Good Friday
Apr. 15th, 2022 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheart... was quiet. Also, it lacked any religious aspects, unfortunately. I might have severed ties with the Church, but at such times I find I sorely miss the festive rituals. Well, one can't have it both ways, I guess, so I talked to my Maker in private, as always in these days.
In the morning, we washed Mum's hair because she wanted to look well-groomed for the feast. Then I worked a bit on The Thing of Beauty - I hadn't originally planned, but German telly cancelled all the programmes that run around midday on ordinary days, catering to the wishes of bored children on vacation instead. Those films aren't what I'd waste my time with.
I improvised a meat-free lunch, since it is Good Friday (Mum is particular about such things). Just some tinned tuna, couscous and cooked vegetables. Alas, couscous is one of those things that grow exponentially when encountering any kind of liquid, so we'll likely still be eating it in a week from now. Too bad, as I'm not very fond of it, but this was part of the "we don't throw food out, as long as it hasn't gone bad" policy. I doubt I'll ever buy couscous again.
In the afternoon I played some solitary on my geriatric laptop - it's one of the few sites it can still access - then watched the Easter special of "Das Große Promibacken" (the German version of the GBBO, only with celebs) on Sat1. It was tedious. The things they baked were lovely, but I hate the custom of the channel that it inserts 5 od 6 really long blocks of advertising into a programme that would otherwise only last a little over an hour. Plus, two of the contestants, Marijke Amado and Ross Anthony, were annoying to the extreme, so I regretted watching it in the first place.
It's a good thing that Hungarian telly will show old re-runs of the GGBO later tonight. I need something to bleach my brain with. Even though this is one of the later seasons without Mary Berry, Sue and Mel.
Tomorrow will be the last of the Easter baking - I'll make the Spiegeleikuchen and a Guglhupf, with lots of raisins and dried fruit. After much agonizing I've chose the Guglhupf, which I've already successfully made twice, instead of the plait that would have been a brand new thing. I'm too tired for experiencing.
In the morning, we washed Mum's hair because she wanted to look well-groomed for the feast. Then I worked a bit on The Thing of Beauty - I hadn't originally planned, but German telly cancelled all the programmes that run around midday on ordinary days, catering to the wishes of bored children on vacation instead. Those films aren't what I'd waste my time with.
I improvised a meat-free lunch, since it is Good Friday (Mum is particular about such things). Just some tinned tuna, couscous and cooked vegetables. Alas, couscous is one of those things that grow exponentially when encountering any kind of liquid, so we'll likely still be eating it in a week from now. Too bad, as I'm not very fond of it, but this was part of the "we don't throw food out, as long as it hasn't gone bad" policy. I doubt I'll ever buy couscous again.
In the afternoon I played some solitary on my geriatric laptop - it's one of the few sites it can still access - then watched the Easter special of "Das Große Promibacken" (the German version of the GBBO, only with celebs) on Sat1. It was tedious. The things they baked were lovely, but I hate the custom of the channel that it inserts 5 od 6 really long blocks of advertising into a programme that would otherwise only last a little over an hour. Plus, two of the contestants, Marijke Amado and Ross Anthony, were annoying to the extreme, so I regretted watching it in the first place.
It's a good thing that Hungarian telly will show old re-runs of the GGBO later tonight. I need something to bleach my brain with. Even though this is one of the later seasons without Mary Berry, Sue and Mel.
Tomorrow will be the last of the Easter baking - I'll make the Spiegeleikuchen and a Guglhupf, with lots of raisins and dried fruit. After much agonizing I've chose the Guglhupf, which I've already successfully made twice, instead of the plait that would have been a brand new thing. I'm too tired for experiencing.
