Davina's diary

[davina61]

Band off rain/showers this afternoon, beans getting a water! Making a banana cake in the airfryer , had 3 just going soft. I would have eaten them like that ,banana sandwich with lots of butter is nice but decided a cake will make them last longer.

[davina61]

Had to go to the solicitors with sister and mum this morning to sign the wellbeing for her will, after the mess my sisters SIL made of her mums care and what she did to her siblings mum thought it best we have something in writing. Not that we will need it as I cant see myself and sister falling out.
 Aunt had to find her own way to supermarket and mum kept saying lets wait before we go round so I metaphorically grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and made her go round. They both like the prawn sandwich but there was only one, mum "I will keep it for aunty" so I said NO keep it for yourself. Snooze you lose is my moto! They came in while we were part done but I managed to drag mum away and we did our shop, aunty asked if I had picked a prawn sandwich up for her and I could say with clear conscience " no and there were non left when I looked" . Mum rushed through checkout just in case aunty spotted the one she had!
 Road closed due to accident on the way I go to get home so went the other way, loads of tractors and steam wagons driving into town from the steam rally. Good job I was going the other way but got held up at temp traffic light (burst water main) due to the slow speed they did through the lights .
Cooking a chicken with tomatoes and new potatoes from a food show that was on telly Monday, think I did it right.

[Oldandcreaky]

What are the ingredients for a prawn sandwich in England?

[davina61]

I think it just prawns and mayo! Not one I eat myself. Tray bake chicken,tomato and new potato came out nice if a bit greasy, Jersey Royal potatoes are nice.

[Lori Dee]

I do love prawns, but never had them in a sandwich.

I like to grill them on a barbecue. When I lived in California, I did a lot of shark fishing. Met some fishermen from some of the commercial fishing boats. One would sell me as many prawns as I wanted fresh off the boat for $1 per pound. These were huge too! Seven to twelve inches long. I would bring two big ice coolers and fill them up every Saturday, then have a cook-out featuring huge prawns and shark steaks. Yummy!

[davina61]

Even the king prawns in the supermarket are not that big, the ones we get frozen or in prawn cocktail are tiny.
 Bought a packet of caramelised Greek style almonds as they were reduced, to yummy but must be 2K calories a hand full!!

[Lori Dee]

I laugh at what the supermarket calls prawns. They barely qualify as shrimp. I snack on almonds too, when I'm out of cashews. 

[davina61]

Lovely clear sky this morning with a breeze, bit of filler to rub down this morning thats tricky to do. Just checked on what time the steam rally opens ,8am !! will have to set alarm to get there for that time.

[davina61]

Change of plan, stayed home as have a load of veg to cook up before it gets past using. Make it up recipe after failing to find one with the veg I have so its a fusion.

[davina61]

New legs please, managed 4 1/2 hrs walking round the steam rally and legs/feet gave out so went back home. Feet still throbbing an hour later, still I got what I wanted and spent to much. Nice loaf of bread, pasty and cheeses as well as some hardware and tools. Some nice stuff there, a motor bike the same as I had when I was 16 and a stationary engine the same as one we had when we used to show them.
 Thing is I have been going for years and its the same old and seen it all before. Makes you feel old when a lot of the cars in the classic and vintage show are thing I used to work on!!

[davina61]

Lady I was talking to took this for me next to a Riley that I liked as a back in the day hot rod.

[Lori Dee]

I love it. And the car too! Thanks for sharing.

[davina61]

But I need to lose 40lbs!!!!

[SoupSarah]

Not sure who is the more elegant, you or the car!..

[davina61]

Legs have recovered (just) , today its wall to wall sun. One heavy shower yesterday afternoon so good job I made it home early, 10 pm last night ,boom, bang, yes the fire work display at the rally was loud !
 So I got a seeded whole meal loaf from the partisan bakers just to see how theirs tasted, same texture and taste with that same strange after taste as my home made one!! Now I know I am making it correct.

[Oldandcreaky]

You have a good life, Davina.

[Maid Marion]

It is too much work for me to bake bread so I buy a loaf of french bread from a store that makes it on the premises everyday.  I tried freezing it but it is better to make french toast with the leftover bread!  By the 3rd day the slices split in half but I can put plenty of egg batter on the pieces so they all join together as I fry them on the pan so I flip everything at once!

[davina61]

Ended up helping mum pick loads of veg this morning, took an hour. Came home with a bag of French beans, runner beans, carrots, tomatoes and a courgette . Loads as well for my sister when she calls and mum still has more than she can cook!! Cucumber plants are 5ft high and need training on another stick across the potting table, need to find out why a lot of the courgettes go rotten on the flower end.
 Did a bit of filler work around the rear lights on the Austin, got fed up rubbing down (but its done) so started to make a lamp from an old battered extinguisher, need a bulb holder and bits to finish. 

[Emma1017]

Davina what a great photo of you and that classic auto. Your smile was wonderful!

When is the "Davina Cooks" cookbook coming out? Or should it be "Davina's Guide to Classic Cars and Classic Meals"?

[davina61]

A day out in the country driving a classic and making a picnic ,now that sounds good. How to put a picnic together followed by how to get your classic roadworthy!!!!