just a little postscript to a salvaged day. MMMmm cooked a risotto on the gas ring in the garden. It was too hot to shop so made it up from garden and freezer. Started with sizzled scallops and parsley, lemon and seasalt. Then cooked red onion, garlic in olive oil, with some home-made coriander margarine, added half a butternut squash and fried the rice. Sluiced in some white wine left by debauched daughter and not worth drinking, when that had evaporated, added a knorr stockcube and some hot water from kettle. Then in went some haddock from frozen, and ten minutes of simmering later finished it with some frozen king prawns, rocket and pea shoots from garden, freshly shelled peas, black pepper, manchego cheese and a generous swirl of soya cream. You will note - no cow's dairy produce - reason: a) am strongly allergic b) bull calves are killed for it. Goats and sheep produce milk for far longer - 3 yrs for goats (not sure about sheep) so far less young are sacrificed in its production. And of course soya (which is a lot nicer than it sounds) kills no-one (as far as I know) and I make sure it's not of the GM variety (before you question my sanctity). With a sunlit evening we were well into relaxing but the midges soon put paid to that so hello computer.......and (sigh) capsule making.