Stuffed!

The weather here last Saturday was truly horrible – rain, sleet and icy winds. One of us had to be out in it all day and would be needing a hearty meal that evening, so a roast dinner was planned….potatoes, vegetables, gravy to go with the inevitable chicken. Then what about some stuffing to enhance the flavours? A search into the depths of the cupboard (under the stairs, so precarious towards the back) led to a small box of Paxo. Now, in truth, I had no recollection of buying it so decided, out of curiosity, to see what the “Best Before” date was on the box. Many times I ignore that if it’s fairly recently expired. If it’s a “Use By” then I’ll adhere to it as it is usually on items containing a dairy ingredient, or it might be salad leaves washed in spring water, or meat, so is an instruction, not advice. After a thorough search of the box I eventually found the date and it was quite a way in the past. I hummed and haa’ed, eventually deciding not to use the stuff. Now my granny always made stuffing so I trawled through the handwritten scraps of paper in an old cookery book that belonged to my mother and found what I needed. Just a couple of slices of bread made into crumbs, an onion fried with a little garlic (opt) and some dried sage, all mixed together, add an egg and seasoning and that was it. Put in a dish with a bit of butter then cooked for 20 mins, it was delicious. I won’t be looking for Paxo again in a hurry. Oh, and by the way, this will appear as a bonus recipe pdq x