old fashioned cooking

heres a simple one.

slice a small cooked  beetroot and a little cheese

place between two slices of bread cut in to quarters fry in hot clean oil drain on paper towel and serve with a salad ,you can just make it as a cheese toastie with beetroot but its nicer fried . and very filling.

beetroot cake ,6oz of self raising flour 1/2 oz of fat rubbed in add 1oz of sugar and 4oz of gratted cooked beetroot, mix all ingredients together to a soft cake mixture with 3 or 4 tablespoons of milk add a few drops of vanilla extract, turn your mixture in to a small pie dish bake immediately  in a moderate oven for about 35 mins, eat hot or cold

cucumber soup

,1 medium cucumber

1oz of marg,

1 bunch of spring onions finaly chopped

1 pint of water

salt and pepper to taste

2 tsp of finely chopped mint 

1/2 a pint of milk 

remove most of the skin of the cucumber as this will make soup bitter use a little to give it colour,grate cucumber pulp and finely chop about an inch of the skin. heat the marg in a saucepan add the onions and cook for 5mins

add the water bring to boil then put in cucumber seasoning and mint simmer for 8 mins add milk and heat for a further two mins .

great with crusty bread. all this talking of food need reminds me i need food havnt eaten any thing yet .

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