26 years, I’ve been married for 26 years, that is a VERY long time ! Poor Brian……I’m so blessed and very happy to have this wonderful man in my life!
Especially since he brings me roses ! Yellow of course, roses shouldn’t ever come in any other colour!!!!
I did make him a card, now if you have been a reader of my blog for a while you will know, Brian isn’t a fan of ‘vintage or grunge’ style card making, I think his most classic quote was, “It looks like you’ve trodden on it…” about a card I spent some time on making it look distressed……!
So I went all modern and minimalistic on this one, he approves !
The stamp is from the set Words of Truth, I bought it to make cute fun notes to post to Kimberley at Uni, GULP, it’s coming around fast and yes we are actually on countdown of the days, 10 to go…….
So I am sure you can imagine how crazy my world is right now. One benefit is that she has been cooking and checking her recipes, she will not starve, this is what we had for tea yesterday, the most impressive Toad I have ever seen !
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Hi Amanda, I’ve just found you on Pinterest, and went on to YouTube, then finally here. I just finished reading about your wonderful 26 years. Congratulations to you both! I’m from the USA. And I’ve been learning the different terms for food etc. But the ‘Toad’ stumped me…. I think… Is it sausage in mashed potatoes? I really want to visit the UK, so I don’t want to look or sound silly if I finally come over. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Hugs, Jess
HI Jess
Thank you so much for your message, and your good wishes. Okay, ‘Toad’ is short for Toad in the Hole which is indeed sausages but they are cooked in a batter. The batter is pancake batter or Yorkshire pudding batter, which may also be confusing…….. In the UK our pancakes are thin like a French crepe, not like the USA pancakes all fluffy. We use the batter for several things, ‘Toad” being one of them, you heat the oil really hot and cook the sausages for a while and then pour the batter over the top and cook. I have out a link below to the amazing Mary Berry recipe for Yorkshire pudding and a James Martin one for ‘Toad” . Hope that helps xxx
Yorkshire Pudding http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/yorkshire_pudding_69240
Toad http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/grannys_toad_in_the_hole_98879