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Interlude

Marge — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:44:32 +0000

I am working on a few gardening/cookery/craft posts at the mo’ so in the meantime here is a pic of bunny rabbit

The Spongbob Purim Story

Marge — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:58:14 +0000

… made me laugh!

White Fish in Tomato Sauce

Marge — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:50:06 +0000

After buying a load of cooking tomatoes (or rather bruised you might say ), I was wondering what to do with them as these tomatoes were no good for salad. I then had the idea of turning them into a home made tomato sauce. I also had some lovely fresh haddock fillets and decided the two would go together to make a delicious fish dish

Ingredients:

600g firm white fish (I used haddock)
6oog fresh tomatoes (or the same volume of good quality tinned tomatoes)
2 medium onions
1 clove of garlic – optional
2 dried bay leaves
1 tbsp tomato purée
seasoning
1 medium sized red pepper
Tabasco – optional
2 tsps balsamic vinegar – optional

Method:

Roast the red pepper in hot oven (coat the pepper with a little oil and roast it on a tray) for about 20 minutes, allow to cool and then cut into chunky strips.
Chop up the tomatoes (if you are posh you will remove all the seeds and the skins, but I couldn’t be bothered so I didn’t!)
Wash the fish and pat it dry using paper towels. Make sure you get the fish monger to skin and bone the fish first (only if you are buying from a kosher fish monger otherwise you have to do this yourself)
Chop the onion into dice and leave the garlic clove whole but remove the outer skin.
Fry the onion and garlic (only if you are using the garlic of course) until clear and then add the tomato purée. Cook the onion and tomato puree until this has darkened in colour to release the natural sugars.
Now add the fresh tomatoes (or tinned) and cook on a medium heat for 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally.
Add the bay leaves and seasoning, plus a few drops of Tabasco if using, and the roasted peppers. Cook for another 5-7 minutes on a medium heat.
In a shallow baking dish ladle in half the tomato sauce. Place the fish fillets on top of the sauce and then cover with the rest of the sauce.
Cover the dish with foil or with a lid, and bake the fish for 20 minutes on a medium to high heat.
Serve with potatoes (mashed or just rolled in a little butter) and peas.

Simon’s Cat in the snow

Marge — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:34:43 +0000

I just can’t resist the Simon’s Cat cartoons whether online or in the book.

Btw there will be some more recipes, craft items, and garden news (yes even though it has been snowing!) coming to this blog soon!

Top Cat Intro Music

Marge — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:52:43 +0000

This was one of my favourite cartoons of all time – singalong everybody!

Challah bread

Marge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:24:03 +0000

This last week I have been fighting off another bad cold (is there such a thing as a good cold?), anyway today as I was feeling a bit better I agreed to help Retired Father have a go at baking challot (Jewish plaited loaves used on Shabbat and Yom Tov). It is said to be meritorious to bake your own challot and even better when they turn out nice and fluffy

I am not posting the recipe as it is not mine and I can’t take credit for it! However in the future I am sure there will be a Marge Land Challah recipe on this site. In the meantime here are a couple of pics of the finished articles

More snow cats

Marge — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:40:50 +0000

You may have noticed I have a thing about snowcats *ahem* And when I saw this video on You Tube I knew I had to post it here.

Happy 2010

Marge — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:22:05 +0000

Just a little post to thank everyone for making Marge Land such a success, and wishing you and yours a very

Happy 2010!

Snowcat

Marge — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:27:12 +0000

It has been snowing aplenty here in Yorkshire; a thick blanket of royal icing-like snow is covering everything. Today inspired by Simon’s Cat, I decided instead of making the usual snowman I would make a snowcat instead

Snow garden GNU

Marge — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:26:48 +0000

It has been snowing a lot in the UK and naturally I took advantage of the weather to take some lovely photos of the garden for the GNU (garden news update). I also *ahem* had a got at making a Snow Pudsey in honour of Sir Terry Wogan’s last Wake Up To Wogan show for Radio 2 – that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!