In order to line our stomachs (aren't we sensible?), we first went and kebabbed ourselves silly next door at Gem.
We ate vegetabley, yogurty things to start - broad beans and aubergine.
And then chicken shish for husband and chicken kofte for me (I think I won the kebabs, but it was a close run thing).
It was all v nice, filling (and stomach lining) and cheap - exactly what was required.
Post wine tasting, we were hungry again (I know, I know - we are little piggies) so we ate some "ratatouille" that I'd cunningly prepared earlier.
Husband ate his with rice and complaints about the lack of meat.
I ate mine with Stilton.
Last night, we ate trout and broccoli. Yum.
I also finally managed to use up my Herman starter.
I made bread on Sunday evening, which was beautifully soft and had a perfect crumb and crust, but was so sweet that it couldn't really be used as bread. I didn't add extra sugar or anything - I think that maybe Herman is just too sweet a starter to use for bread. It honestly tasted of nothing more than a giant (baked) doughnut...
I'm not really sure what to do with it now - maybe I can freeze and save for bread pudding/summer pudding or similar.
I used the very final bit to make a chocolate chip slab cake, which was a whole lot more predictable.
After the terrible tragedy of having accidentally thrown away the frozen bits of my last proper sourdough starter, I think I might embark upon the task of formulating a new one.
It seems like it might be Time.
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