A: THAT'S RIGHT THEY CAN THEY THEY THEIR HEALTH CAN RAPIDLY DECLINE SADLY AND IT'S A SHAME DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS

B: IT'S A SHAME I DID HAVE A DOG HOWEVER HE ALSO PASSED AWAY UNFORTUNATELY UM HE WAS ONLY YOUNG HE HE WASN'T EVEN THREE YEARS OLD AND UH HE SUFFERED FROM EPILEPSY AND HE SUFFERED VERY BADLY FROM IT AND HE WAS MEDICATED APPROPRIATELY UH HOWEVER UNFORTUNATELY HE UM COULDN'T REALLY LIVE ANY LONGER AND HE WAS SUFFERING MORE OR LESS DAILY AND AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE VET WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION IT'S HARD DECISION FROM ONE OF THE CERTAINLY ONE OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS OF MY LIFE BUT UM AN UNSELFISH ONE I BELIEVE

A: OF COURSE THAT'S SUCH A SHAME I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT I'M SURE YOU HAD A VERY GOOD LIFE DESPITE HIS HEALTH ISSUES THOUGH

B: I THINK HE MADE THE MOST OF IT AND WE TRIED TO TAKE HIM AS MANY PLACES AS WE COULD AND GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANTED OR CERTAINLY NOT A DOG CAN WANT ANYTHING BUT THINGS THAT WE THINK THEY WOULD LIKE AND WE TRY WE TRY GIVE BUT UN UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S JUST LIFE SOMETIMES ISN'T IT

A: THAT'S RIGHT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GET ANOTHER PET THEN

B: I THINK IN DUE COURSE WE WILL POSSIBLY AND IT'S TOUGH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE OBVIOUSLY HAS YOU KNOW IT WAS ONLY FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO THAT HE HE PASSED AWAY AND YOU KNOW IT LEAVES SUCH A VOID BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO MOVE ON AT SOME POINT AND MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL GET ANOTHER DOG I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE

A: SURE IN TERMS OF ME WITH MY CAT I MEAN WE OBVIOUSLY HAD HER FOR FOURTEEN YEARS SINCE SHE WAS A BABY AND LIKE WE SAID BEFORE HER HEALTH DID RAPIDLY DECLINE QUITE QUICKLY ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS UNWELL SO WE KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO SEND HER TO SLEEP WHICH WAS LIKE YOU KNOW UNEASY THING AT ALL BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOUR PET BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW AND WHAT KIND OF QUALITY OF LIFE THEY HAVE SO I THINK LIKE YOU WE PROBABLY WON'T GET ANY MORE PETS AT THE MOMENT

B: ABSOLUTELY IT'S UM IT PLAY SUCH A MASSIVE PART IN YOUR LIFE AND I I THINK YOU ARE ALMOST KINDA OBLIVIOUS TO THAT UNTIL YOU KNOW THEY AREN'T THERE ANYMORE AND Y YOU REALIZE AT THE TIME WHEN YOU YOU'RE LOOKING AFTER THEM THAT THEY THEY ARE SUCH A MASSIVE PART OF YOUR LIFE BUT THEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT THERE YOU REALIZE JUST HOW BIG A PART OF YOUR LIFE THEY ARE AND IT'S IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES I THINK WHEN THEY'RE NOT THERE EITHER

A: THAT'S RIGHT WE DO THE THEY'RE PART OF THE FAMILY AND WHEN THEY'RE IN YOUR LIFE FOR SO LONG YOU JUST GET SO USED TO THEM BEING THERE SO WHEN THEY'RE NOT IT TAKES SUCH A BIT OF ADJUSTMENT TO GET USED TO THAT

B: WELL THAT'S SAD EXACTLY ON TO HAPPIER THINGS AND HAVE YOU TRIED ANY NEW RECIPES RECENTLY NOW

A: I HAVE ACTUALLY I TRIED A REALLY NICE SPANISH POTATO AND CHORIZO DISH RECENTLY IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE

B: WELL THAT SOUNDS REALLY NICE WHAT WHAT DO YOU PUT IN IT OTHER THAN THE THE MAIN INGREDIENTS

A: SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE BUT SLOW COOKED CHORIZO IS ACTUALLY REALLY REALLY NICE IT IT'S YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU COOK IT IT CAN BECOME A LITTLE BIT TOUGH

B: YEAH YEAH

A: SO I SLOW COOKED IT WITH A TOMATO BASED SAUCE WITH ONIONS AND GARLIC SMOKED PAPRIKA AND THEN I DID THE POTATO SEPARATELY I CHOPPED THEM ALL UP PARBOILED THEM AND THEN SPRAYED THEM WITH THE FRYLIGHT IT'S A BIT HEALTHIER SEASONING AND PUT THEM IN THE OVEN AND SLOW COOKED THE CHORIZO MIXTURE ON LOW FOR MAYBE AROUND THREE HOURS OR SO AND THEN BASICALLY ONCE THE POTATOES WERE READY I TOOK THEM OUT AND POURED THE MIX OVER THE TOP AND I JUST SERVED IT WITH COUSCOUS AND SOME COLESLAW IT WAS QUITE SIMPLE QUITE EASY AND R R REALLY REALLY TASTED SO NICE THOUGH IT WAS LOVELY

B: YEAH AND IT SOUNDS HEALTHY AS WELL ACTUALLY YEAH IT SOUNDS VERY NICE SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD EAT ACTUALLY AND TELL ME SOMETHING DID YOU COOK THE WHOLE CHORIZO LIKE AS A WHOLE OR DID YOU CUT IT UP BEFORE YOU MIXED UM SLOW COOKED IT

A: SO I CHOPPED IT UP UM BUT I DIDN'T CHOP IT UP TOO SMALL BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT TO TO OVE WHAT WOULD BE THE WORD GO A BIT TOUGH YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU O O WHEN YOU HAVE THE CHORIZO IT CAN DO THAT SO THE BIGGER THE YOU LEAVE IT THE SOFTER IT BECOMES

B: ALL RIGHT OKAY OH YEAH ABOUT THAT MIXTURE IT'S LIKE A SO IS IT JUST A WHOLE CHORIZO YOU PUT IN AND

A: THAT'S RIGHT JUST CHOP IT UP MAYBE ABOUT TWO CENTIMETERS SOMETHING LIKE THAT INTO T TWO CENTIMETER PIECES AND THEN JUST POP IT IN WITH THE THE TOMATO MIXTURE HONESTLY IT WAS REALLY REALLY NICE IT WAS QUITE FILLING AS WELL SO I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO

B: YEAH ABSOLUTELY IT SOUNDS IT

A: YEAH I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND NEW RECIPES WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE I DON'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE REALLY BIG HEAVY MEALS YOU'LL PROBABLY BE THE SAME

B: I KNOW ABSOLUTELY IT'S THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS YOU KNOW A STEAK PIE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU WANNA HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S UM QUITE LIGHT AND EVEN MORE EASY TO EAT AND YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY WITH THE RISING TEMPERATURES RECENTLY UH IT'S NOT IT'S NOT EASY TO TO HAVE SUCH AN APPETITE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S UM NOW MORE MORE MORE HUMID ET CETERA Y YOU'D PROBABLY RATHER GO FOR THAT WELL A MEDITERRANEAN DIET FUNNILY ENOUGH

A: THAT'S RIGHT WHAT KIND OF RECIPES HAVE YOU BEEN MAKING RECENTLY

B: WELL YOU KNOW YOURSELF I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF THINGS UM LOIDA TENDS TO COOK IN THIS HOUSE BUT UM REALLY SHE MADE A NICE UH TIKKA PASTA RECENTLY

A: ALL RIGHT

B: REALLY NICE ACTUALLY IT WAS UM IT WAS ROAST CHICKEN WITH TIKKA THOUGH IT AND AND THEN UH ALL THE SPICES ET CETERA BUT IT WAS LIKE A CREAM BASED PASTA SO IT IT WASN'T TOO HEAVY THOUGH IT WAS QUITE NICE AND ESPECIALLY THE WAY IT WAS MADE BUT UM YEAH I I I JUST WANT PASTA I COULD I COULD LIVE ON PASTA REALLY

A: MM YEAH SAME HERE I I DO LOVE PASTA I'VE EVER TOLD YOU ABOUT THE RECIPE THAT I MAKE AND IT'S WITH A BALSAMIC GLAZE SO IT'S IT'S MORE LIKE A SORT OF IT'S NOT LIKE REALLY SAUCY BUT IT'S MORE OF A COATING FOR THE PASTA AND IT'S MADE WITH A BAL BALSAMIC GLAZE THAT'S REALLY NICE IT SHOULD BE LIGHT AS WELL AND NOT VERY MANY

B: YOU'VE NOT TOLD ME ABOUT THAT NO

A: NOT VERY MANY INGREDIENTS I ACTUALLY USED TO ALWAYS GO TO LA VITA RESTAURANT AND THAT WAS THE PASTA I WOULD ALWAYS GET SO I DECIDED TO TRY AND RECREATE IT DURING LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THERE <LAUGH> SO I

B: AH VERY NICE

A: YEAH I FOUND ALL THE INGREDIENTS SUNDRIED TOMATOES MUSHROOMS GOOD QUALITY PANCETTA SMOKED OR UNSMOKED WHATEVER YOU PREFER AND SOME

B: ABSOLUTELY YEAH

A: TOASTED PINE NUTS AND

B: WHAT WAS THAT PASTA CALLED AGAIN

A: NONNA PASTA

B: AH AND WHAT WHAT WAS IN IT AGAIN WAS THERE ANY MEAT IN IT OR WAS IT JUST VEGETARIAN

A: IT WAS GOOD QUALITY PANCETTA PUT THAT IN IT'S REALLY SIMPLE ACTUALLY IT'S REALLY REALLY SIMPLE SOME GARLIC COOK IT ALL OFF AND ADD IT ALL TOGETHER THE BALSAMIC GLAZE WORKS A LOT BETTER THAN THE BALSAMIC VINEGAR BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A BIT TOO WET IT'S TOO MUCH LIQUID TO TO HAVE TO TRY AND

B: OH ABSOLUTELY YEAH YEAH

A: THICKEN IT UP A BIT

B: IT'S QUITE INTERESTING IT'S QUITE INTERESTING IT SOUNDS VERY NICE ACTUALLY

A: IT IS IT'S LOVELY IT'S ONCE YOU TRY IT YOU'D BE MAKING IT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE AS I SAY IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY FRESH AND REALLY LIGHT AND IT'S NOT TOO HEAVY BECAUSE SOMETIMES PASTAS CAN BE A BIT STARCHY YOU KNOW LIKE MACARONI CHEESE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT BUT IT CAN JUST BE SO FILLING AND HEAVY

B: YEAH

A: HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THE MACARONI CHEESE FROM SUGO

B: SUGO IN THE TOWN

A: YEAH

B: NO NO NO I HAVEN'T TRY THEM UM D DO YOU KNOW STRANGELY ENOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO SUGO I ABSOLUTELY LOVE PAESANO BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO SUGO

A: WOW YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GO THEY HAVE ALL FRESH MADE PASTA IT'S DELICIOUS IF YOU LOVE PASTA

B: I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT

A: IF YOU LOVE PASTA YOU'LL LOVE IT THERE

B: OH ABSOLUTELY I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS OF IT HEARD THEIR RAGù IS VERY GOOD AS WELL ACTUALLY

A: MM I DON'T THINK I'VE TRIED THAT FROM THERE BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD A RAGù I DO REALLY LIKE THAT AT