Mock Turkey (with thanks to Sue and Carolyn)

 The Mock Turkey recipe came out beautifully - Sue mentioned it on her Wartime Rations blog, it came from Carolyn of the 1940s Experiment and she in turn got it from somewhere else (a wartime themed book I think), it's mentioned a lot if you google it, as are several different versions of it.  I didn't stick exactly to quantities, but just did it by eye and judgement.  I used a pack (1lb, 454g) of turkey sausages - you could use any sausage, including veggie or vegan ones.  For the breadcrumbs, I used 4 wholemeal pitta breads and 3 Swedish ryebread slices, as that's what I had in the freezer (I defrosted them first), whizzed up in my mini processor.  Again, I'm sure you could use any bread of your choice.  One very large red onion and a huge homegrown apple, the biggest of our homegrown apple (very small) haul, rather than grating them (onions make me cry like a baby, and I always seem to grate my fingers) I also chopped them in the mini processor.  A heaped dessertspoon of dried sage, a squirt each of garlic and tomato puree and plenty of salt & pepper.  To mix it all up thoroughly, it really is best to get your hands in and squish it all together....quite therapeutic actually, like mixing bread dough by hand.  It made a lot - I didn't bother pressing it all out into a turkey shape - for just husband and I, it would make far too much in one go.  So I put it into those 1lb oblong foil loaf tins, it filled three of them....each one would serve 4.  I laid streaky bacon rashers on the top - I like the taste that bacon imparts, although I probably wouldn't eat it - husband had the bacon yesterday.  They took about 50 mins or so to cook, covered with foil for the first 30 mins.

I had a portion of one for my Sunday dinner, with roast and green veggies and gravy....husband had some as stuffing to accompany his roast chicken.  I didn't give Betty any, of course, as it's got onions in it.  The rest we'll have today for dinner - I did plenty of extra veggies yesterday so we could have them reheated today, as we'll be out all morning, so I won't have to think about cooking when we get home.  The other 2 foil tins I've frozen.  The Mock Turkey - I can't call it Murkey, it sounds revolting! - is really nice and I'll definitely make it again.  It's really just a variation of a stuffing mix after all, and I've always liked stuffing.

So this morning we're off to Clarks Village at Street (Street is the name of the town) to get a showerproof jacket for me, possibly some winter boots as well.  Husband wants to look for some clothes, and I need a new veg peeler!

I'm very pleased Strictly is back on, it's one of the highlights of my Autumn Saturday evenings.  I won't mention the name of the person who went out yesterday, in case any of you have got it recorded.  Suffice it to say I'm not surprised, it was the right choice.

To those of you who suggest writing lists or notes for husband to jog his memory - thank you, but as I've mentioned before, husband is quite severely dyslexic so writing lists for him is a bit problematic, as he generally has to ask me what it says anyway.  He can read, but letters and words get jumbled up (in his words), which makes it difficult for him.