Magical Monday Memories
But enough of that!
I was looking through a pile of charity shop finds that were brought home and not sorted!
Do you love books?
I do, I mean physical books! Well we were at the shopping centre a while ago, Mrs T went charity shop shopping whilst I had some work to do.
Once I finished then I went to find her. Well fluff me but I walked up and down and could not see her.
So I DMed her, and it turns it she was in the first charity shop that I went to. Unbeknown to me there was a wee corner that was hidden away from the main view.
She was in there, looking at books!
5 books for £1
I mean one pound or one dollar thirty.
How on earth could you not pick up 5... So five were quickly found!
Everyday British 🇬🇧
I like the serendipity of the first one, we often shop in British Heart Foundation charity shops so this book about heart healthy food from another charity shop seemed a no-brainer!
Although I am a Chemical Engineer I don't do recipes! I prefer to just look at something and then do my own take on what I feel would be right!
Apparantly it works, so why on earth change the habit of a lifetime!
Next up is another cookery book ...
Slow Cooker
We have a slow cooker and the only thing it gets used for is to make the chilli pinto beans whenever I make them.
So why not, flick through and get some interesting ideas.
The one thing about the internet, for me anyway is that I see something and forget about it. For that, you cannot beat a physical printout or a book!
Two good books and I have picked up some fluffing interesting ideas already.
Now even though we downsized and have moved umpteen countries we still love plants, but now we don't have nearly as many as we have done in the past.
When Mrs T saw this next book, she grabbed it!
The trusty old friend!
The House Plant Expert by Dr D. G. Hessayon
The reason being it was, if not the very first book she bought in the UK when she came here. Over the course of our moves it has been given away, so she squealed like a wee school girl and so we had 3!
Next up and staying on the houseplant theme.
The Houseplant Survival Manual
This is another book that we have owned before.
I did comment as to why Mrs T needed them. I can cook and in the same way she has a green thumb, all our houseplants thrive. I am sure you have seen me bringing home wayward plants that we have rescued from the rubbsh dump.
To which she replies that is where she gets her green thumb knowledge from!
Fair enough, I know when not to push a point🤣
Saving the best till last
When I said I don't do recipes ... that is fine for cooking, but when it comes to baking, nah I need a fluffing recipe!
So this book seemed ideal.
Have your bread prices been increasing? Ours seem to really have gone up when flour prices increased thanks to bawbag Putin and his hampering of Ukraine's grain supply.
So it was good food for thought as to whether I would make our bread again.
A quick flick through and my mouth was salivating....
Nanaimo Bars
Tell me those don't look mouthwatering....
However the next random page flip took meright back to my childhood and got me thinking about #silverprompts for the Silve Bloggers community....
My favourite pudding when I was a kid .... Rhubarb Crumble and custard!
When I was at boarding school, sometimes I would spend the weekend with my grandmother here in Fife. I used to cut rhubarb in her garden, and then we would make a rhubarb crumble!
Talk about bringing back some Magical Monday Memories.
Thanks so much for popping in and have a great new week!
@tengolotodo March 31st 2025
Now am interested in that bread baking and biscuits to learn more about chocolate cake, The rest i can handle on my own 😁
Hehe there were so many delicious looking things in that book Freda.
Maybe I should make one a week 😋
write a post about it would love to see what you pick and make 😀😀
Hehe maybe I shall!
you should 😊😊
We had that House Plant Expert book, too!
I reckon every household must have had one 😂
Hehe I think so too, copies of it were everywhere!
I love a real book that I can smell, touch, turn the pages. Books were the first things I started sorting as every room in the house has book racks. I now have 6 boxes full of books to donate. Guess where I was drawn to the last time I went to the charity shop😜
I also love rhubarb, seldom see it in shops! Nothing wrong with tweaking a recipe Ed😉
Oh yes I shudder to think how many books we haveeither given away or sold over the years Lizzie!
Yeah rhubarb fell out of favour, but it is still my fave by a country mile!
I am a book lover. My most precious treasure is made of the pages I have read. I loved the book on breads, I find it ideal to have on hand on a Sunday, when the palate craves something soft and sweet. Excellent acquisition, Ed. A fluffy hug!!!
Sundays used to be fresh bread and reading the Sunday newspapers while drink hot steaming coffee!
And yes Nancy I loved that fluffy hug,thank you :)
We used to have a used book store near where I lived when I was a kid. I loved going through and looking at the magazines for some reason. They always really impressed me. Especially the car ones if I remember right.
I can never resist walking past a used book shop without going in. Car mags were great with the scantily clad women everywere 🤣
Haha, yeah, things were quite different back then. The one store has used records too, so I was in heaven. Plus a fairly decent comic section.
Oh I wonder if any of those comics would be worth something now. You never know what becomes valuable!
Yeah, it's hard to say. None of them were in great condition, but who knows...
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Nice cooking/baking books! I have a ton of them here at the house, maybe I should snap some shots too. Now crunchy rhubarb crumble sounds awesome! I've always loved rhubarb, and since I was a kid my parents always grew it in the yard every year. I have two plants in my back yard to this day!
I am a huge slow cooker fan too, I use mine at least once a week and it's a great way to make some great chili beans. Having lived in the desert southwest in the US along the Mexico border I got so spoiled with authentic Mexican food. I learned how to make a lot of it myself, but being in southern California I can find authentic stuff too. It's just a much better price when I cook at home!
Flour prices are up everywhere thanks to our good buddy Putin messing up the Ukrainian supply of wheat. Coffee is another thing that has shot up a lot lately, I would like to blame that on Putin too, but sadly can't...
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Do you really! It is brilliant isn't it and one of the most hardy things to grow, it will take over given half the chance!
I must admit the one thing you guys can do is Mexican food unlike here.
That is interesting about coffee, ours actually came down a few months ago after shooting up.
The ttt hehe I have just seen yours and I am listening to it now. Interesting take on Message in a Bottle!
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I loved to read books back then. But now I cannot feel the same way again. It's when I say, the heart is willing,but the mind is weak😛😬
Haha your weak mind! I thought you might like to read a real book now, it is great to read a book on paper and not on the screen!
Before I'm fond of reading. I still got books that I kept here in case I wanted to read. 😌😌