I've beaten another one.

I've now outlasted Humphrey Bogart. He's the third Male best actor Oscar winner I've limped past, though his demise was very likely linked to smoking being universal in his day, possibly even being suggested by his doctor. Being a non-smoker myself is a mixed bag, the plus for me is still being alive, the minus for the government is missing out on the abundant taxes I would have paid, taxes that more than compensate for the health cost.

Cute.

Spotted on my way to buy some coolant for Cubby.

Custard pancakes.

I've been doing more experimenting, this time with using a spoonful of custard powder in my pancake mix.
It gives a rather yellow tint to them and a hint of flavour, but the jury is still out on whether it's a goer or not, I may play with the idea for a bit longer.

A tomato soup trick that works.

If you follow the directions on a tin of tomato soup, you end up with a taste that's forgettable. If you decide on the option half tin of milk they often write on the tin it becomes pretty good, 3/4 of a tin is better. But I experimented with some cream a few months ago and it came up a treat, now I keep an eye out for whenever cream is reduced to an affordable price like this. This time I also added the last spoon of Philadelphia cheese I had but that was a fail so forget that bit. Use a bit of water to clean the tin and splash that into the soup.

The Heinz was on special, usually the brand doesn't matter much, and it doesn't matter if you grab reduced salt, you have to put in salt anyway for taste so you'd just add a bit more to a reduced salt can.
I toast up some bread to use as croutons, it's also a good way of using up older bread.
I hope I've helped someone.

This is a head scratcher.

Sea salt naturally contains iodine, why would they market iodised sea salt? at least it's only 1 cent dearer.
Maybe the people who buy this wouldn't know, again it's good marketing, boosting the price of a product that's normally fairly cheap.

Found the rascal.

I dropped the top of the priced reduced down to my level juice when I sneaked a man style swig from the container the other night. Despite hours spent kneeling on the floor via the orange mat in the background (my knees hurt too much to kneel without aid) with a bright LED torch seeking out all the hidey holes it may have rolled into I gave up.
Then a day or two later I saw it near the entry to the bedroom, it naturally had managed to roll all the way from the far right of the pic, around the corner beyond my scope of belief, but I suppose that's fairly normal.

A fresh look.

I thought it'd be nice to give the key I use for Cubby a makeover, so I replaced the red shrink wrap with a neater white one, then added a splash of colour so it looked prettier.
The lump under the green bit is the immobiliser transponder, needed for the key to work. I programmed it myself back when my brain was more active. The key was cut at the hardware store but naturally I had to run the file over it a bit for it to turn the lock.