Gammon plus

After the shanks on the Thursday, it was the turn of the gammon on Sunday. At least a cut of cured pork, weighing something over a pound and probably cut from a leg by the people who supply Sainsbury's. Didn't look much like either gammon or ham, but boiled up it tasted quite like gammon hot and quite like ham cold. Rather good in fact. Served with a light white sauce and boiled vegetables.

And followed by a mincemeat and apple tart. Served on the same sort of white and blue enamel as was used for the same purpose when I was a child, although this particular enamel is of Chinese origin from an outfit called 'Bumper Harvest', probably not around sixty years ago. And seemingly not around now, as according to Bing, the stuff now counts as heritage, with a rather more elaborate sample snapped above at Etsy of reference 4, the people from whom I bought my woodworm infested ladder, noticed at reference 5.

The whole taken with a bottle of the Pierre Précieuse I came across at Terroirs and noticed at reference 1, something more than eighteen months ago now. Reduced to buying the stuff direct from Guildford at the moment, Terroirs being presently inaccessible. See reference 2. The people who did us the Christmas hamper noticed at reference 3.

What might be called a slimming Sunday, at least in appearance, that is to say without a Sunday roast.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/05/alien-cheese.html.

Reference 2: http://lescaves.co.uk/lescaves-home.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/11/wine-buffs.html.

Reference 4: https://www.etsy.com/uk.

Reference 5: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/09/ladder-nostalgia.html.