Last meal before lock down
As you probably know the president has ordered a lock down for 21 days to try and help to stop the spread of COVID-19.

I had limited time before we would have to stay inside completely so I decided for my final free day I wanted to make something delicious from my favourite cookbook. As you know I love to cook from Meals by Christine Capendale.
I decided to make Greek meatballs on toasted pitas. I was scrolling through the book and landed on this one and thought it looked and sounded delicious. I started the cooking process at 4 o’clock sharp. I started making the meatballs by mixing together some breadcrumbs and ended by putting the finished meatballs in the fridge to be cooked later.

There was some chopping of onions, measuring of spices and rolling out of 20 meatballs in between.

Then I then started making my home made tzatziki. I cut a cucumber in half and scraped out the seeds. I grated the remaining cucumber put it with salt so it would let out water.

I was shocked by the amount of liquid there was by the time it was finished draining. It looked a full cup’s worth of liquid. Then I mixed the cucumber with yoghurt, garlic and lemon juice and olive oil. Eventually I finished the tzatziki.

I made a salad with tomato and olives and feta cheese. I then cooked the meatballs. The book said to fry them but my mum suggested that I grill them in the oven so that is what I did. I toasted the pitas.

I thought it was delicious. It really worked well. My dad eats very slowly because he talks and talks about crap – not really crap – mainly corona virus. It was very hard to stay sane because while he was talking and talking he was not eating so when I was finished he still had lots of delicious meatballs left on his plate.

It was oh so tempting but he got really cross when I tried to steal them. I would recommend this recipe to people staying safe in isolation.
Meatballs
50ml dried breadcrumbs
500g lean beef mince
100ml finely chopped onion
50ml chopped fresh parsley
1 egg
5ml salt
Black pepper to taste
15ml BBQ spice
30ml Worcester sauce
Mix all together and then roll into 20 small meatballs. Grill or fry. Eat. Steal father’s portion.
Tzatziki
1 cucumber, seeded (seeds thrown away) and grated
10ml salt
1 clove garlic
30ml olive oil
10ml lemon juice
500ml thick Greek yoghurt
15ml chopped fresh mint
Black pepper to taste
Put salt and grated cucumber into a sieve and drain out water for about one hour.
Mix all other ingredients together. When the cucumber is drained add in and stir. Serve with meatballs. Steal father’s portion.
7 comments to “Last meal before lock down”
Next time your Dad is rambling on you should exclaim out loud “Oh look at that bloody great spider on the wall!” and point behind him. when he turns around you swipe a few of the meatballs. It’ll only work once or twice so make it count.
He gets very cross and guards his plate with his arms if you try and take stuff off his plate.
That looks so delicious.
thank you for reading my blog. I hope you are safe during lockdown. Love Josiah
I’m definitely going to try your recipe, Jos. Thank you. Keep safe and tell your dad not to scare you about corona.
he doesnt really scare me but corona virus makes him very cross because of what it is doing to the economy. He spends a lot of time in his study having meetings on the computer trying to make it better. I am making lots of different popcorn recipes. Love Josiah.
Please write more soon your blog is keeping me sane in these difficult times