Asparagus Fish Bake
I cooked this recipe on Thursday night and there was enough to warm up the part I didn’t eat for yesterday.
The original recipe is here and as it is an American one, I’ve converted it into sensible units.
I used the following.
- 6 medium fresh asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into 2.5 centimetre pieces
- A two-pack of Waitrose haddock
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon gluten-free flour
- Salt
- Pepper
- 200 mg. milk
- 100 gm grated cheddar cheese
- Two decrusted slices of Genius bread
- 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
And this is the method used.
1. Place the asparagus in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil; cook for 1-2 minutes. Drain and place in a 1.3 litre. baking and top with fish; set aside.
Asparagus Covered By Fish
2. In a small saucepan, saute onion in 1 tablespoon butter until tender. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until blended. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in cheese until melted. Pour over fish.
3. I then sprinkled the breadcrumbs I made with the Genius bread over the top.
Ready For The Oven
4. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown and fish flakes easily with a fork. I nearly did cook it at 350°, but of course that was the little-used Fahrenshite. I used 180°C.
The Cooked Bake
It was delicious and the second portion needed about 15 minutes at 180°C to warm through after twenty-four hours in the fridge.
The more I create crusts with Genius bread, the more I think, it’s an ideal way to cover a bake or pie.
Did Arsenal Shilt Themselves?
On of my long-standing friends, who just happens to be both Jewish and a Hull City supporter uses the word shilt to mean bringing bad luck on yourself.
So did announcing the Victory Parade cause Arsenal to go behind so early.
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Did Arsenal Shilt Themselves?
nybody knows the real spelling of shilt please tell me.
Is The East London Line Big Enough For Crossrail?
Over the last couple of years, whilst the Metropolitan, Circle and District lines have been getting new larger S Stock trains, the overcrowding has been reducing and the comfort has been increasing.
Whereas two years ago, I would have never done it, nowadays, if I’m coming from say Paddington or as yesterday from Embankment in the rush hour, I’ll take a train to Whitechapel and then a short dive into the Overground for a train to Dalston Junction. Incidentally, do Transport for London have naming problem here, with the Overground passing under the Underground.
From Dalston Junction, it’s then just two stops on any of one of four bus routes, one of which is the New Bus for London equipped 38. I usually wait no longer than two minutes.
It’s not the quickest route, but it’s certainly the most comfortable way to come home and if you have a case or heavy parcel, it’s one of the easiest.
In a few years time, Crossrail will join the knitting at Whitechapel, and the interchange there between the various lines will become totally step-free or at a worst case escalators. So my trip home from Oxford Street will be Crossrail to Whitechapel and then the Overground.
But as the East London line of the Overground goes from Highbury & Islington station in the north to a large number of stations deep in the south, will the line be able to cope? I suspect, I won’t be the only person to use Crossrail as an extra Underground line.
From the end of this year the trains on the East London line are going to five cars, but will we be needing an increase in frequency from the current sixteen trains per hour through the core section through Whitechapel? Longer trains are probably ruled out by the difficulty of lengthening the platforms at some stations on the line.
London’s Secret Underground Line Is Coming Together
yesterday, I went to the Tate Modern.
It is one of those awkward journeys from here in Dalston, especially, as when I got out the 21 and 141 buses going to London Bridge station, seemed to be conspicuous by their absence.
So I decided to take a 38 to the Angel for a Northern line train to London Bridge, but when I got there, I just missed the southbound train.
In the end, as a northbound one arrived, I hopped to Kings Cross to get a Thameslink train to Blackfriars station, the new southern entrance of which is close by the Tate Modern.
Thameslink is gradually turning from a once every ten minutes or so railway, into a line with an Underground-like frequency of twenty-four trains an hour. Although, that frequency won’t be achieved until 2018 at the earliest.
But even so, the line is a good short cut across the centre of London. For example, in one of my trips, where I was searching for the Dudding Hill line, I ended up at Cricklewood, so to come home, I took a Thameslink train to London Bridge for a 141 bus home.
It might seem a roundabout route, but it minimised the walking. Especially, as the 141 bus stop is the closest to my house.
The Anonymous Widower 