Mike was working overtime today so Keith dropped him in town for 9am. Sophie went to the gym and when she returned we had a late breakfast of scrambled eggs, veggie sausages, toast and beans. We sat in the sunny conservatory and it's been a really gorgeous day today with blue skies and fluffy clouds. It was lovely to have no plans and be able to pootle about the house doing what we wanted.
Sophie put quite a few clothes on eBay and I did a mound of ironing and prepped dinner which we had decided was to be Spicy Korean Chicken. It meant we had to deep fry the meat which I was slightly nervous about! Luckily I found a thermometer that I used to use when I made candles and after a good clean up I felt a bit better about controlling the temperature, which had to be 160c at first.
We made a soy sauce and a sweet chilli sauce and I prepared the batter and the flour for dusting them. At 4.30pm we went to get Mike from work and he was dirty and tired. When he got home he confessed to us that he'd cut his leg very badly the other night (Friday) and he'd had to go to A&E to get it stitched. His lower right leg was cut to pieces and as well as the stitches some of the cuts had tape on them. We were horrified that it had happened and he hadn't told us straight away or on Saturday morning! He said he'd been playing badminton in a friend's garden and had missed the shot and put his leg through a greenhouse pane of glass...
Dinner was a success and we managed to keep the oil from boiling over and setting the house on fire - my dread! We cooked the chicken in two batches while Sophie prepared some Jasmine rice to accompany the meal. We then had to fry the chicken at a higher temperature to brown the batter and it was delicious. As we now have some confidence in deep-frying this way, maybe we could experiment with fish?
So, it's Sunday evening again and the weekend has whizzed by. Monday tomorrow!
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