every half an hour and basting it an tilting the pan so that all the fat would be extracted. I also roasted it in this moderately heated oven in aluminium foil so that the steam and fat would permeate the meat, hence tenderising it and giving it flavour. Plus the seasoning; just half a teaspoon of fresh sea salt distributed in a shaking motion all over the surface of the meat and a good distribution of ground black pepper from my pepper mill, not to mention an even, but not over-abundant, distribution of dried thyme.
And last night I roasted a medium-sized pork joint, scoring the skin, and painting with a pastry brush onto the skin a little sunflower oil (but not too much as to make it too greasy) and a pinch of salt and finely ground black pepper to make the crackling. I cooked it also on a moderate heat (160 degrees Celsius), checking at 30-minute intervals. I roasted some frozen roast potatoes, in a moderately sized roasting tin, taking my dear friend Ioanna's tip, of seasoning the potatoes with half a teaspoon of sea salt distributed evenly over each potato and finely ground black pepper and a sprinkling of dried thyme plus three-quarters of a mug of cold water, which gives the potatoes a lovely, smooth, slightly, but not overwhelmingly, moist consistency and texture and once the water has evaporated in the hot oven enables the potatoes to turn a beautiful, golden, crispy colour and texture, plus they don't stick to the roasting pan so much and that saves arduous and toilsome scrubbing whenst washing up the pan. As well as roasting the pork with crackling and roasting potatoes I lightly steamed some asparagus, courgettes and broccoli florets. I put a dinner up for Ioanna and her friend who is caring for her throughout her foot injury since it's been in a cast.
Much love to you, dear
@Diamum5972, and your lovely son Michael and to all my awesome friends from the Diabetes Forum at
http://www.diabetes.co.uk.
John David Baker (JohnnyBaker12021970), a sufferer of full moderate to severe Asperger Syndrome, suspected Adult ADHD (late diagnoses) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. xXx.
