Currying favour!!!

Wednesday, 2 February 2005
Well, Lincraft – a craft , fabric etc shop – has gone into receivership. Lincraft closed in Tasmania 2 years ago under a cloud of denials of same, and now they will close Australia-wide. We had already been weaned off them, but I had bought via mail so I am very ad about that. It is because places like Spotlight, who offer cheap items, but little quality and less choice, have taken over the market. When they arrives, Lincraft and 3 other local shops closed and 6 months ago our manchester store closed as well. There is so little choice I will have to start a) using the literally $1000s worth of fabric I already have and/or b) find a really good online or mail order shop.
I have has a 2 ¾ hour afternoon tea with mostly chat and little ‘tea’. We took things left over home in our purses!!!
Today it is cool, cold even, rainy and windy. How divine. The Labradors are happy too. They have been most playful in the cool weather.
Curried Zucchini soup ( Cold weather food!!)
500 g zucchini
1 tbspn olive oil
250 ml stock
1 onion, chopped
1 tspn curry powder ( more or less to your taste)
Salt, pepper,
Cream/milk
Peel and slice zucchini thinly add with onion and oil to the pan and fry till lightly browned. Add curry, cook 1 minute. Pour in stock, cover and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes. When soft I push through a metal sieve or you could blend it. Reheat, season to taste. Serve with a swirl of cream!!! It is so yummy with zucchini fresh from the garden.