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Perfect Starters #100DaysOfOldDays

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Day 49 #100DaysOfOldDays

Following on from yesterday’s post – Canapé in a Fish Bowl – where I talked about the canapés of a 70’s dinner party.

I’m even more wowed by the splendiferousness (there’s a word to remember) of the starters in my little book of 70’s party dishes!

If you fancy whipping up a perfection salad, you’ll find the recipe HERE.

This potato salad log puts my modest potato salad to shame.

When did we stop doing beautiful things to corned beef?

Tomato aspic; still a popular dish in certain parts of the world. Lots of recipes on the web for this. Here’s one!

These prawn stuffed tomatoes look delicious. These I would try for sure.

The Kitchen Tools by Lucy McBreen

Yesterday we looked at canapés at the 70’s dinner party. You can read about it HERE.

And for the main courses and desserts of the 70’s you may go HERE.

I’m slowly coming round to the idea of throwing that 70’s dinner party I was on about yesterday.

Of the Utmost Importance

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‘Mother, where’s the thingamajig for opening jars?’

‘In the knife drawer.’

I open the knife drawer, which has no knives in it. I rummage through all sorts of instruments; peelers, weird scoop things, funny scissors, whizzers and all shapes of silicone. A slip-on spout? Gadgets with attachments, blades and prongs. A spork and a chork? What happened the chopsticks?

Ah… here it is. The yoke for opening jars!

I suppose mother needs all these accoutrements. How else would she peel fruit, slice avocados, zest her lemons, measure spaghetti, spiralize veggies, flip her lids, and beat her meat? I wonder!

Drawer full of cutlery
Petra on Pixabay

In response to Charli Mills’ 99 Word Flash Fiction Challenge. In 99 words (no more, no less), write about tools. Whose tools are they and how do they fit into the story? What kind of tools? Go where the prompt leads!

I Want a Medal for This

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I swear I wouldn’t win any prizes for my baking skills. I can barely manage to make the simple Irish soda bread. My scones are flat and cake making takes hours (for me).

So, you can imagine my excitement when I made the perfect Yeast Artisan Bread this morning! “Straight out of Mary Berry’s oven” perfect!

Just 4 ingredients. Flour, yeast, salt and water! Now, I have no idea what Robin Hood Blending Flour is, so I used ordinary plain flour. It must have come from his merry men, because it did the job for me.

When I removed the cling film from my dough, which I made the night before, it looked very sticky, but as soon as I began to shape it into a ball it was very obedient and came together nicely.

Looks messy!

I don’t own a Dutch oven—I didn’t know there was such a thing—so I used the dish from my slow cooker. Oven safe with high sides. There’s always a way!

The smell of my bread baking and my coffee brewing, wafted through every keyhole in the house. Even the dog was smiling!

The hardest part of this process was waiting for the bread to cool.

You should have seen the super smug smile spread across my sweet face, (say that fast) as I spooned some of my homemade greengage jam all over my warm bread!

I’m afraid I’ll have to hide it from myself!

Of course…you’re waiting for the link to the recipe, aren’t you!

Esme Salon has many fabulous tried and tested recipes on her blog. Do have a wander around when you’re there!

Here’s the link to the Yeast Artisan Bread! Enjoy! 5 Easy Amazing Bread Recipes for Beginners