The famous soaker pants, and other pics...

At last – sadly not being modelled (they still need to be lanolised, as I discovered after finding a damp patch on Ruth’s skirt this morning ) I am particularly proud of the lacey legs though – they just peek out from under her skirts – a bit like woolly pantalettes

And since I’ve persuaded John to get some pics on the ‘puter, here are some more:

Even if she’s not wearing the soakers right now, she’s still pretty cute (not sure how she managed to scratch her face like that.)

And not to leave Adam out – when I can persuade him not to try to smile for the camera, he’s really rather gorgeous:

Here is the produce from our garden which we’re using to make glutney:

There are 4 lb of green cherry tomatoes, so we’ve not used any of the green plum tomatoes – which is great, because I love fried green tomatoes (just slice to about 1/4” thick, dredge in polenta mixed with salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne, then fry on a low heat, turning once – takes about 20+ min). And I want to try Laura Ingalls Wilder style green tomato pie We’ve also only used one marrow – not sure what to do with the other one. And that is just a tiny fraction of the pears we’ve got on our tree – it’s not going to be long before “pear guilt” strikes again – we never get through as many as we could before they go off.

And here is the glutney under way:

It just fitted in the pan!

And while I’m on about food – Sudiptar’s Butter Chicken recipe below comes highly recommended – I made it tonight, and it met with universal acclaim (particularly impressive that Mr Picky himself waxed lyrical).

three comments:

That’s the perfect post: a FO, two lovely children, and food, including photos and a recipe reference. Where did you get the chutney recipe, btw? My younger daughter (aged 9) has decided she likes pickle, ‘like Branston’ – I thought she meant pickled onions – and I’m looking for a nice oniony chutney recipe.
I first saw soaker pants mentioned in a Steiner book; they didn’t have the fancy lace tho’.

Fi () (link) - 27 September '05 - 10:36

Thanks for the lovely comment

The chutney recipe is from Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s “River Cottage Year” – I have mixed feelings about some of his recipes, but this one looks like a winner (I hope so – we’ve got 18 jars of the stuff!)

The soaker pants pattern I followed had a crochet leg, but I don’t do crochet, so I found the lace border in my knitting bible – The Harmony Guide to Knitting Stitches.

Anne - 27 September '05 - 11:08

LOVE the soaker pants!!

Daisy () (link) - 28 September '05 - 18:32

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