Gloucester Pie Recipe

Way back at the end of July I had some visitors (my flat is pretty much "Hotel De Double Dom")
I wanted to make a few meals cheaply and easily, so I found my old (OLD) dairy book of home cookery by Sonia Allison, it's not my mothers its mine!

I found this recipe in the vegetarian dishes section, it's basically a savoury bread n butter pudding, it went down a storm and not a morsel was left in the dish! When I went googling for this recipe I could only find a "westcountry meat pie", so other than the cheese used I'm not sure where this originally  came from so here it is, do get in touch if you made one yourself

Gloucester Pie  (From the Dairy Book of Home Cookery 1978 Edition)
8 Slices of Bread (Day old for preference)
Butter
100g Double Gloucester Cheese
250g Skinned Tomatoes (I didn't! just used plain)
150 ml Milk
1 Standard egg
1 Level teaspoon made mustard
1/4 Level teaspoon salt
Shake of pepper
Extra 25g butter

1. Cut the crusts from the bread and butter
2. Make sandwiches with the cheese and tomato slices (I grated the cheese!)
3. Cut each sandwich into four triangles arrange in a buttered shallow heatproof dish
4. Beat milk & egg together with the mustard, salt and pepper to taste
5. Pour into the dish over the sandwiches
6. Leave to stand for about half an hour or until the bread has soaked up all the liquid, dot the extra bits of butter on top
7. Bake just above the center of a moderately hot oven (190c/375f or Gas mark 5 adjust for fan ovens like myself I turned it down to 180) for 25 to 30 minutes (or until top is golden)
8. Serve (the book says with a green vegetable or salad but we just had peas)

Our delicious Gloucester Pie

Till next time 

xx Miss Double Dom

Dyslexic Dom

This is my post about dyslexia, I was 27 when I found out I was dyslexic 

All my life up to that point I thought I was stupid and is not very bright, always told I "could do better" or "must try harder".

After I found out I was dyslexic I spent a year getting over the fact it wasn't discovered earlier,

I was very grumpy and annoyed and I felt I'd wasted my time getting an education but in time I got over that and moved on, since then i've written a dissertation for my uni course (and passed!!) also applied for mastermind (got an audition but not on the show and I'm thrilled I got that far!) taken part in many quizzes local and otherwise coming within the top three each time give or take.

I've struggled with trying to start a blog because of my dyslexia, worried I'll be judged on my spelling and grammar because people get so angry when others get there, their and they're muddled up to me it's a very small and petty thing to get wound up over but to others you are an "idiot" if you don't understand it, I know I'm not an idiot it just doesn't go in the brain and stay and I doubt it ever will but "I must try harder" (Re - never going to happen) 

Discovering I was dyslexic really explained why I was scatty, not good with my timekeeping and really badly organised now I know the cause I can tackle them better without worry that "it's me being stupid" it's not it's how my brain is wired it's such a lovely feeling to know it's "just how I am".

I'm hoping to continue to blog, maybe even vlog (if my editing skills get better because I'm such an entertainer!)  but for now a couple of posts week, we can do this! 

Thank you for reading my post, please do comment or tweet me (@maysiebug) if you wish to discuss this further with me 

I would like to thank team blogtacular and Crafts from the Cwtch (Sarah Knight) for the wee push for me to get this blog out there and written in the first place! 

Cheers 

XX 

Miss Double Dom

My handwriting has always been "terrible" but that was "my fault" now I know otherwise 

Plus yay! Dominic Howard gave this dyslexic a drumstick!