Continental Cookery

Today DH was cooking dinner and decided to experiment. Unfortunately, the KHT is not keen on experimentations. She likes a very limited range of food AND THAT IS IT.

In the absence of any lasagne sheets, DH cooked cannelloni. With a variation. He omitted the tomatoes because he thought the KHT didn't like them.

He served the dish.


The KHT regarded it very suspiciously.
"You could have bought one ready-made," was her response, with the look on her face of one who is anticipating imminent disaster. Then she muttered a phrase I never expected to hear her say.
"Where are the vegetables?"
"There are carrots in there and leeks." replied the chef
Having acquired a taste for pizza, I think she was mostly missing the tomatoes.
If I ever cook mince, she knows it will have a host of vegetables, disguised well enough so that she can eat them without noticing.
The KHT isn't a big fan of anything that requires too much chewing. So she decided that a meatless pasta dish might be preferable.


DH had prepared an extra portion, so the plan was that the KHT could have cannelloni two days running...


Later that evening she gave me a note for DH it read
'Lasagne a la Humphrey
Carots (sic), onions, seaweed, tomatoes, kelp lasagne sheets, cheese sauce, parsley
Garlic bread (optional) Add salt for texture.'

Maybe we should try this recipe out, just to find out what it tastes like.







The next evening we asked the KHT what she would like for tea.
"Whatever is in the fridge"
So she was duly served the extra portion of pasta and ate it all, with apparent enjoyment. Mind you a day old Lasagne is usually even better than that which is freshly cooked. What a difference a day makes!







After dinner, after a discussion about tables, she drew a plan of her ideal dining table set up, based on a cafe we visited in Tewkesbury, She was particularly taken with the holder for the 'continents' like salt and pepper, perfect for serving a European dish.

The KHT makes a wonderful Mrs Malaprop.