All my cooking was done for the day, I had nothing else to do and it was a beautiful day. So I pulled the hammock out of it’s hibernation and went and had a laze in the sun.

That’s all! Just felt like sharing!

Life has been plodding along, in the way that it does. We’ve been busy with CC amongst other things.

We’re onto our 5th brew now.. well 4th beer and 1 mead.. it’s still a long way off but I can’t wait for the mead to be done. It’s all such an interesting process, I’m persuading DmentD to write a series of posts on how to brew for CC.

Sadly, my camera, that has served me well over the past year and a bit, took a death defying leap from the kitchen table.. that wasn’t so death defying.. It died! I was trying to get that >just perfect< shot of me piping crosses onto the hot cross buns and failed! Thankfully I managed to save the photos already on there and used DmentD’s old broken camera to get a couple finished shots, not the greatest, but acceptable. So a new camera was duly ordered and arrived quicker than the estimate – thankfully. I hadn’t realised how many things I had gotten in to the habit of taking photos of until I couldn’t!

So this morning I was out in the garden playing about with settings and seeing what I could do with close ups and macro shots.. I need to find a place I can take wide-angle photos too to play about and see what I can do with them.

We had our crawfish boil at the start of the month. I made two king cakes (a cinnamon and a cream cheese) and then some cafe su da ice cream and Guinness ice cream. The Guinness one still needs some work, but the cafe su da was a huge hit with most of the half gallon I made getting eaten up!

Work is still going well, I’m enjoying it and had my first pay check last week.. always a good thing!

While sorting through photos I realised I had the ones from the Sherwood Forest Ren Faire that I hadn’t uploaded, how very lax of me! I didn’t even write about the day! It wasn’t a huge faire, not as big as the one we go to in Autumn. But it was only their first year. Taking that into consideration it was pretty impressive. We spent a few hours wandering about and having a good time, and of course, I got my first sun burn of the year! And, I got my bronze pendant to go on my necklace, I’ve been idly looking for a while, but couldn’t see anything that resonated enough for me to want to wear it all the time, since I wear my necklace all the time.. Well, I found something.. now I just need DmentD to re-do my necklace so we can string it on there. The rest of the photos from the day are in the gallery.

6oz Pancetta, cut into batons
1tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
1lb Pasta, something long and thin – spaghetti or fettuccine come to mind
8oz Frozen Peas
6oz Grated Parmesan, or parmesan/pecorino mix
2 Eggs
1 Yolk
1oz Heavy Cream (optional)

Yields 4 decent sized portions

Heat the olive oil in a pan and slowly fry the pancetta. Go low and slow to render as much of the fat down as possible.
Bring a pot of water to the boil, add salt and cook the pasta until al dente.
In a bowl mix together the eggs, yolk, cheeses and seasonings (and cream).
Place the peas in the bottom of the strainer.
Drain the pasta out and turn the heat off on the pan.
Put the pasta and peas into the pan and toss well to coat in the pancetta fat.
Add the egg mixture and mix thoroughly.
The heat of the pasta should cook the eggs and form a creamy sauce. If it is too hot (if the pan is too hot or you leave it in there too long) then the eggs will scramble.
Serve immediately

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For those making this the first time. If you’re unsure about overcooking the eggs transfer the pasta to a warmed serving bowl and add the eggs in there.
Instead of pancetta bacon can be used. I was out of both and used pepperoni which has a stronger flavour but still worked out well.
If you’re the sort who saves it bacon fat can be used in place of the olive oil.