You can never have enough...

[JanW]

My Mum who lived to 103 was a vegetarian - she decided when she was pregnant in her twenty’s she didn’t like meat and never ate it again - she used to cook the most amazing roast dinners on the coal range - the meat as normally home kill - farmers used to pay Dad their cartage bills in produce - she used to crisp up the fat - her roast veggies and gravy would have been a dieticians nightmare - no wonder we are all large - her dinner would be bubbling away in a saucepan 4 or 5 veggies boiled just about to extinction no gravy or veggies cooked in animal fat - I can remember we used to go for picnics the cold lamb and her homemade bread and pickles and butter - she would have a swim set up the picnic grab an apple and leave Dad and us 5 kids - to have a bit of peace and quiet she would tell us and walk home - Venetian will know Ellis Wallace Road to Bay View a long walk - often we would pick her up near to home
Her crafting skills were amazing - I think she used to enjoy us playing up she would disappear into her room shut the door and crochet or knit and leave Dad to deal with us .She has her gall bladder removed at 99 - the surgeon said to her it was really risky and of course they wouldn’t resuscitate her - she sat up in the bed and gave him what for - they said when they opened her up her organs were those ofva sixty year old - one of my nieces is a photocopy of her - built like a racehorse she will probably make 120 .
Popeye try Panko breadcrumbs - you don’t need to egg and they are crunchy
Had some yellow tamarillo given to me - not as much acid as the red ones -I think I prefer the red ones