Sophie and I enjoyed banana porridge for breakfast this morning, and after we'd eaten we both prepared the paste for tonight's dinner of Red Thai curry. We wanted to make the meal from scratch, and although it would have been very easy to buy a paste in the supermarket, we wanted to try our hand at making our own. I roasted some cumin and coriander seeds in a small frying pan, and then ground them down in our pestle and mortar. Sophie cut up chillies, garlic, shallots and ginger, and we pulverized all the ingredients in our little food processor with the juice and zest of two limes. I then cut up more ginger and garlic for the actual meal itself.
At midday, we drove over to Farndon Fields to buy the ingredients for a savoury afternoon tea tomorrow, to celebrate Mother's Day. Today has been cloudy and breezy, and the temperatures have turned colder again, but the morning was sunny so I'd pegged some washing out before we left. At Farndon Fields, there was a queue to get in (when is there not?) and Sophie said she needed the loo! We decided to pop to Waitrose in Market Harborough, buy some Prosecco and take advantage of their facilities!
However, it was as if the government had put out a notice saying that all supermarkets were going to close on Sunday, so go now! The car parks and supermarkets were rammed with people, and in hindsight, I think it was probably due to Mother's Day tomorrow...
We gave up on the idea of going to Waitrose and scooted around a packed Aldi where we bought a bottle of reasonably priced Prosecco. There were no loos in there, so we went back to Waitrose, but the queue was even longer! We then had no option but to dash across the car park to Sainsbury's, where we joined yet another queue of people! By now, we were heartily fed up!
Back at Farndon Fields, we queued in the rain and wind to get into the farm shop. It was so miserable I called Keith to ask him to put the heating on and to get the washing in if he hadn't done so already. We even saw hail while we waited!
Once in, Sophie bought sausage rolls, a Scotch egg, a pork pie, and bread and ham to make sandwiches. They didn't have any macarons, which was a shame. I picked out some hummus and a dip to enjoy with our lentil crisps later in the day.
Back home, Sophie made the Tiramisu for tomorrow, and we enjoyed a glass of Marsala. It was delicious! At 5pm it was time for cocktails and Scrabble, and Sophie beat me, coming up with some very good words and combinations!
We just had time for a game of cards, and then we made a start on dinner. With all the preparations done, it was just a case of cooking everything, and we served Jasmine rice with the meal. We used two tins of coconut milk, adding them to the paste and chicken thighs in the casserole dish. It tasted gorgeous! The recipe was from the BBC Good Food website, and we'll definitely cook it again!
Keith and I watched the last Pierce Brosnan Bond film this evening. We now only have the Daniel Craig films to watch, and we've planned to see Casino Royale tomorrow night. Sophie wants to make Vesper cocktails to drink at the same time as the characters in the film do!
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