Our little white hen has gone broody. Happily, she seems quite content to be broody without sitting on any eggs, although we do have to pick her up occasionally to make sure that she’s not snuck a couple of eggs under when we’re not looking. While we’re not anti more chickens (particularly given we only have two hens), this would be the wrong time of year for chicks. We’d also need to rehome at least one of the boys.
We’re waiting for some parcels. I bought a slow cooker this week and a bread maker. The slow cooker was from Amazon as they don’t exist here (loads of pressure cookers, but no slow cookers). I can’t think that we’ll be in a position to think about the kitchen for a while yet, so it seemed a good compromise for the winter. While our gas cooker is OK, it is really only like a glorified camping stove with two heat settings – on and off, so a slow cooker will allow us to cook stews and things without having to watch them for burning. The bread maker may seem a strange purchase, however we eat a lot of bread (not having a kitchen and having an outdoor sink means that we steer clear of meals with a lot of food prep) hence bread and cheese is often a favoured option (or bread and meatballs for Ian, who could quite happily live on meatballs it appears). So we thought that making our own bread would give us a bit more variation.
It appears that my monitor has dried out without any problems so I don’t need a new one yet, so instead I’m thinking about getting a dishwasher. We’d budgeted for one in the new kitchen, however getting it now might be useful and certainly more convenient than standing outside to do the washing up!
I’ve been taking part in the BBC Brain Train experiment. So far my results have gone down rather than up, which wasn’t the result I was hoping for – however early days….