A recipe.

Hmmm.  I tend not to cook much.  I like cooking, but I go with quick and easy most of the time.

Sautéed Chicken With Warm Spices

Heat 4 tbsp peanut (or seasame) oil in a large pan.
Shake salt and pepper on chicken cutlets, then dredge them in flour with 1/2 tsp cayenne.
Saute the chicken, turning once, for about 6 minutes total.
Remove from pan.
Cook 1/2 cup minced onion until soft.
Add 1 tbsp minced fresh ginger, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp paprika, 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon and 1 cup chicken stock. 
Cook until reduced.
Add chopped cilantro leaves (have never had any....) and lime juice.
Spoon sauce over chicken.  Serve over rice.

It is very easy, filling, and warm without being hot.

Its quite nice with some sun dried tomatoes in there too.

I'll miss these when they are done!  If people have others they can link me to that would be faaaaaaaaaaaabulous.

A hobby.

Readin.  Is reading a hobby? 

hobby¹

Yes, reading is a hobby then.

I love reading.  I sit and read shampoo bottles when I am on the loo etc.  I will read pretty much any book anyone hands me.  I have a whole shelf full of books I have borrowed to read (that I haven't glanced at yet).  I have a houseful of my own books - some read, some not.  I read Boy's books when he is foolish enough to leave them where I can pick them up (many a time have we had one book with two bookmarks in it as I have started reading it when he hasn't finished).

I have lists of books I want to read, want to own.

Books are magical.  They take you into this whole different world and let you hide from your own.  You feel so many things.  Feelings and emotions you already know, ones you've never experienced.  You can live life from a completely different angle to normal.  You learn.

I will read on phones, e readers etc, but I like a proper book.  Preferably a paperback - I don't like the weight of hardbacks no matter how pretty they look.  Books, real books, smell.  Just that scent alone can transport you.  The idea of Farenheit 451 where books have been destroyed haunts me.  Ooh or that episode of Now and Again when he dreamt the nanobots had eaten all print - that is a nightmare situation for me too.

Audio books too.  I know technically they aren't reading, but they are great.  You can lay in bed in the dark and be absorbed.  My earliest memories are listening to stories on tapes.  I used to fall asleep listening to Matilda, and Gobbolino, and Mitten the Kitten, The Conceited Red Balloon, Peter Pan.... the list is endless.

I would love to be able to do that.  To write something that other people read.  To bring that escape to other people.

I'm off out to Bournemouth Ink tattoo convention today!!!

I'm excited and looking forward to an outing.  I attempted to give myself pink and red streaked hair, but doing it late at night is a Bad Plan so I now look like I have a dodgy pink dye job.

Oh well.

Neddy was miffed that she missed the quote.  Have a few more to tell me which films they are from.  Oh and a book quote.

"You're a fake and a phoney and I wish I'd never laid eyes on you"

"A car and a train and three nintendos"

"Dog poo, dog poo, lovely lovely dog poo"

"My name is Inigo Montoya.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die."

"What's wanted is a man with a whip" (book)

"You're my knight in shimmering armour, you shimmer and you shine"

and finally...

"You're out of your tree."  "Its not my tree"

A talent of mine.

Oooh this is hard.  This comes down to the whole self esteem thing doesn't it?  Trying to think of a talent all I can come up with is that I am very good at putting myself down.  That's not the point of this is it?

I can make things.

I am usually lacking in patience or inspiration, but when I do set my mind to it (mainly sewing related, but arts n crafts in general), I normally find it relatively easy and manage what I am achieving.

The patience is an issue though because I tend to finish in a hurry and end up with bits that wouldn't have been wonky etc had I just waited and taken more time.

Oooh another fancy tickler.

Corsets.

I've always liked corsets, then I met Stray and got hooked.  They make you feel strong, feminine, and just generally hot.


It is nothing to do with men, trying to attract them or anything else, it is very much about YOU.

I don't know if this is meant to be MY artwork or something I like.

I am going with something I like.  When I buy the canvas, Boy is painting it for me.