tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5177688941415179906..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: A Plain Turkey?The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-70698648521919705652008-12-31T16:23:00.000+00:002008-12-31T16:23:00.000+00:00Sorry to hear your father is ill - our thoughts ar...Sorry to hear your father is ill - our thoughts are with you.Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-20596252973438488722008-12-31T05:34:00.000+00:002008-12-31T05:34:00.000+00:00I've just realised it's New Year's Eve! I'm not no...I've just realised it's New Year's Eve! I'm not normally up all night, but couldn't sleep - worried about my father who's now being transferred from hospital to a respite home.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-39440807943644992332008-12-31T05:29:00.000+00:002008-12-31T05:29:00.000+00:00PS Marsala-soaked sprouts, however - it's a genuin...PS Marsala-soaked sprouts, however - it's a genuine recipe, one of the goddess Nigella's. In fact we had it on Christmas Day with chestnut purée. I have always loved sprouts - can't see what all the fuss is about, people not liking them!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-73772723918309526472008-12-31T04:59:00.000+00:002008-12-31T04:59:00.000+00:00No tune, Ralph - but, on reading it over again, th...No tune, Ralph - but, on reading it over again, the rhythm seems to have an echo of Stanley Holloway's rendition of 'The Lion and Albert'!<BR/><BR/>Cauliflower mousse a mere figment of my imagination, Dominic - like pickled onion yoghurt and beetroot flavoured crisps. Though, having said that,I have no doubt we'll probably find it as a new line in Holland & Barrett before long! Remember - you heard it here first.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-24663791379458498712008-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:002008-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:00Good one. Thanks for the plug. Went for the nut cu...Good one. Thanks for the plug. Went for the nut cutlet myself. Though a music teacher, I can't say I've ever tried "cauliflower mousse". Is there such a thing?Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-88475836247957763752008-12-30T23:35:00.000+00:002008-12-30T23:35:00.000+00:00I'll have some marsala-soaked sprouts please!This ...I'll have some marsala-soaked sprouts please!<BR/><BR/>This is brilliant - is there a tune to it too?Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-12517417108441675682008-12-30T21:42:00.000+00:002008-12-30T21:42:00.000+00:00Grizzled, that sounds absolutely wonderful - I hav...Grizzled, that sounds absolutely wonderful - I have a kind of Rembrandt painting image of your evocative description.<BR/><BR/>My own lighter than light verse for purely pastiche purposes only..!<BR/><BR/>Not vegetarian, myself, as my Camino meals testify - but each to his own beliefs.<BR/><BR/>Mmmm... must try that overnight soaking technique :)The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-47254190597002613372008-12-30T21:27:00.000+00:002008-12-30T21:27:00.000+00:00Actually, Solitary, my Christmas meats (no vegetar...Actually, Solitary, my Christmas meats (no vegetarians here!) were the traditional—in our house—goose and ham. Turkey was Thanksgiving. And not a dry, tasteless, semi-cardboard turkey, either…not since I began an overnight brine soak prior to roasting. Twenty-two pounds, golden brown, juicy, tasty, succulent…delicious. <BR/><BR/>Guests hunched over their plates of sliced light or dark, tucked in and serious, and might have produced the occasional growl should a fellow guest hovering too close while stabbing a pickle or ladling out gravy for the potatoes or dressing. <BR/><BR/>You'd have had to look elsewhere for your poetical inspiration. But you'd have been well fed in the meantime. :)Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.com