We are taking a short blogging break to enjoy the fine weather and will be back on Wednesday 21 September 2022.
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with love from Xenia xxx
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Weekly Prompts Weekly Colour Challenge: Greenish
CMMC: September Close-Up or Macro
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Cee’s Flower of the Day
CMMC: July Close Up or Macro
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CMMC: Flowers or Leaves
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Cee’s Flower of the Day
CMMC: June Close-up or Macro
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CMMC: May Close up or Macro
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CMMC: April Colors – Yellow or Purple
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Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Residue
CMMC: April Close Up or Macro
Ribes Sanguineum
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CMMC: Spring or Autumn Season
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Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Versatile
CMMC: March Alphabet – Letter D at the Beginning or End of a Word
Cullen skink and stovies
a lunch-time line forms
in the rain
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 18 February 2022
Cullen Skink is a popular fish soup along the Moray coast, where it is served in many restaurants, cafés and takeaways. Seeing people wait in line outside a takeaway inspired the above haiku.
This traditional Scottish soup originated in Cullen, a town that has featured a few times on this blog, most recently in January’s post Seatown.
It is an easy dish to prepare yourself. Some people use onion, we prefer leek. Some people use mashed potato with cream, we prefer cubed potato, steamed in their skin.
Ingredients:
Organic leek, organic potato, smoked haddock, milk, parsley (or lovage).
Method:
Wash, peel and chop the leek, wash and cube the potatoes. Steam the potatoes for approximately 15 minutes, the leek for 10 minutes.
In a separate saucepan, poach the smoked haddock in semi-skimmed milk for five minutes. Remove the haddock with a strainer and transfer it onto a plate. When the fish is cool enough to touch, flake it into large pieces, removing any bones, and return it to the milk in the pan.
Add the steamed potato and leek to the milk and haddock and heat together for another five minutes. Serve and garnish with fresh parsley et voilà – you have a simple, wholesome dish for any occasion.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
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Thank you Cee for honouring us with this post as a CMMC Featured Blogger!
CMMC: Close-Up or Macro
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Wholesome
Word of the Day Challenge: Occasion
Tranature 
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