Cook group dinner

It was my cook group preparing dinner tonight.  There wasn’t much to do as we were having the cottage pies I made the other day.  We got them in the oven and then Chris and I set about preparing the veg while Derk and Lena put their tents up.  I cobbled together some gravy from ingredients in the store cupboard and made a chilli and garlic infusion in olive oil to go with the veg.  Everything else was ready, but the pies weren't browning.  Ritchie wanted to give them longer, but everyone was cold, tired, and hungry, so we served them.

I wasn’t happy with the cottage pie.  It was watery and didn’t have much flavour.  The vegetarian version, though, worked out very well.  Despite my misgivings, everyone was very complimentary and said it was the best meal of the trip so far!

We all turned it in straight after dinner.Read more