Return of the Vegetables February 21, 2007
Posted by Jen in : Journal , trackbackI spot a theme. A scary, scary theme.
After recent worrisome drooling over big, hairy courgettes and the suggestion that a cucumber could be the key to happiness, yet another vegetable-related incident has occurred.
Reader, I am alarmed.
Today, both Number 1 and Number 2 sons have woken up the colour of beetroot. Are you afraid too?? The vegetables are taking over the earth I tell you. Run awaaaay!!
Do normal people actually eat beetroot? In my search for the answer to this perplexing and life-changing question, I discovered a recipe for Confit of Rabbit with Beetroot Wontons.
Today, then, I shall be cooking Baked Bunnies with Beetroot. If that doesn’t make the boys hurry back to school, nothing will.
It’s going to be a long l..o..n..g day. I wonder whether Calpol would make a suitable substitute for Red Bull with my vodka??
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Absolutely. Love calpol. Love beetroot. Good luck sick boys or men are the worst. Death is always at hand. You have my full sympathy.
‘Death is always at hand…’
Liz, you don’t know how right you are… if they don’t stop coughing and moaning, I’m going to throttle the pair of ‘em!!
X
Sick children! Don’t they realise the stress and inconvenience that they place on us mothers!!!!!!!!
I have all mine at school/playschool this morning. Sheer bliss.
Try not to throttle. Your blog may used as evidence against you.
x
Ooooh, I just love beetroot: pickled or boiled. Deary me, that’s made me salivate, I think I might have to go and eat gherkins… Yum yum.
Healthy children on half term can be just as irritating!
Hey I was going wow rabbit confit with beetroot wontons and then I realised it was me! I’m so impressed with my former self. Horribly out of practice now though. The shadows, the shadows.
Oh an umm yeah sure we do - try it finely grated and make a pesto with it, as an Australian I’m obliged to eat it with burgers, no such bad thing.
Caroline, I always knew this blog would be my downfall. Will try to curb my throttling tendencies. Kids eh? Inconsiderate little blighters. I am having to stay off work, watch Ewen McGregor in Star Wars and eat Mini-Eggs and do they apologise? No, I think you will find they do not.
JJ, step away from the gherkins! Good Lord, what were you thinking??! But if you want to seriously salivate, click on Anthony (conveniently below your comment)… Truly dribblesome.
Anthony - wow! Discovering beetroot and a man who cooks all on a Wednesday morning? It is too much I tell you! Your site is lovely. But. I have to say. I keep reading it as rabbit confit with beetroot worms which is, um… gross?
You’ve just described my ideal day!
We should marry at once.
x
Aw, Sweetums… I thought you’d never ask! Yes, yes, a hundred times yes!!
Beetroot = good.
Baked bunnies and beetroot? Bwahahaha…
Funny how a few jolly-coloured veg can make people go so peculiar.
Moo-ha!
Beetroot is luverly! Especially for diets as it is a diuretic … I boil mine; and use it in venison casserole; and join it with other veggies to roast; And make soup with it (tip: if you add beetroot to Any Other Soup - it Will go red! Enjoy, kaz.
Red soup sounds interesting… who was it that had ‘blue string soup’? The Clangers?
Must google ‘clangers’…
And ‘hello’, by the way!
X
Hi Jen, my husband and brother agree that the clangers did have blue string soup, but I couldn’t find out on the ‘Clangers’ website … however, I did find this;
‘Bad language: According to the Smallfilms approved Clangers site, the BBC objected to the language. Despite the fact that they were whistling, they swore like troopers.’ (bbc website)
Haaaa, ha, ha, ha!