It would be easy to be sarcastic about spending millions on a fortnight of sport but I am choosing to embrace the experience. Why not celebrate the achievements of our athletes and logistical skills alike. I have even bought a bit of merchandise already, the kids have mascot mugs and Team GB colour hair bands. We are collecting a full set of Olympic 50 pences but currently, only have seven out of twelve.
Obviously, it is convenient that the torch is passing by my very doorstep. Nice and local.
I am considering going out to watch in full-body, union jack lycra body stocking.
Here are a few Olympic facts:
The first games were held in 776BC and consisted of one event - the 100m sprint. All athletes were nude and the whole occasion was considered more of a religious festival.
Stella the Fella—Poland's Stella Walsh (Stanislawa Walasiewicz)—won the women's 100-metre race at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the first woman to break the 12-second barrier. When she was killed in 1980 as an innocent victim in a robbery attempt, an autopsy declared her to be a male.
Every national flag in the world contains at least one colours from the Olympic rings.
(You could probably say the same about caravan upholstery though lets be honest).
Bacon and Broccoli Quiche
Get your sandals on and grow a quick beard because today, its quiche.
I don't like quiche much but the problem I have with it is the cheesy egg.
For this recipe, there is no cheese in the egg filling, instead, all the fromage resides in the pastry.
Its just better this way.
For a nine inch flan dish you will need 6oz of pastry.
That's 6oz plain flour
3oz butter
2oz finely grated Parmesan cheese
Cold water to mix.
Rub the butter in to the flour and then stir the cheese through.Add sufficient cold water to make a soft dough and knead until combined.
Its a good idea to rest the pastry in the fridge for a while before you roll it out.
Roll out the pastry to be a little bigger than the tin as it will shrink in the oven.
Prick the base with a fork.
To avoid the dreaded soggy bottom, bake before you fill at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.Use baking beans, or the cheaper alternative - dried lentils - on a sheet of baking paper. This will stop the pastry puffing up. Remove the baking beans about 10 minutes before the time is up to brown the base.
Chop up and fry two gammon steaks, (smoked or not, its up to you), one sliced onion and two rashers of streaky bacon. Cook for 5 minutes or so and then add about half a head of broccoli in small florets. Cook over a low heat for about ten minutes more until the broccoli has softened a little.
Leave to one side to cool.
To assemble the quiche, spread the cooled filling across the base and cover with four whole eggs, beaten with a splash of milk and a little salt and pepper.
Sprinkle with finely chopped spring onion.
Bake at 180 degrees for twenty minutes - until the egg has set right to the centre.
You may now wish to trim the pastry edge before serving.
Funny of the Week
A particularly good episode of The Unbelievable Truth
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