After leaving them all night, I finally got some rise out of them but I had to put them in the oven on the lowest setting for a while to achieve that! They turned out slightly burnt on top and the taste is OK but the texture and colour is all wrong. OK it didn’t fail exactly but IMO it’s nothing like a malt loaf. So that means I either keep trying to perfect it in time to make a bunch of them for Christmas presents or I give up now, stop wasting time and come up with plan B.
Now I’m eating the malt loaf even though I don’t really like it AND I had more “leftovers” tonight ie leftover cauliflower cheese, gravy, brussel sprouts and the last two sausages, so well done with the willpower. Clearly if it exists in the house I will eat it!
I have resisted mentioning this morning’s weigh-in because it was not good and I was pretty angry with myself. Reading through the last few days is it even surprising that it would be bad? I mean, really? The other “not good” thing for today is that last night I felt a pain and it’s a pain that I recognise all too well because I’ve had it a few times and I know what it means. This time it’s on the right side, same side as last time and I’m pretty sure it’s an abscess. If I go to the doc it will be at least a course of antibiotics and I DO NOT WANT any of those, so I’ve been looking at natural antibiotics to see if maybe I can do something to nip it in the bud before it gets any worse. Ginger is a natural antibiotic so I soaked in a ginger bath for a while before bed.
