Local Lynx No.133 - August/September 2020
The community newspaper for 10 North Norfolk villages
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VILLAGE HALL<br />
After three, very quiet months of lockdown,<br />
community buildings like village halls are allowed to<br />
reopen. The events which they may host, however, are<br />
pretty limited at the time of writing. No live music, no<br />
dance and no exercise classes. For activities that are<br />
allowed like club meetings, numbers are limited and<br />
safeguarding measures are stringent.<br />
The management committee would like to see the<br />
hall back in use for the benefit of the community as<br />
soon as reasonably possible. In the circumstances, it<br />
plans to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment by the end<br />
of July with a view to a gradual reopening.<br />
Although the committee keeps changes in the<br />
guidelines under review it seems unlikely that there will<br />
be much activity before the beginning of <strong>September</strong>.<br />
The annual general meeting which was due to take<br />
place in May has been rescheduled for Wednesday 16 th<br />
<strong>September</strong> at 7pm.<br />
Let us hope that by then the ‘new normal’ will feel<br />
more like the old normal.<br />
Roger Dubbins<br />
STIFFKEY<br />
Contact: Dr.Sally Vanson 01328 830560<br />
dr.sallyvanson@gmail.com<br />
GENERAL NEWS<br />
Thank you very much to all who contributed to our<br />
last issue. We’ve had some lovely feedback. Once<br />
again, we are mainly online this time and hopefully<br />
back to normal in <strong>September</strong>.<br />
As usual, feel free to suggest or contribute anything<br />
else of interest including poems, short stories, and<br />
recipes. I need your offerings by 5th of the month on<br />
alternate months (from <strong>September</strong>) although I am happy<br />
to receive them whenever it’s easier for you. Due to my<br />
cancer I will be shielded for several more months and<br />
cannot get round the village or to the pub, so I need as<br />
much news as you can send please. I have been taking<br />
news from the Facebook pages. If you do not want your<br />
news shared in The <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lynx</strong> please let me know.<br />
If any of you are involved in any public activities,<br />
please put up a <strong>Lynx</strong> 133 cover page to encourage<br />
people to go online to read or download it. They can be<br />
downloaded from the website.<br />
If you would like to place an advert it can be as little<br />
as £12 per issue and is certainly good value for local<br />
small businesses and services. Contact me at<br />
dr.sallyvanson @gmail.com.<br />
SUMMER RECIPE<br />
courtesy of Isabel Tipple<br />
Spiced Tomato Lentils<br />
2 cups water<br />
1 cup green lentils (rinsed and well drained or sub<br />
canned lentils lightly rinsed and well drained)<br />
Sauce<br />
3 cloves garlic* (skins removed)<br />
½ medium onion (or 2 small shallots chopped)<br />
1 large red bell pepper (or use 2 small)<br />
2 tbsp tomato paste<br />
1-1½ tbsp coconut sugar or maple syrup (or stevia<br />
to taste)<br />
½ tsp sea salt (plus more to taste)<br />
1 tbsp smoked or sweet paprika (plus more to taste)<br />
1 tsp ground cumin (plus more to taste)<br />
½ tsp ground coriander (plus more to taste)<br />
1 tsp ground ginger (plus more to taste)<br />
½ tsp ground turmeric (plus more to taste)<br />
½ tsp cayenne pepper (more or less to preferred spice<br />
level)<br />
1½ tbsp apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice)<br />
¾ cup fresh chopped parsley or cilantro (I used ½<br />
cilantro + ½ parsley)<br />
Instructions<br />
Cook lentils first by bringing water to a boil and<br />
adding lentils. Bring back to a boil. Then reduce heat to<br />
low and simmer (uncovered) for about 20 minutes or<br />
until lentils are tender.<br />
In the meantime, to a food processor or small<br />
blender, add garlic*, onion or shallot*, bell pepper,<br />
tomato paste, coconut sugar, sea salt, paprika, cumin,<br />
coriander, ginger, turmeric, cayenne pepper, and apple<br />
cider vinegar. Mix to thoroughly combine.<br />
Taste and adjust flavour as needed, adding more<br />
tomato paste for depth of flavour, spices for more<br />
overall flavour (especially coriander and paprika),<br />
cayenne for heat, coconut sugar for sweetness, apple<br />
cider vinegar for acidity, or salt for saltiness. Set aside.<br />
Once the lentils have cooked, drain off any excess<br />
liquid and then add spice mixture and parsley or cilantro<br />
and mix well to combine.<br />
Enjoy immediately with salads, rice (or cauliflower<br />
rice), and more. Use as mince replacement for dishes.<br />
Store leftovers in the refrigerator up to 4-5 days or in<br />
the freezer up to 1 month.<br />
NORTH NORFOLK BOOK WORMS<br />
Lockdown has led us to continue meeting on Zoom,<br />
setting ourselves up by our computers with our wine,<br />
tea or beverage of choice. As the library has been<br />
closed, we have used the meetings to<br />
discuss individual reading choices and<br />
the various films etc from Netflix and<br />
broadcasts from the National Theatre<br />
which change every Thursday. We<br />
have also left books on our doorsteps<br />
for others to collect and enjoy.<br />
My own choice was The Warehouse<br />
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