Kind of a meme

[amberdreams]

Nicked from dizzojay - mainly because I should be doing something more productive...


A - Age: 52 (for a couple more weeks anyway)!

B - Bed size: UK king size
C - Chore you hate: all of 'em. That's what me hubby is for.
D - Dog's name: No dog, unless you count our elderly neighbour's pesky thing we are still walking for them.  Which is called Toby.
E - Essential start to your day item(s): checking my emails!
F - Favorite color: I gravitate towards the violets, blues, purples
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'2" (just)
I - Instruments you play: none at the moment - I tried violin at school and used to play the penny whistle. Not being able to read music was a bit of a handicap though.
J - Job title: layabout at the moment.  Technically I'm a self employed consultant
K - Kisses or hugs: hugs if anything, it depends who's on the other end
L - Living arrangements: I share those with my charming hubby
M - Mood: knackered (if that can be called a mood)
N - Nicknames: Amber, AMB.  My dad sometimes calls me Anna Maria Susanna (when he remembers my name)
O - Overnight hospital stays other than birth: never stayed over.  had a couple of x rays and that's about it.
P - Pet Peeves: Too many to mention!!  Dishonest politicians, selfish drivers, drunk idiots, people who won't give way on pavements when you are walking down the road....shall I go on?  Nah,
Q - Quote from a movie: Mmm, hard to choose just one... Because we were talking about this the other day how about
"You are all individuals!  Yes! We are all individuals!.... I'm not."
R - Right or left handed: right handed but I can write semi-legibly with my left hand
S - Siblings: None - only child
T - Time you wake up: about 6 am
U - Underwear: Mostly black from Marks & Spencers
V - Vegetable you dislike: anything cabbage-related, peppers, spicey hot stuff
W - Ways you run late: Many and varied
X - X-rays you've had: teeth, thumb (jammed it in the front door), ankle (twice)
Y - Yummy food you make: pasta with cream, mushroom and courgette sauce and I do a mean risotto.  Otherwise not much else.  I'm not fond of cooking.
Z - Zoo favorite: I used to love the prairie dogs, now I'd probably head for the otters or the penguins

Comments

[reapertownusa.livejournal.com]

What a fun little meme and otters are the bestest! They're just ubber fun, spunky critters. But 6 am? I'm getting sleepy just thinking about that. And I keep meaning to try risotto so that's very nifty as is anything veggie with pasta.

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

My first tries at risotto were a misreable gloopy mess but once I found a recipe that explained how getting the right kind of rice was the key (and then actually following it instead of doing my usual guessing game) - it works lovely.

Fried the courgettes, then put them on one side. Cook peas and soya beans/edamame beans in the right amount of vegetable stock (750ml of water). 8oz Arborio rice, coat the rice in the left over oil from frying the courgettes then add half the stock. When the liquid has nearly all gone, add the rest. Same again, when the liquid is absorbed, I add about one or 2 table spoons of low fat single cream, a handful of cheese and the vegetables (peas courgettes and beans). And Bob's your uncle.

It takes about half an hour to make (one of my most labour intensive meals LOL!)

And yeah I know I'm mixing metric measures with Imperial but that's how I roll.

[reapertownusa.livejournal.com]

I've never had risotto, but there's this cooking show where the chefs make it all the time and perpetually make it poorly so I've always imagined there were a lot of ways to screw it up.

That's good to know about the rice - I love all the different rices and it's amazing how different their uses can be. The other day I was reading about how to make rice pudding and they were discussing the importance of proper rice selection for a good texture.

Thank you so much for the recipe! My goodness that sounds like a heavenly combination of ingredients and I actually like labor intensive cooking so that suits me quite well.

I love how you roll ;)

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

This is probably the most labour intensive recipe I do - I am not one to linger too long in the kitchen!

[ladywillin.livejournal.com]

Ooooh and I think I might just have been the recepient of those yummy food dishes :D

If you wake at 6am do you get up then, and what sort of time do you go to bed? On my three work mornings I get up at 6am and it kills me!

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Now I'm not working, I don't get up at 6am any more, I usually lie around for about an hour while hubby goes out for his bike ride or run, then get up about 7ish. And nowadays I go to bed about 11pm.
When I commuted to London, I was up and out of the house by about 6.15. I'm not sure now how I managed that!

[ladywillin.livejournal.com]

Hehe, so you're not inclined to join hubby on his bike ride or run then?

Oh wow, yes being up and out by 6.15 is mightily impressive!

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

I can't ride a bike and am not built to be a runner. I'll stick to going to the gym.

[ladywillin.livejournal.com]

Good idea. At least it's dry and warm in the gym.