Saturday, 22 September 2007

Normandy Apple Pie and other musings

Today , well this evening I made a Normandy apple pie ( like a tarte tatin) the one with the apple slices arranged in rounds on top of it with a glaze in fact its still in the oven baking as I type. The apple sauce under the slices is made with the apples from my tree on my allotment. It is my mother's birthday today and I have made a pie. I started late and the jus-rol broke apart because I was in a rush to use it but I just stuck it together and hoped for the best. I blind baked with coins that I learnt as a tip off a cooking program recently.

Today has not been good though I woke up feeling distinctly upset and washed out and did a Becks depression inventory and hopelessness statement questionnaire this morning and I don't think I'm back in remission yet.

My father just came through and gave me an earful as I had forgotten to inform him after Id put the pie in the oven as he had asked me to tell him but I'd forgotten.

Cognition has obviously got worse under the stress of the last week.

However my mother has helped me find the song that I have always loved tonight.


Its from the film Guide 1965 made in Bollywood. A short passage from Wikipedia follows
His first film in colour, Guide with Waheeda Rehman was based on the novel of the same name by R. K. Narayan. The impetus for making a film from the book came from Dev Anand himself, and he met and persuaded Narayan to give his assent to the project. Dev Anand tapped his friends in Hollywood to lauch an Indo-US co-production that was shot in Hindi and English simultaneously and was released in 1965. This is regarded by many as his best work to-date.

Guide, directed by younger brother Vijay Anand, silenced the staunchest of critics. Dev played Raju, a voluble guide who supports Rosy (Waheeda) in her bid for freedom; but is not above thoughtlessly exploiting her for personal gains. Combining style with substance, Dev gave an affecting performance as a man grappling with his emotions in his passage through love, shame and salvation.



The other thing to note today is a wedding that took place less than 25 miles from my parents house, took use of a double decker bus and was attended by an ex-boyfriend with whom I am not speaking to ever again. I think it may have affected my mood today, in fact it probably did.

2 comments:

lady thinker said...

The apple pie sounds good - scrumptious. What doesn't sound good is you don't feel so good again. Hagn in there - you know better days will be along someday, soon. If you've been dealing with past issues it wont have helped - if you've had to go over old ground again it's bound to bring you down.
Hope the pie was good. :-) x

merry weather said...

Henry - your new profile is fab-u-lous! Gosh, I went away thinking,oh dear, impulsive me! ... But I think who we are here should be vivid and true - and you certainly seem to be all those good things, in my opinion :).

Thanks for coming by mine with your kind thoughts - you're right, I should think about my forgetfulness more seriously...eh what?

The Bollywood film song was lovely, I enjoyed it. I know nothing about Bollywood, but I've always had a sneaking suspicion I'd adore it - if there were subtitles it'd help. The actress was so happy and carefree there, really sweet -- that song sets a nice start for the new week...

Oh and hope you can forget the ex, on with the next boyfriend ...wish you a happy week...