Has it come to this?

Couldn't be bothered finding and putting together the food processor so ...

I have spent 2 days drying out already dried out (but not mouldy yet) bread in order to make my own breadcrumbs, be less wasteful & more like a proper wartime mother ...

grating it didn't work ... more bread stuck to windows & down sink than saved for the treacle tart recipe from the back of the cornflake packet ... great fun for the kids i thought as i cut it out.

The cardboard cut-out will remain on the 'side' (all women love 'sides') until i put it in a random barely opened recipe book (left out on a shelf to make me look good) and forget about it ... along with the breadcrumbs (which are now ziplocked and in the freezer) which will be found stuck to the un-defrosted innards of said freezer in 2 years time. I have heard tell of a woman who freezes all left overs and pre-cooks items and then places them in the freezer, dated and with written descriptions and most importantly writes the use by dates in her diary. No-one likes a smart arse, she's off the christmas card list.

If necessity is the mother of invention, then a heady combo of green guilt,the nigella effect and the dreaded credit crunch will make for ridiculous innovations in our house. This could be fun.