My OH has been the brunt of God’s dry (I would say wicked, but…) sense of humour. He is one of those very special people who share a birthday with Christmas. AS if that wasn’t bad enough, despite having no religious inclinations, he married a vicar, meaning that his wife is always far too busy and exhausted to cherish him on his special day, and too boot, he always ends up stressing over the Christmas turkey.
Recently my Spiritual Director suggested that we make a fuss of his saint’s day, and as he claims to be a quarter Welsh, this is what we have done today. With the ‘Beast from the East’ dancing with ‘Storm Emma’ today, the opportunity to break the fast and indulge in warming foods was not to be sniffed at.
The day began with a lie in, thanks to a snow day, and then Bara Pyglyd with butter and jam . Bara means bread, and these ‘pikelets’ are a cross between dough balls and American pancakes. I followed a recipe from a Dairy Cook book, but decided to use the long slow prove method by popping the bowl in the fridge overnight. Not sure how successful this was, as the recipe tells me to use a ladle to spoon the mix into a pan to cook. Our pikelets were definitely more doughy than batter-y, but still tasted great with lashings of butter and jam.
We also tried our hand at Anglesey Cakes. By ‘we’ I mean my mini-me baker and myself. The intention had been to gift them to our Welsh head teacher, instead I delivered some to one of my Welsh nonagenarians when I visited with Home Communion today. 
Anglesey Cakes are really more of a biscuit – 2 short bread rings sandwiched together with jam and dusted with icing sugar: perfect with a cuppa after an adventure in the snow.
Supper was the true feast though. As it is still lent and we shall be returning to our vegetarian fast tomorrow, I didn’t splash out on a leg of Welsh lamb, lamb chops had to suffice, with a red wine gravy, baked potatoes and veg, followed by Pwdin Mynwy – Monmouth Pudding, very similar to rice pudding but with bread instead of rice. Comforting and delicious and I had to hurry to get a picture before it all disappeared!
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