Saturday

Clevedon Pier
Originally uploaded by ramtops.

was nice. We try to avoid supermarkets these days, so we pottered over to the posh end of Bedminster and bought fruit and veg at the greengrocer, plus some bits and pieces from the health shop (chick peas, risotto rice, can't remember what else), nipped into Aldi for a look and some waffer thin chickie! for the Tribe. Also took the FTO through the carwash - wish somebody would buy the bloody thing; going to put it on eBay today.

came home and had some nibblings of grapes, fresh peas (for perlmonger) for "lunch", then trundled down to Clevedon to the nice deli to buy some cheese, then ambled down to the sea front and had an ice cream. Managed not to drop any in my camera.

in the evening, we watched last week's Dr Who again, and then the final episode. Wah and wail - I *will* miss Mr Ecclestone :(

now we are melting, and the cats are slumped all over the house. I am not built for these temperatures - somebody make it stop, please.

my evening meal (an occasional series)

too hot to stand in front of the cooker tonight*. So:

1. finely chop a shallot, some fresh coriander and a red chili. Combine this with 1lb of Dexter mince, together with some sel gris. Shape into vaguely hamburger-shaped shapes


2. in a bowl, combine a can of chick peas, some chopped fresh mint, diced cucumber, finely chopped spring onions, some cold cooked potatoes from the fridge, and grated carrot. Make a dressing with walnut oil, white wine vinegar and a splash of shoyu and toss it about a bit


3. *get perlmonger to stand in front of a very hot ribbed cast iron pan and cook the burgers


4. sprinkle the salad with sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, which have been dry fried, then tossed in a little tamari


5. eat in front of When Harry Met Sally which - astonishingly - perlmonger had never seen.

a perfect way to spend a hot summer evening.