Food: Treacle Flapjacks

Saturday is cake making day.  Our frugal budget limits us to one baking day a week.  I was thinking flapjacks and when I asked the other half if there was anything he fancied as the cake-of-the-week, he, unprompted, announced flapjack.  After twenty years of un-marriage we are on the same wavelength.  When it comes to cakes, at least.

All of which was a bit unfortunate as, when I went to the cupboard, the cupboard was bare.  Well, the golden syrup bit of it, at least.  Time to improvise. Nothing new there as it is always a bit of a random recipe, depending what is, or in this case, is not to be found in the store cupboard.

But these are good, sticky, gooey, healthy (ish.  If you ignore the sugar, syrups and butter!) with a goodly amount of prunes and the substitution of black treacle made them deeper in flavour and less sweet than some.

Grown-up Jacks?  No, not really.

Trout and Memories

What a treat this weekend; local Pyrenees trout for a Euro a piece, and each one sitting on its own plastic tray.  I'm not normally one for plastic packaging, but these trays make quite serviceable seed trays, once I've punched some holes in the bottom.  I'm also quite partial to the perforated clear plastic boxes that peaches and nectarines are often sold in.  Two of those will sit side by side on the fish trays, so not only am I buying fish or fruit, but a little greenhouse, too.  Perfect for our frugal French life.