Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Queen of the dirty dishes

My Sainsburys order arrived this morning. I looked at the contents of the two boxes the delivery man brought.
"That doesn't look very much."

Then I realised that I'd amended the order but must have forgotten to confirm it.

That was after I'd dropped Husband off in town for the optician's and nearly drove into a No Entry road. How's your day going?

Anyway, we had lots of milk so I thought I'd make some mini custard tarts for Zac's this evening. For some reason that took me the rest of the morning.

I was following a new recipe and, although it had lots of stars, the quantity of liquid they said wasn't nearly enough to make the dough. Then the filling was way too much.

Twenty-four small tarts, two larger ones, and a bowl of egg custard. They look more like the Portuguese Pastel de Nata than traditional British custard tarts but they taste good. Though possibly a bit too soft. Hm. 

Husband grumbles about the number of dirty dishes I create when I bake; on this occasion I have to admit he's right.
I'd written Portugese and spellchecker was telling me it was wrong, that there should be an extra u in in it. No, surely not, say I but it seems spellchecker is right. I would have argued on that. 


11 comments:

  1. Are traditional British egg custard tarts as sweet as the Portuguese ones? I prefer less sweet. I've been craving a nice egg custard tart lately. Yours look dee-lish.

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    1. Probably not as sweet but very yummy.

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  2. Your tarts look yummy. I always have a stack of dirty dishes after I bake. It's the price one pays.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. Husband only has to fill the dishwasher so I don't know why he grumbles!

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  3. I can see why Portuguese would give anyone trouble.

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  4. Let those who criticise take over preparation of the cuisine.

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  5. I love a good Portuguese tart!

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  6. I love custard but had no idea that there were different kinds. We rarely use our dish washer but lately it seems that there is always a dish pan of dishes waiting to be washed.
    Cathy

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  7. I usually end up doing the dishes when Morticia bakes.

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  8. I always make way too many dirty dishes when I'm in the kitchen. Too bad I don't anyone to wash them for me

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