Saturday, 12 May 2007

New Food !

I have invented a whole new food thing!

Well, I expect someone else *might* have invented it before, but if they did they never told me and I'm not searching t'internet just to prove myself wrong. That would be daft.

Anyway I invented the Honey Omelette!

Just mix up one egg and add two BIG dollops of honey. I thought this might make a big claggy, sticky, egg, mess that stuck to everything* but it somehow doesn't, the honey just disappears leaving the egg looking slightly darker.

Heat up some butter (or oil if you're not feeling all buttery today) in an omelette pan and cook like you would any other small folded omelette.


The sugars in the honey caramelise and go a lovely brown...

And then it's ready!

(Mmmm... nearly as good as brains!)

That's it! For some reason it comes out tasting like a really scrummy syrup pancake, and really doesn't require anything else, but, like most things in life, adding maple syrup, double cream or dousing in brandy and igniting can only help.

*Some might wonder why, that if I thought this, I would try such a feat- well, I invented this while getting adventurous with some honey/chilli/chicken concoction. I wanted to dip it in some flour, paprika and herbs and fry it up. I'd made up some egg to dip the chicken in (to make the flour/paprika stick) but I had forgotten the honey. So I put a little honey in the egg to see what would happen, then tried some more and discovered you could put loads in - and the Honey Omelette was born! (The chicken wasn't bad either).

Wednesday, 9 May 2007

Antonia went out at the weekend leaving me with an Esme. Esme wanted a nap so I found a camera and wrote my first photo story for children.

Magic Bunny Meets A Moonbeast

Magic Bunny and Bear had been out with Esme, who had
become rather sleepy and was having a nap.
Sweet dreams Esme!

Magic Bunny heard a noise.
'Did you hear something, Bear?' asked Magic Bunny.
'Do you mean the sound of an ageless and
unspeakable horror arising from
its slumber?' asked Bear.


Bear and Magic Bunny looked to see
where the noise had come from.


Behold! Cthulhu!
The Thing That Cannot Be Described sat at the end
of the cot, with a MoonBeast, who had come
all the way from the dark side of the
Dreamlands moon. He looked a little hungry.


'Gosh!' said Bear.
'Yes,' said Magic Bunny.
'You don't see one of those very often.'


With a beat of his ancient leathery wings, the green,
sticky spawn of the stars ascended.

Cthulhu is arisen!


'What do you think he wants?' asked Magic Bunny.
'I don't know...' replied Bear,
'Do you think they might want to pl...'

But before he could go on, Cthulhu twizzled his
magic tentacles and there was an enormous
flash and bang and a KER-FLANGE!


Oh dear!
Look out Magic Bunny!
Look out Bear!
Look out sleepy Esme!

Too late!

'Mmmm... Bunny Brains!' said Cthulhu.
Poor Magic Bunny!


'Mmmmm, Bear brains!' said the Moonbeast.
Poor Bear!


'Mmmmmm! Baby Brains!' said Cthulhu.
Oh no! Poor Esme!

'Mmmmmmm,' they both said together.
'Brains!'

'Burp!' said Cthulhu, licking his tentacles.
'Burp!' said Moonbeast, licking his testintacles.
He didn't look hungry any more!

Thanks to Antonia for the Ker-Flange and for helping Cthulhu to fly.