How do you dhudi?
Indeed it was that we found ourselves at the fruit and veg dept. of our local supermarket, and as we listlessly toyed with the courgettes, we found ourselves face to face with a 'Dhudi'. Allegedly like a courgette, but looking more like a size zero marrow, we decided to give it a go. Tonight, we cooked the aforementioned Dhudi, sauteed with garlic and proceed to eat. Yuk! A bit bitter. Wondering if it's like an aubergine, and there's a salt preparation issue. Any Dhudi eaters out there, reveal yourselves now.
Talking of aubergines, we also procured some baby ones, as they looked less offensive than the big size, and we're thinking of conjuring up a wee pate or a dip. We think our Magic Bullet smoothie maker may have a purpose within this process. But again, any veggies out there who have suggestions, we'd very much appreciate it.
We had a trip to Stirling Castle on Friday to see the now famous unicorn tapestries. Two have already been done, and the others are underway. We visited the Tapestry Studio, where real live weavers weave. We watched, and one Lunicorn terrified that her mobile phone could ring had to exit when she saw the sign 'please do not speak to the weavers'. All the same, we found it a bit sad, because the story the tapestries tell is that of the Hunt of the Unicorn, and it involves deception, greed and of course, a slaying. We dined in the Unicorn Cafe and deposited some of our leaflets at the till. All in all, an invigorating experience, especially as we'd parked the Lunicornmobile in the town centre. Top Tip: There IS a car park at the castle itself.
Yesterday we visited Portencross to look at the sea and clamber over rocks and then West Kilbride to investigate its title of 'Craft Town of Scotland'. Then we visited pals one Lunicorn hadn't seen for over 13 years. How bizarre to meet a young lady who last seen was the tender age of seven and is now the fully formed age of 24!
Glad to see readers are now interacting and leaving comments, so we're awaiting those recipes.
Anyhoo, enough already.
Till next blog
Love and Tights
The Lunicorns
posted by lunicorn @ 11:12 pm
6 Comments:
Think you can do really nice aubergine parmesan by salting then shallow frying, layering with cheese & tomato sauce & basil & then baking. I tend to buy the aubergine in an attempt to do this but then find that the offending vegetables several weeks later have passed into their next life....
Top tip thank you. Long live the baby aubergines...
How about mandrakes?
hmmmm, think mandrakes are supposed to make you more fertile. Think i'll give that & the baby aubergines a miss for now...
ooooooh, no thanks! babies - yikes! I thought mandrakes could cure all ills...if you're thinking of a veggie or 'erb, we can highly recommend the tobacco leaf for relieving stress. Shhhhhh - did we really say that?
there is a pub in thornhill called the lion & lunicorn, they might know about unicorn dhudi...
Is that a Freudian slip - "The Lion and the Lunicorn" or have we secretly entered the pub trade. So secretly not even we know about it? Where's Thornhill? We must visit and enquire.
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