The one with the bandaged leg & stick was a super footballer & signed by Manchester City, with the World at his feet until a javelin pierced his thigh & he developed ostio-mylitis, a bone-marrow infection which did tremendous damage to his thighbone.
He used the stick, aoarr from support when walking, to help thumb lifts across the island., when lo & behold 2, 3 or 4 more of us would suddenly appear.
Itās hardly a recipe, but this is what I do.
For the volume of dry pasta you will be using - ābitā pasta, not ribbon - take an equal or slightly larger volume of broccoli. Separate into florets and finely slice as much of the stalks as you can. Divide the actual florettish bits into fairly small pieces. Reserve any of the thin branchy bits with leaves, if you CBA.
Bring large pan of salted water to boil for the pasta. Melt a heaped tablespoonful of salted butter per portion in a frying pan with a tablespoonful of olive oil, over a gentle heat. Then gently cook finely minced garlic to taste in this for a couple of minutes (I use at least three fat cloves, but more would be fine. Less would be a bit wimpish, but also fine). put the sliced stalks in a sieve and blanch in the pasta water for a minute, then drop in the florets, let the water return to the boil, extricate the sieve and drain. Begin cooking your pasta. Raise the heat under the frying pan and add the bacon which you have snipped into thin strips. Smoked back, ideally, but any will do. I use two rashers of back per portion. Stir it around and as soon as it looks a bit cooked, stir in the drained broccoli and a good pinch or several of hot pepper flakes and mix well. About 40 ml of white wine per portion added at this point does no harm, but is not essential. Add butter liberally if you feel it needs it. Lower the heat and cover the pan. When you think the broccoli is cooked but still retains some bite in the stalk regions. turn off the heat.
When the pasta is just reaching your favoured state of al dente, drain, reserving some of the cooking water. Return to its pan, add the broccoli and bacon mix and enough water to allow the lot to combine easily, over a medium heat. Any reserved leafy bits go in now. Stir in a heaped tablespoonful of grated grana padano, pecorino or parmesan (pecorino is particularly good, I think, but any of those works) per portion and season with black pepper, if liked. You probably wonāt need to add salt.
Serve with additional grated cheese.
Find a vampire to breathe at.
My sort of recipe that Gus
I have cracked burger rolls/buns according to yon Bull
And what is your secret? [sheds a goatburger-deprived tear]
Ummm
X oz of milk brought to room temp in the nuker
2X oz strong flour
pinch salt
whole sachet of fast action yeast
Water
Extra flour for kneading dough
Make dough by adding milk to dry goods and work with hand held dough thingies on yer mixer
Make it nice and moist with a drop of water then turn out onto a well floured surface
Keep working and adding flour till the dough holds its shape
Divide into rolls and shape
Prove
Then bake
No knocking back as fast action yeast refuses to play if I knock it back knead and shape
If you want paint with milk and add sesame seeds
Being a lazy cook I seldom botherā¦
I donāt like what are sold as burger buns, but yours sound good, Twellsy
I will have to have your dish another day, Gus 
Inspection of the pasta shelf produces spaghetti, macaroni, lasagne sheets & tagliatelle, with a side order of German spaetzle thrown in.
TWSOL with TWSOP
Sigh
Carinthia.xx
Ah, thatās a shame. It is surprisingly good, though, for minimal faffing.
Gxxx
I will deffo make it as soon as I can get a āholdingā type pasta.
I have some fabulous broccoli, & only ever have smoked back bacon
Carinthia.xx
But of course: you are a Chatelaine of taste and discernment, Dahlink.
Gxxx
Good nights, Cellarites,
Soo xx
Gin, Soo
An whole Bottleā¦
Carinthia.xx
Morning all
Bacon butties ready
I await call from the quack as my peak flow is very low and I think I have a chesticle infection
Buggrit
Indeed and good morning.
Soo xx
Any news, Twellsy?
Soo xx
Quack has put me on anti-bees and stair rods
And ordered me not to leave the house and garden
Harrumph!
Wanna go for a drive
But I have knitted a parrotās tail this morning
Just the fevvers to knit as a wee birdie of our acquaintance wonāt swop gin for fevvers!
Yer donāt want me fevvers in yer knittinā.
People might see āem and start askinā Awkward Questions.
Well, you knowā¦Stay safe and as well as you are able to, Dear Twellsy.
Anglesey eggs, tonight - a favourite of Mr Beeās, which he fully deserves after braving Tesco and a koffing child. Flip.
Soo xx
I think that itizz human nature to want what one canāt have. Behave yerself, Twellsy
I have been to the Post Office & queued outside in the sunshine.
On the way back, I called at Tiny Tesco for some fuel & queued outside in their bit of sunshine too. The direction-markings on the floor there are not the way I go round that shop, & are not at all logical, but hey ho.
Carinthia.xx
[pourity] [mixity] forran Logical Carinthia.
