23 March 2026

Four slices of bacon and a maulifuff

Bacon butties are the tradition when Jack comes.  I use very nice bacon.  Dry cured.  From my butcher.  It's rather expensive but I buy a kilo at a time and wrap packs of two rashers which makes a very generous filling for a bread roll.

Last time he came I took two packs from the freezer the day before so they could defrost overnight.  And could I find it next morning?  No way.  I searched in all likely (and quite a few unlikely) places but it had disappeared.  I thought it might have got caught up in rubbish for the bin.  I took two more packs from the freezer and we had those.  

I said a few weeks ago that my plan was to sort the dining room before Easter.  Well there are are still two weeks to go but I have to report that I have been an excellent maulifuff.  (Maulifuff is an old Scottish word for a woman devoid of energy, who would happily do nothing for hours on end.)  Very little has changed in the dining room.  I hope this is no surprise to my fellow maulifuffs.  


However, a somewhat drastic situation meant that I decided to collect all stray paperwork from all over the house.  I'm sure you will have guessed what comes next.  I'd put the four slices of bacon, carefully wrapped in greaseproof paper, among a heap of papers.

I think that makes me a gold star maulifuff !




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12 comments:

  1. Angela23 March 2026 at 15:04

    I remember a librarian talking about the odd things that people use as bookmarks - and she once found a rasher of bacon marking someone's place!

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    1. Frugally challenged23 March 2026 at 15:05

      I was a librarian and bacon as a bookmark is more common than anyone would think!

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  2. Marcia23 March 2026 at 15:33

    Oh, you found the missing bacon. Covered in mold?

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    1. Frugally challenged23 March 2026 at 16:35

      No. It was dry cured as my grandmother would have made it. She had no fridge or freezer so the salt preseervation had to be good. There was no mould and it did not smell unpleasant but I didn't eat it!

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  3. Anonymous23 March 2026 at 18:02

    Oh how I laughed when I read this. I once mislaid a 4 pack of yoghurt and could not think where it had gone. Some time later one of my colleagues complained about a smell from a cupboard next to her classroom.Yes-I had gone into the cupboard en route from the fridge to my office and had sat the yoghurt down and left without it. The janitor deserved a medal as he cleaned up the mess!! Catriona

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  4. Jackie23 March 2026 at 23:03

    I seem to have that problem with paperwork.... I put things that I feel are important in a place where I cannot lose them. Then when I go to find them I just can't.

    God bless.

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  5. Bless24 March 2026 at 07:42

    I am always misplacing things! Especially when I tidy up and put things away! Don't think I've misplaced any bacon, yet, though! :)

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  6. KirstenM24 March 2026 at 08:33

    That had me chuckling!

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