NEW SEASON

Elderflowers picked and soaking with lemon and orange zest. When done it will be strawberry and elderflower jam. Olive and herb bread made today. Shelves sorted – well tidied a bit!

LAW

Sleaze-Dogg says in retrospect we should consider whether the covid restriction laws were sensible, and therefore breaking them was justifiable. I would suggest anti-demonstration laws regarding climate change are even less sensible – in fact very, very stupid.

THYME

12 thymes -orange spice; barona;snowdrift;magic carpet; wine and roses; rainbow falls; archers gold; lime; woolly; lemon; English Winter; Creeping Purpl. Plus Chamomile; hot and spicy oregano; mojito mint; ginger mint; pineapple mint, golden lemon verbena.

DISHONESTY

We have heard from the Tories that cannabis leads to heroin; it seems that lying and getting away with dishonesty leads to much, much bigger crimes.

LIVERPOOL

The Royal Family are unelected privileged representatives of the ruling class that treats the working person with contempt. Our democracy has not been totally eroded by tories crooks yet, so booing Willie was perfectly legitimate.

NATO

It should be up to sovereign countries to align themselves with whoever they like? When it suits us! Cuba, Salvador, Nicaragua, Grenada, post WWII Greece, etc. Nothing is ever that simple. It is understandable that Russia should feel threatened in the context of its history.

Ukraine however is preventing a sensible conversation about this between NATO and Russia. I do allocate blame 99% with Putin, but regardless of this there needs to be dialogue, rather than jingoism.

NASTY – The party of hate

The press made a coordinated attack on the common people today at the behest of the government. Daily Express states that Johnson is cutting the ban on advertising of crap food fro help struggling families (let them eat crap and die); The Times continues to rail against the levelling up of opportunities to go to Oxbridge (at present the private schools with 7% of pupils get 33% of places); The Gutter Press continue to back the PM against Civil Servants working from home – just because he is a lazy work shy bastard he things everyone else is. Sleaze-Dogg says he suspects CS’s working from home do a 3 day week (whilst MP’s are free to work from the Caribbean. Hate is what they thrive on and create

VEGAN MADELINES

You can find this recipe here: https://biancazapatka.com/en/vegan-madeleines-recipe/

Vegan meal tapas

Potatoes in tomato sauce

Courgette, tomato and pepper stew

Marinated peppers

Spinach, pine nuts and raisins

Pinchos

Marinated olives

Roasted almonds with paprika

Garlicky mushrooms on toast

Cinnamon mushroom skewers

Red pepper and ?  Paella

Potato, bean and tomato salad

Courgette and olive flat bread

Braised Spanish vegetables

Butter bean and potato casserole

Chilled gazpacho

Crispy aubergine with honey

Roasted stuffed peppers