"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

[shelley262]

I have a complicated relationship with tomatoes! I haven't yet been very successful with them, so I'm trying some in the house and some in the mini polytunnel this year, and I might try a couple of different varieties. So far I have sungold and bloody butcher (such weird names they come up with! I chose that one because it's supposed be very early fruiting and very good flavour) and I've just got brandy boy germinating. Are yours all outdoor ones?

My tomatoes will be interesting as I sowed them into trays with lids ( propagators) I carefully wrote on the plastic seed labels each of the 10 varieties as I sowed them but just noticed that I didn't use a waterproof pen and the condensation in the propagators has caused the ink to dissolve! So I know the 10 varieties I'm growing but not which are which! May be clearer as they crop but I'm not convinced. They are all outdoor varieties - once frost risk has gone. They will be indoors for at least a month I'd imagine.
To keep to thread I had some wonderful early English asparagus again today for dinner with salmon. So good but very pricey!

 

[Annb]

Breakfast: chicken and leek soup - made yesterday with about a litre left to go in the freezer. (Cullen Skink currently being made - had to wait for fish stock yesterday so didn't get it done until this morning).
2nd meal will be a mixed vegetable curry with chickpea "rice".

Sitting at the table to cut up vegetables does ease things with my legs but doesn't do my back any favours. Perhaps shorter sessions of vegetable chopping will have to be considered. I did end up with 3 bowls full of vegetables. Only one used so far so that's another job for today - maybe make another leeky soup for the freezer and that will just leave a bowl of shredded cabbage to think about. Probably I'll do something with cabbage and bacon.

 

[jpscloud]

So I know the 10 varieties I'm growing but not which are which!

Oh no, every gardener's nightmare! But it'll be fun identifying them as they start fruiting

I had porridge for breakfast again, lunch will be tuna salad and I'm going to make another thai green curry for tea.

I'm tackling the understairs cupboard now, it's a big area - these houses were originally designed with an understairs cubby and 8ft by 6ft storage area as sort of an outhouse, it's a really strange layout but it means I effectively have an indoor shed. Which of course is full of stuff I haven't seen or used in 20 years So this will take a few days I think.

I struggle to keep my little kitchen pantry organised because I tend to overstock a bit to take advantage of cheaper deals, and this is one thing I do right - I overstock only on things I actually use, and I rotate to make sure dates are good. Who would have thought someone as disorganised as me would be able to do that?! But the overstock means there's much less room in the pantry and my kitchen is small so storage is limited. Clearing out and organising my indoor shed will mean I have so much more storage room!

This is quite a big step forward for me, I'd normally be quickly overwhelmed and give up - but I'm quite happy to keep plodding away at it, filling the car with tip/recycle/give away as I go.

Sunny spells with showers today, and we just had a sharp hail shower!