Below the Line - Day 1 - Food

Lumpy Porridge - must be perfected!

~ Breakfast this morning consisted of porridge and coffee, which I suspect it will everyday. By doing my sums I work out that that costs me just 17p - a bargain and I discovered that 50g of porridge (which is what my ration for each day is) is more than I usually have of Oatbran, my usual breakfast. Although I think I have to practise making it slightly less lumpy over the course of the 5 days!!

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By the time we got back from the Car Boot sale we were selling at this morning (a very successful morning by the way), my little tummy was rumbling for England. A swift decision had to be made and I plumped for an Egg Mayo bun, then I remembered - no mayo. On looking at my foods I realised I did have the makings of it, so while the eggs was hard boiling I got to work. Using just under half of my Olive Oil and 1 egg yolk, a sprinkle of salt and pepper I wizzed some up in my mixer and decanted it into an old Mayo jar.

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And what do you have if you use an egg yolk......why an egg white of course, so this was also whizzed up and now I have some (not very sweet as I have no sugar) meringues. These should be lovely sandwiched together with a bit of jam or Lemon Curd, which will hopefully give them the required sweetness.

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Lunch - Egg Mayo Bun, split into four to make it last longer, with a sprinkle of homegrown parsley for a splash of green and added vitamins. ~

My food corner, now looking slightly more impressive with my meringues in the tin and the jar of mayo, which has now gone into the fridge.

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Now I am going to briefly forget about food and go and check on my chickens. We think Lovely has decided her time is up, as chickens tend to do, and the two other original girls Jemima and Molly are very sweetly taking it in turns to sit with her. This is no fancy on my part, we both know for a fact that all three White Stars always occupy the top roosting bar at night, but since yesterday when Lovely decided to sit in the nesting box to wait for her time to come the others have stayed with her, with Jemima spending the night in the next door nesting box and then Molly replacing her while Jemima had breakfast.

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So touching to see, and we will be very sad when she goes but we relish the fact that she has had a wonderful life here with us. Enjoying every moment of being at the top of the pecking order in our flock of Lovely Ladies right until the end.

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Sue xx