Nice things about being at home

1) Garb Friday. Some of my medieval hobbyist friends have taken to “casual Fridays” during self isolation by dressing up in their medieval clothes. Today, I finally joined in, wearing a cozy cotehardie. That turned out to be a good idea, as it snowed today.


 

2) The cats seem to enjoy having company. I’m not sure I am equally pleased, though kitty cuddles during the day can be nice. This wasn’t during one of my many video conferences, though it could have been. Mambo loves to join in, much to the amusement of my team. This was actually using a Skype call with my sister last night - I accidentally took a picture of myself.


Do not be fooled by that innocent face. Pandora was stealing puzzle pieces - I just didn’t manage to get a picture of her with them in her mouth.



3) A great thing about being home may turn out to be the variety of meals. I got a strange craving for curried eggs this week. I have no idea why, because I didn’t even know that curried eggs were a thing until I looked up a recipe. Something tells me I might have spotted a reference to it in a vintage cookbook while I was searching for something else, but I can’t figure out which one. This is the one I found on Epicurious.com, but the presentation is my own - slightly exotic ants on a log. It took just minutes to prepare, and it is something I would never eat at work because it wouldn’t travel well in my lunch bag.


Athough the texture is quite different, the ingredients in this dish (aside from the rice base) are quite similar to my curried egg salad.



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