OneGuyFromBarlick

I would have to pass on the Affagato. I have been promising to wean myself back on to coffee at some point. It always smells nice but taboo for the last 40 odd years. I will have to find a day when I don't have any commitments.

PanBiker wrote: ↑30 Jun 2025, 15:19 I would have to pass on the Affagato. I have been promising to wean myself back on to coffee at some point. It always smells nice but taboo for the last 40 odd years. I will have to find a day when I don't have any commitments.

How does coffee affect you, Ian?

Full blown migraine, well the last time. Nausea, flashing lights, splitting headache, shivering and sweating at the same time, not nice.

Doc says you can wean back on to an intolerance by sipping a teaspoonful a time until you feel symptoms, then stop note how much you can tolerate and then increase after a few days. Can take a while to accept the trigger substance but you can if you persevere.

You probably already have but have you tried decaffeinated?

It always amused me that decaffeinated was unleaded on the street in S California.... I am so lucky that I don't have these allergies and my morning coffee of real coffee is my daily indulgence.
Which reminds me of something I have been noting for a while. I don't get the full range of flavour from hot coffee but when it has cooled a bit I get all the notes.
Yesterday I had chicken and veggies X three and slow cooked savoury Onion and cabbage as an extender. White cabbage can become a gourmet item!

Big Kev wrote: ↑30 Jun 2025, 17:27 You probably already have but have you tried decaffeinated?

No, just gave the lot up as a bad job!

Still smells nice though.

Estate agents recommend putting a coffee bean under the grill just before a prospective buyer is expected..... Bacon frying has the same effect.
(Come to think, in your case freshly baked bread!) PS. You didn't miss anything when you declined unleaded Ian, From what I remember when I went through my caffeine scare, they are universally lousy!
I had chicken and veggies X three, cooked buttered swede and today I shall be putting my pork belly in the slow cooker with oranges and spices.

I had chicken and veggies X three. I slow cooked my Pork belly with oranges and fried some sweet potato chips....

Pork belly and orange with veggies X three. Lovely!

Breakfast and tea were hot meat and veggies. Dinner was tomato and cheese on oatcakes....

Same as yesterday, meat and veggies early and late but oatcakes cheese and tomato for dinner.

We have friends visiting today today and they have requested the Barlick Raj for tea, it's buffet day so it should be a good do. We're making use of the £1 bus fare today too

Breakfast and tea were hot meat and veggies. Dinner was tomato and cheese on oatcakes....
(That looks familiar! )

Same again, the oatcakes are a lighter version and aid my fight against increasing weight. So easy when you become less active.

yesterday started out to be three helpings of meat and veggies but after my positive review from the Diabetes Clinic I allowed myself an after dinner treat of a Tuii bar. Consequence was that at teatime I wasn't hungry so polished off the day with two boiled eggs, a packet of crisps and two Tuii bars. Not really healthy eating but there you are, I have feet of clay!

Back to normal yesterday, three helpings of meat and veggies with no treats or snacks! I ought to have more sense.....

Another normal day. I am getting the last batch of cooking into a corner.

I will shortly be engage in forward prepping for tomorrows tea. It would have been Dan's 45th birthday tomorrow and we always have a family get together to remember and raise a glass.

I am making a large lamb kleftico for tomorrows tea based on the best variant I had on our recent jaunt to Rhodes. It is usually served with crusty white bread and oil so that will be what I am about today. I will make four, hopefully crusty bread rolls. I also have plain and garlic sour dough Naans in the freezer which will only be deployed on demand if needed.

I have just got back from a big veggie shop at the Co-op. I was lucky in that there were a lot of things reduced and on the way back a nice young lady built like a cart horse lifted my shopper up the steps for me. Lovely! A bit of help's worth a lot of pity.
So now I can say, butcher delivers today, and I think I'll roast my chicken now to get it done and out of the way!

I did roast my chicken and it's good to get that done. I had hot meat and veggies X three despite the hot day and I think I can put off veggie cooking until tomorrow...

The Kleftico is in the oven, the Oregano smells lovely.

Three hot meals of meat and veggies.... In case you're wondering why hot.... Part of my food safety management. The food has been in the fridge for a week and heating to almost 100C ensures that any bacteria in it are killed!

Breakfast and dinner were the last two helpings of last week's cooking. Tea was the new bite of chicken and veggies.

New batch chicken and veggies X three and I cooked savoury onion and cabbage for a useful extender.

Chicken and veggies X three. I cooked buttered swede as an extender and slow cooked my pork belly with orange, spices and onion. It is finishing off this morning and it's superb!