Whilst this gardening lark may be good for you

[piskieinboots]

...it doesn't improve your cooking!

I've just been off down the bottom of the garden to plant a lil gooseberry bush, having first turned off the bolognaise sauce that was cooking. Right? Wrong!

Lovely smell of burned bol sauce and a text sent to hubby to bring supplies on way home.

Gooseberry bush looks comfy tho

[Hazel at the Hill]

Done that!

The cruel thing is, that when you are sitting distractedly at the laptop on the Vine with the idle thought 'oh, that smells good...' it is TOO LATE - the dinner is already ruined!!

[piskieinboots]

yep - done that one too and I'm still only a new girlie on the Vine!

[Flummery]

You're a First Class Member of the Vine when you've got a whole set of burnt saucepans Piskie!

[piskieinboots]

hehe - not long to go then, I've burnt three out of four thus far

[HeyWayne]

What is it they say, when it's brown it's cooked, when it's black it's fooked!

[piskieinboots]

nah, scrape the bottom off and add more parmesan he'll never notice, he's a Copper remember

[HeyWayne]

nah, scrape the bottom off and add more parmesan he'll never notice, he's a Copper remember

Or you could "de-glaze" and lob a bottle of wine in there now, by the time he's home it'll be perfick!

[piskieinboots]

oh oooh never thought of that one, excellent idea - one can see why you are MOTM

[Winged one]

Add a stick of garlic bread (with LOADS of garlic) and his tastebuds will be blown so he'll never notice (and follow MOM's advice too for added benefits - but keep the other half the bottle to accompany or even precede dinner for best effect, or just open a second...)

[moggssue]

Its only a little flavouring ..........

[Hazel at the Hill]

Its only a little flavouring ..........

Yep - in my house that flavour is called 'burn' - as it 'this gravy tastes of burn!'

[piskieinboots]

yer but, at least we have nice fresh home grown veggies eh

[moggssue]

An wont 'they' appreciate the veggies all the more, that fresh flavour and bright colour ...

[yoanbob]

caramalized??????