So easy, so delicious

Braised bacon with leek and carrots served with mashed potatoes and peas. Spiced chutney or mustard. And for pud, canned black cherries with the rest of last night's evaporated milk.
Last night's dinner, by the way, was spiced pork and cabbage served on noodles. And for pud, canned lychees and the aforementioned evaporated milk.
Appalling? No. Fruit and milk go so well together and one can of milk stretches such a long way.

Also cooked this morning were two of the fruity chocolate loaves I mentioned in my previous post. I added a handful of dried cranberries to each loaf, but next time I might push the boat out by adding dried figs or something equally exotic.

I'm chomping at the bit to really get going on my festive menus. Vague ideas scamper around inside my head but nothing concrete. Concrete? A bad word for any cook to have in her vocabulary!
 Luckily for me I've had very few culinary disasters. Although, between you me and the gate post, I did over- garlic John's omelette the other night. He ate it. And with every mouthful I'm sure I saw him grimmace. But he soldiered on as any fearful  husband would. I of course apologized because nothing upsets and angers me than failing to deliver a great plate of food.

Another nightmare springs to mind...Mr H and I had invited Mr and Mrs Nof and their two young children to our new flat for dinner.
Cut a long story short...I hadn't made enough beef stew... So I opened a can of Fray Bentos Stewed Steak and mixed it in with my pitiful casserole.
It traumatized me for thirty years.
And that is why I always make enough to feed an army.

Today's bacon joint will do for dinner today, sandwiches for later and John's munchbox tomorrow.