Lock-down Day 437

I spent the two and a half hours in the dark looking for some ideas, something different to do with my boerewors rolls. Well, they're not exactly boerewors rolls, because that's what it's called when you add the wors to an already baked bread roll. But all I could find was 'Chinese Hot Dog' ... yeah, I think NOT!

Oh, I had a look - never dismiss anything off-hand. But they use a different dough and much thinner sausages.

Okay, for my international readers: Boerewors is a traditional South African sausage. It's made from coarsely ground beef mixed with lamb, pork, spices, etc. The variations are endless. If you have a mincer, you can make it yourself (or ask your butcher to mince the meat for you).

Boerewors

So, when it comes to baking this inside bread dough, it's going to be a very large roll (the sausage is about two fingers wide), and you can't really cut it into little pieces - or slice it, like you could with Vienna's - because it would just fall apart. You'd end up with mince, not a sausage. So, all those decorative 'Chinese Hot Dog' just aren't going to work. I separate the sausage for individual rolls by squishing down, then twisting the casing - making two ends.

Okay, just after nine and the bread dough is on the go. I've added Thyme and Cumin.

Oh, and my new pants? Awesome! So comfy and warm! Now I just need to find some equally comfy and warm tops for this winter! I have lovely knitted ones - but they spark my cats, ha ha!

Janey's cut looks fine. It seems to be healing well. I found a piece of cactus outside the front door last night - with long, hard thorns! I guess she tried to jump over one, broke off a piece and sliced her tummy in the process? She hasn't gone out, yet - she's just hovering under my feet, jumping onto my lap, then my shoulder, then mipping ... her and Ziva are just under my feet all the time. Ziva is now playing with my shoe laces.

At least there's no load shedding during the day, today. Only from 18:00 - 20:30 again. Normally they turn us off only 2 hours, but last night they kept us in the dark the entire 2 1/2 hours! When you're sitting in the dark, waiting for the lights to come back on, half an hour is a long time!

Just checked the news and guess what? Load shedding was suspended from 22:00 last night. It will, however, resume at 17:00 tonight. So, not helping us here ... 

Quarter past ten and the goulash pie is ready. Next, I'll make my sausage rolls - with cheese!

With the apple pie, I want to try and make separate pies, this time. Not one big pie. Always trying something different ...

I got side-tracked ... I peeled the apples, then, while they were absorbing the sugar, cinnamon, etc. I started unpacking boxes. I'm specifically looking for stationery ... which I didn't find. I did, however, find my cheese grater, my big Twista, the blade for the small Twista, some more spices - including the Cinnamon, I knew I had! Ha Ha! Now I have enough Cinnamon to last! A long time!

Mippies enthusiastically helped looking through all the boxes! Mewthos is curled up on my bed, but Janey and Ziva explored extensively! Mini came later, and also had to climb around, over every box and poke her nose everywhere it would fit. You should see what she looks like, now! Black cat covered in cobwebs! Nice, eh?

Sigh, the apple pie is going to be a mess. It's the dough. It's not elastic enough, it's crumbly and when I tried rolling it, it kept tearing. No chance to make individual pies, so I kneaded it back into one ball and tried my best. Couldn't get all the apples inside ... and it's already leaking. Ah well, it'll still taste good, I'm sure!

Quarter past four, kitchen is done. Pies are baked, bread rolls baked, dishes done - now I'm re-heating the left-over goulash, that didn't fit into the pie.

That was delicious! For desert, I still have apple pie from last weekend - the last piece. First, though, I better water the garden ...

Janey tried to impress me by taking a stroll atop the wall! I was NOT impressed! Especially, when she showed insecurity and then contemplated jumping next door! That had me shrieking in fear - they have dogs, big dogs, which don't tolerate cats! She wasn't sure how best to relieve my anxiety - in the end, I managed to pick her off the wall! We're all good, now - and I hope she understood that there was danger. Life-threatening danger!

Half six, I'm running my bath now ... half an hour till lights out! I sound like a child on school night, eh? Well, that's life in South Africa! Anyway, I'll take my LED torch with me to the bathroom ... wouldn't want to start stumbling around when I've got no clothes on, right?