I've a McSweens Veggie waiting for tomorrow.
Is it unforgivable to make either gravy, or to steam broccoli with it?


We may also have a wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie in the kitchen, depending on whether one of the cats decides to bring yet another in and let it loose. He doesn't understand how this "mousing" business is supposed to work.

This was a McSweens, but the version for omnivores. We had bashed neeps+carrots and champit tatties with spring onions, and we had gravy-made-from-granules. Our guests were non-whisky-drinking types, so we had a bottle of red.

The only thing that's unforgivable is broccoli -- in any circumstances, independent of the presence of haggis. Julia, of course, takes a different view.

We've removed two resident beasties, because although we have no cats and we have to do the job ourselves, we at least understand how the job is done.

Julia recommends that you show your cats the Tom & Jerry cartoon where the housekeeper says to Tom "it'll be the violin factory for you" and mimes cutting his throat.