Sandwitchcraft

If you feel yourself hexed at the sight of mince, or lacking the lustre to cook anything that takes longer than chanting your average incantation, uses more than one cauldron or has more than the ‘rule of three’ ingredients, I highly recommend, the sandwitchcraft, that is Prue Leith’s ‘Bliss on Toast’. 

Disclaimer: Deep magic it may or may not be, but for sure, it is carboholic porn.  

Prue Leith, a sandwitch of great genius, slices through loaves with her magical athame, toasting sandwitchcraft for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and, light my smudge-stick and pass it around, pudding toasties too.  Wish I could join her toaster-coven.

Failing that, I have become the sandwitch’s apprentice, practicing favourite rituals.  The ‘Scallop Ceasar on Fried Bread’ is pure sea-sandwitchery, although I don’t fry the bread (which, obviously, renders the rest of the recipe calorie-free.  Magically).  Like all recipe books, other than baking, at least until you get the hang of it, you don’t have to follow it like a teenager on a sabbat, but you will blessed be, by adding this saucery (apologies, can’t seem to stop) to your kitchen grimoire. (Okay, am done).

Thursday’s long walk included a visit to the fishmonger, where three fresh scallops may be purchased unabashed, and a recipe shared. 

Wolfy wind from last night had Jekyll’d itself back to normal, on a pink yarrow and wild rose day.  Collected some thrift seeds in passing. 

Sea was a silent, gust-busted calm.  Distant splash of gannets and the lobsterman’s boat, plundering salty spoils. 

Seaweed scent, yellow sands, opal wavelets, warm sun, totally bewitched; went in for a paddle.  Sea, glass clear.  Sand, sun, sea-depths reflecting every shade from turquoise-green to navy blue.  Chocolate brown of the kelp, glistening languorously in the sunshine. 

All felt very, very well.

So mote it be.

https://prue-leith.com/bliss-on-toast-3/

‘Scallop Ceasar on Fried Bread’ pg. 103 P Leith ‘Bliss on Toast’ 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fzZ4l2H5-w

Credit: RL Stevenson ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ 1886

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