Kitty Cat and Oeufs en cocotte

The kittens has not opened their eyes. I feel scared. Yesterday morning Tompok the mother cat, had carried all her kittens under GG's bed. I wanted to look at them at 7.00 pm. One kitten was under the clothes. So I transported all of them under my bed. I do not think it is a good idea. Today I had bought some new catfood. I had been surfing the net for information on kittens and what to feed them . I do not want them to end like Chomel which .... I have been surfing on a nice brand called Natural Balance by Dick Van Pattern . You know from Eight is Enough ?? Do you remember ?? I should not have touched the kittens. Actually not peering and holding the babies.

There were times when I could not sleep and I will watch the Food and Travel channel. One night I just happen to see Nigella Lawson cooking one tasty and simple dish is eggs cooked in cream or in France, this basic methods of baked eggs is called "oeufs en cocotte " or shirred eggs.

It is very nice and simple and for one egg you could eat it for supper or breakfast like I did this morning. I have been eating this dish whenever I buy cream. I haven't eaten it with salmon though . I found just the programme I had watched from Nigella Lawson from You Tube

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wusyZLcTRs

and another one from a lady called Muna Mahzar who bakes her eggs with salmon

http://denhaag-ladies.fotopages.com/?entry=1636185

Newborn kittens

Tompok has given birth !!! It was in the wee morning that she could not sleep and yesterday she did not want to eat anything. I thought she was not pregnant. She wanted to go in my mother's room. I didn't put her in my room because she might disturb my husband. So this evening I searched for her . My mother said she had heard her cry in the afternoon under the room . So I was worried. And then she came out from the blues. She had given birth under my parent's bed. I took a torchlight to see the kittens. Tompok has 5 kittens. Three black and white kittens like Awang and two orange coloured kittens. We moved her into a cage in the house . Awang came into my mother 's room and I was so scared if he might eat the kittens. My father said that maybe he wanted to see his kittens. My mother said after he bite off one of it's head. How gruesome. Tompok has gone out , she was very tired. I fed her some fish. I have some names to give the kittens like : Kuntum, Bella Rose, Venus, Garfield , Rio, Poppy and Alexander . I think I will spay Tompok and find a bigger cage. My sister Yati is very worried of this colony.

Roast beef

On Friday evening I made roast beef and potato gratin. This is the first time I have made any roast beef.I bought most of the items at Cold storage One Utama . For 600 grams of beef it cost me RM 23.90. I bought a Bula heavy cream and an old style whole grain mustard called Mourtade at' Ancienne from Beaufor . The other items were bought at Jusco. My mother helped with the peeling of the potatoes which my father bought the day before. One thing which is difficult to know is when the beef is cooked. That is why a meat thermometer is needed . However we cooked the the beef and the potato using my mother's Tupper chef. The last 10 minutes of the beef was cooked in my mother's wok. Since my father wanted to try the roast. For a first timer I think it goes well.

My brother GG has come from a day in the hospital. It is still not known if he is suffering from dengue. He had a blistering headache and the doctors he went to gave him pain killers.My sisters and brothers were here . There is a dinner last night with a lot of prawn , petai, fish and my mother's fish curry.

Back to the dish I made I felt the potato gratin is very nice but there were no seconds for the roast beef. I also bought some broccoli to be steamed. I still have the mustard. I found a recipe for the potato gratin at :

http://foodgloriousfood-toto.blogspot.com/2008/04/slow-roasted-lamb-with-gratin.html.

The roast beef video recipe could be found at :http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-roast-beef. This is an easy way to prepare roast beef but a meat thermometer truly helps. I saw one at Sogo for about RM 50.00. So far this is the only place which I know that sells a meat thermometer.

I saw a lovely oven in Sogo last two days. It is much bigger than the one at home and maybe a leg of lamb could be shoved in it. It cost about RM 340 which is on sale. My mother said that I would be better off cooking than sewing. Shall I listen to her ? Mother knows best . he he

The Dreamer

I am a dreamer. My husband tells me that. I am living in a world of fantasy. I am browsing at the food blogs . It is about roast lamb and potato gratin served with steamed vegetable. I am dreaming for sure. When will I try these dishes ? I like lamb. My mother doesn't really like it but my father does. My husband loves lamb. He taught me a simple dish. I thought of going to Al Rawsha at Jalan Damai to eat the Lamb Mandy . This time I will try other dishes as well. Or I can buy some lamb and try making the roast lamb . I have been wanting to do that for a long but I will try it one of these days. Well, perhaps I am a dreamer. What is wrong with being a dreamer ?

My brother GG has a terrible headache. I hope it is not serious. My cat Tompok has not given birth although her belly is swelling . I hope she gives birth at home and I will have some kittens to play. It is still very hot these days. The lights went out twice these evening.

The cat died

The gentle cat which I mentioned some time ago had died about four days ago. I missed him. Poor cat. He was very gentle. Awang had sneaked into the house and was at the kitchen. He was licking his paws. He must have found something to eat. I managed to embroider the rose. There are three more roses and another four rose buds. I have three more petals of rose to finish to move on to the fourth rose.

Working days

As it is known, I am at work again. I work mostly in the afternoons until late evening. Yesterday I was very tired and slept at 9.30 pm. I wanted to open an account at BSN bank near my house . It took about 2 hours to open the account. I bought Avoderm cat food the other day as Royal Canin is too expensive well I thought it will be a waste if the cats do not want to eat. My parents dutifully put the cat food in the mornings. My mother said that Awang and Tompok love the dry cat food in the morning. I think Tompok will give birth soon. It is getting hot these days . I watch "Matahari" at TV3 in the evenings.

I had wanted to make roast beef for some time. I am afraid that it wont' taste good. I thought that I would buy the mashed potatoes from KFC. I look up in the You tube mostly . Classic English roast beef should be accompanied with Yorkshire puddings or roasted potatoes. Well , there is one particular recipe which uses the slow cooker . The slow cooker at home is the smallest size. My father loves to eat ox tail soup last time. My mother said that it is one of the reasons for his heart failure. Now my youngest brother Mal seems to love this type of soup. I love this soup too . I like meehoon soup. A vermicelli like noodle with ox tail soup. My mother would prepare it's condiments of boiled eggs. spring onions, slices of limes and not forgetting the chili. Oh I forgot the meat balls. My mother would use chicken and potato for the meat balls but my father said it tastes better with beef. Some of the other family favourite tea time treats are laksa kedah and mee mamak. I would go for the roast leg of lamb. I wonder when I would try this dish. Since my mother is saying that her Tupper Chef wok can do wonders.