A proper beginning: Toast and Tea

Bronia gets grumpy when she is hungry. And as I am hungry a lot, I tend to be grumpy a lot. Of course, I had a very merry christmas and a happy New Year. The great grumpy Bronia appeased on these occassions by FOOD. Food, food, food! Christmas chutneys and cheeses, ginger-glazed hams, vats of roasted vegetables, wedges of fruit cake and puddings. I had a great time catering for the constant comings and goings at Lochfergus House. Ok, so I may have complained a little (I wouldn't want you to think I was going soft) but I loved it.

However, christmas is over and it is back to reality: I'm supposed to be working for my PhD, not pickling pears. But.....what if I could smuggle a little of my christmas good cheer through into January? Continue to feed my inner Grump Monster to keep him calm and mollified and under control? Possible? Maybe, just maybe.

So, for all of you, friends and family, who continue to endure my moaning and mumping, complaining and griping about all things PhD-related I offer this instead - recipes and photos and food-related antics where Grump monsters fear to tread. There is no hunger here!

Time to put the kettle on for tea and toast. I can't think of a better beginning than that.