Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Fish-less Pie

Fish pie, featuring smoked cod loin, salmon fillets and prawns, is one of my signature dishes, and having neglected it of late I decided to make one for today’s tea; an immediate setback was the absence of smoked cod loin on the fishmonger’s slab so instead I bought some smoked basa (a fish not previously heard of that looked similar but was considerably cheaper), and then in the hurly burly of the cooking, having applied the creamy mashed potato and cheese topping, I noticed the pawns still sat in their bowl on the worktop – so not one of my best efforts with two of the three key ingredients missing, and although the basa seemed an acceptable substitute the prawn garnish did not go down so well.

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