Check the sink before you wash your jeans.
When you move into a place that does not have a plumbed in washing machine, and you will, please remember this.
The pipe to take the dirty water out from the machine will be hooked by various and ingenious ways so that it feeds directly into the sink. Please make sure the sink is empty BEFORE you load the machine. There is a reasonably high risk that:
- a towel has been used to soak up a spill and the sink was the obvious place to put it, but no one thinks it’s their job to take it out.
- a sock or piece of underwear has fallen off the makeshift line above the sink without anyone noticing.
- something has fallen in from a nearby shelf or the top of the washing machine which is communal, so no one can be bothered picking it up.
- muddy sports clothes have been left to ‘soak’ and forgotten.
- something is defrosting – try and get rid of that flatmate.
- a piece of cloth has purposely been shoved into the plughole as no one can find the plug.
It is for this reason that you should always check the sink before you wash your pair of jeans – the ones that you want urgently clean for a date in half an hour- as any of the above will block the plughole and cause the sink to overfill an
d flood the room. It is a very common and expensive mistake to make. Be warned, and always have a pile of old newspapers in a bag, by the tub, as this will happen at some point and the mop will be in the garden sitting in a bucket brown water from the last incident.
My husband does so grudgingly in an attempt to fill his body with the antioxidants and vitamins A and C contained in the fruit. Nuts bring protein and omega-3 oils to the table and we all know grains provide rich carbohydrates, B vitamins, iron and fiber. Unless you are intolerant. It also stops me nagging him. The problem I have is that most of what is out there to buy is very expensive and overly sweet, containing more sugar and salt than I would like. The answer, of course, is to make it yourself. This prospect has always seemed so drudgingly boring and I have dipped in and out of various recipes all too much time for too little result. Then I had a moment. I sighed inwardly and tried yet another recipe, the result was spectacular and I quickly wrote it’s secrets down and put into my red folder. I have adapted it to suit our tastes, you can start here and do the same
Sometimes you just have to start. There is no right or wrong way to begin.
There is something delightful about cutting through the ultra crisp pastry layers and melting into the smooth velvety texture of the filling. This little stunner is so versatile, and can be filled with flavoured cream, curd or chocolate and layered with or without any soft fruit of your choosing.
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