NO WORD ON MC DREAMY

 

I thought I would have heard from Sewing Machine World yesterday with an update on my sewing machine.  But NO.

I'm feeling ever so slightly ANNOYED.  If I've not heard from them by lunchtime, I'll be ringing them.  It's just not good enough.

My plan was to go up to Auckland and buy a new machine today, IF McDreamy's repair is too expensive, or not a viable option, given his age etc.

I hate coming on here and MOANING... no one likes it I'm sure.  But I just need to VENT.  My machine has basically been up in Auckland since the 18th of December (six weeks).   Quite long enough for 'the best technician' in the bloody country to diagnose the problem right???

Last night I cooked up a single batch of the Caramelised Onion Relish.  Stew advised me not to make too much first go, in case it turned out YUK.

ABOVE:  Into the pan when 1 kilo of onions...

once they were cooked I added the balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, mustard seeds and seasoning.   Half way through I thought... hmmm... not enough sauce, so I doubled the vinegar and sugar.  That seemed to work better.

I washed six preserving jars, and heated them up in the oven.

I wanted to be sure I had enough on hand, and ready for the relish to go into.

ABOVE: The joke was on me, because one kilo of onions makes one jar and a small dish of onion relish!  IF it tastes good, and I'll find out later on today, I will make more.  If not good... well I only 'wasted' one batch, and 45 minutes of my life.

Fingers crossed it does taste lovely.

Back to today, I'm driving down to my Dr's rooms to make an appointment to see someone, hopefully today.

There is NO point ringing to make an appointment, you get some twat who hardly speaks English, and then the run around.  It's just so much quicker and easier to drive there to make the appointment!  Crazy eh?

ONWARD...