Celtic Cook Goes Home

.....except it’s not! One week into isolating and social distancing, phrases that have become part of everyday conversation, even for my 4 year old grandson, Saturday comes around just as it does every week. But the question this week isn’t “where will we go?” But instead it’s “what can we do?”  Everyone has there own way of coping, of dealing with being with the people they live with. It may be a large family household, in which case there will be a lot of fun going on, even in these uncertain times, but there will also be the lows to go with the highs. The home schooling is only a week old, still novel but not easy on the parents. Some of them will be asking difficult questions, they will be afraid and for parents whose job is to protect the children it is a testing time.  Little kids aren’t understanding why they can’t have their play dates, their swimming lessons etc. But thankfully they are unaware of what’s going on and they will bounce back when it’s all over. Then there’s the

It would be easy to start off this week’s blog moaning about the restrictions that we have had imposed on us and about the food shortages caused by greedy inconsiderate people.  Instead I am going with a more positive note and be thankful for what we do have, and how meals can be made out of very little.  Today I decided to use up all the bits and pieces in the vegetable drawer which in a day or two, under normal circumstances, would be consigned to the bin. Same with some bits lurking in the back of the freezer which were put there with the best of intentions but somehow got overlooked. A walk at the beginning of the week had me picking the wild garlic which is covering the ground at the moment. I was sure I could put it to some use. Never having used wild garlic before my first thought was soup. Soup features high on my list of easy dishes. So with a leek already in the veg rack and of course I always have potatoes, I thought a potato soup, and with the addition of stock,

With rain pouring down outside and constant news updates on Coronavirus Spring seems like a long way away. I’m sure everyone is confused and a little worried about what the next weeks or months will bring. Will we be self isolating or just keeping away from large gatherings. We all wait to hear what the days ahead will bring. I am naturally optimistic so not getting ahead of it. Of course I am very happy we left China last year as if had been the same time this year it may have been a totally different story. Spring flowers  I am dismayed at how some people seem to think that pasta and toilet rolls plus gallons of hand sanitiser will see them through! Normal buying means there’s enough for everyone, no young mums will be left worrying about how they’ll cope, older people and people without cars wouldn’t need to be left without their usual supplies. It makes no sense whatsoever and makes me despair of human nature. I am very fortunate in that I always have a full larder, not be