COOKS CORNER

Honeyed Lamb with Noodles & Omelette

12-oz fresh egg noodles       
½ cup lemon juice
1 ½ lb lamb fillets                
½ cup water
cornflour                    
2 tsp cornflour
vegetable oil for deep frying       
1 tbsp light soy sauce
½ tsp ground ginger                
2 spring onions
¼ cup honey
Omelette
1tbsp milk                    
1 egg
1 tsp sesame oil

Cook noodles in large pan of boiling water, uncovered, about 5 mins, or until just tender, drain; keep warm.  Cut each lamb fillet into 4cm pieces, pound each piece until thin. Toss lamb in cornflour, shake away excess cornflour. Deep-fry lamb in hot oil until well browned and tender; drain on absorbent paper.

Combine ginger, honey, juice and water in pan; stir in blended 2 tsp cornflour and sauce. Stir over heat until sauce boils and thickens. Add lamb, stir until heated through, add onion.  Beat milk and egg in bowl. Heat oil in large pan, cook egg mixture about 3 mins or until set; cool. Roll omelette tightly, slice finely.  Serve honeyed lamb over noodles, top with omelette.

SHERINGHAM EVENING W.I.

Many of us have admiration for the Ghurkas after hearing of their exploits fighting with British forces over nearly two hundred years. We have noted the victory for long overdue pensions to be paid to them but otherwise there is a vague knowledge of the country that is Nepal.  It is a land of extreme poverty where a home can be swamped by an avalanche in a few seconds. A Ghurka may take a three-day walk in order to collect his small Pension but would then be able to have medical attention if needed, food and a bed for the night. This is thanks to the Ghurka Welfare Trust.  Mr Harman, our speaker in February had been in the RAF during the Second World War and dropped food for them during combat then became interested again during peacetime as he knew they returned home with nothing. Nepal still does not have public housing or an NHS and patches of soil producing vegetables etc, only for the two months of Summer.  Now there are many earthquake-proof centres and the Trust encourages any villagers to gather in them if there is any warning of one occurring. Because of the very strong winds there is the threat of domestic fires setting a roof ablaze with the need for help rebuilding properties. Again the Trust steps in.

As they earned twenty-six VCs during the 1940s, we realise why they have the respect of all forces they worked with. Very few people know of their part in the Falklands War and details of their loyalty to the British at all times We were very amused to hear that the Ghurka trenches of World War 1 were, of course not as deep as those of other nations so the Brits had to keep their heads down if using them and the Ghurka had to stand on boxes in deeper trenches. Retired Ghurkas run the centres set up in recent years. These are vital in a nation swelled by refugees resulting from China taking over Tibet.