Rusty

[caddyman]

I think I've seized up; I need an oil change.

Lolled around watching telly last night, not that there was anything really worth the effort of viewing. I then made a soup. Having thrown away the parsnips and broccoli, none of which had appreciated the extended period of storage in the fridge, I was left with cabbage and onions. On their own, not tasty enough to make a decent soup, but with a can of tomatoes added, not so bad.

The trick is to blend the crap out of it all, add some pearl barley, garlic and Worcester Sauce and then simmer on the hob until it stops screaming. Then add as much stilton as you safely can. Stir it all in and let it melt. Voila. Oddly orange soup. Tasted all right, mind, especially with home made croutons (toast) and a cup of coffee.

This was consumed while watching some drivel on Channel 5 about the 50 best World Cup goals of all time. It passed the time while the soup cooled.

Afterwards I made my way to The Tower to listen to a little music. I thought I'd lounge and digest for a while, and then natter to My Girl^TM on MSN. Except that it was suddenly 3am and I was still dressed and slumped over the bed (upside down). It was at this point that I discovered that oddly orange soup makes you rusty. I don't think that I'd moved for near on 4 hours...

And so to bed. Only to wake at 6.30, and doze off again until the 7.30 alarm. All my joints need a shot of WD-40.

And I seem to have developed another cold, or maybe hay fever. I dunno. Maybe I'll lay off the oddly orange soup in future.

But it was rather tasty, and there's quite a bit left...

Comments

[dreamfire.livejournal.com]

I hate to ask... but wasn't the soup thing some form of diet plan?
In which case doesn't the stilton addition render it largely pointless?

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

Actually I was thinking that too : )

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the flavour....

To be honest, that all happened because I was rapidly running out of ingredients. The parsnips and broccoli were talking to each other, and cabbage soup on its own - even with tomatoes...

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you need to be introduced to this product:

http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/!1932_1094_1092

westernind brought it to my attention. You place veg in them, expel the air, seal them down and the veg keeps in the fridge for several weeks.

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

Hayfever is a possibility, The pollen has been extremely bad the last few days.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I am not normally prone to such things but awoke this morning to a "castrophony"¹ of sneezing ... hmm, perhaps it's the elderflower just starting to blossom?

¹ It's a made-up word ... though not made-up by me.

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid to say that the way to a healthy lifestyle involves a lot more than blending vegetables to death and drinking the resulting gruel.

Diets often don't work, largely because they required unrealistic amounts of will power. Psychologically they focus on the negative feelings, and negative body image eg 'I must loose weight', 'I must deny myself X,Y,Z', 'I can't eat X,Y,Z' or 'X,Y,Z is BAD for me'. Food is fuel and should also be pleasurable and part of a balanced lifestyle. A prolonged period of veggies 'blended to buggery' will lose its appeal after 10 days or so …..

The veggies are a fab start, but you can steam them, have them with a dash of gravy. Fry them in the tiniest amount of olive oil and serve with pasta and a low fat crème fraiche.

They key thing is just to cut out all the fats and sugars that exceed recommended levels and bin as much processed food/ ready made sauces / ready meal / shop made stuff. All of which are packed with salts, sugars, stabilisers and E number $hit. Reduce the size of your portions and reduce snacking by preparing carrot/celery sticks to munch on instead of chocolate bars.

….oh yes ….and you can't have cheese all the time! :o(

But the truth is….that you can eat a balanced diet and still not be healthy if you don't increase exercise. That would be cardio vascular fitness and endurance.

Once you have a balanced lifestyle you can pretty much eat anything you like, in moderation.

But I've said all this before …but no one ever listens to me……;)

PS I really like the Commander Cody/Rocketman Av !

No, not an oil change

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

You are clearly suffering from Furtle deprivation. As the young lady is drinking sweet corn, she is, in turn, suffering from Bryan deprivation. The Blues Doctor prescribes daily snugglings for each of you.

[drjohnsilence.livejournal.com]

Never really had you down as a Cyberman. But you do display the logo...

Hmmm.

Had the temperature dropped by any chance?