One White Rose for Death

Murder, She Wrote S3:E4

May 09, 2024

Are you prepared for International Murder, She Wrote Day on Sunday 19th May? How will you celebrate?

Here are two virtual events I am hosting…

1 - Get your Angela Lansbury T-shirts on and join me for the lovely gentle Positive Moves workout at 5 pm wherever you are in the world, live on Instagram. I am @silverscreensuppers on Instagram and if you are in a different timezone, check here to see what time it will be in your neck of the woods.

Bring a sash

and be ready for some expressive dancing at the end.

If you aren’t in the mood for exercising, feel free to just watch with a glass of wine in your hand, this counts as participating in my book - haha.

2 - There will be an online watch party at 7 pm - join us wherever you are in the world. Just have your DVD or streaming service version of series 3, episode 4 ONE WHITE ROSE FOR DEATH ready to go.

Join us in the Substack chat at 7pm and I’ll countdown to press play shortly afterwards. If you’ve never been to a watch party before, do try it, we have loads of fun. Here’s a link to the chat, you can join in via phone or computer.

Join Jenny Hammerton’s subscriber chat

Available in the Substack app and on web

I’ll be sipping a Tangerine Twist cocktail

the formula for this is in the Murder, She Cooked book and I’ll be sending a demo video out soon.

Spread the word about International Murder, She Wrote Day my friends, let’s make it A THING!

But for now, back to the schedule! To get you in the mood for the watch party, tonight, on Murder, She Wrote…

Jenny Agutter looks terrific in this episode; she is so glamorous as Margo, the wife of the First Secretary of the American Embassy in Washington, D.C.

It’s a long way from how I remember her in one of my childhood favourite films, The Railway Children.

If you have friends around for dinner, you can practice her cut-glass English accent when asking, “Is anyone hungry?” When they say yes, announce, “I’ll summon up the servants and see if we can whip up something.”

Her husband reminds her that he has had to section off part of the embassy, so the servants are unavailable. She rises to the occasion, “Then I’ll just find my way about the kitchen on my own. Sorry if it turns into potluck, but I’ve been here since only this morning, and I don’t know my way about.”

Jessica jumps up and offers to help.

I am sure she would feel quite at home rustling the pots and pans in an American embassy kitchen!

I’m not sure you should risk wearing a white evening gown when concocting Jenny’s courgette and tomato dish, but maybe you could slip into one to serve it?

Jenny Agutter’s Courgette and Tomato Bake

1-2 tablespoons of oil

1 pound courgettes, sliced

14 oz tinned tomatoes

Chopped basil, thyme or marjoram

A sliver of lemon peel

Salt and pepper

8 oz uncooked macaroni

2 eggs

¼ pint plain yoghurt

3 oz grated cheddar cheese, divided use

Preheat oven to 345℉.

Heat the oil and fry the courgettes until they are lightly coloured. Remove from the pan and reserve. Fry the onions until golden/transparent.

Add the tomatoes, herbs, lemon peel, salt and pepper. Simmer for ten minutes, breaking up the tomatoes and stirring from time to time.

Cook the macaroni as directed on the packet and drain well. Put the macaroni in an ovenproof dish and pour the sauce over, mixing it into the macaroni. Lay the cooked courgettes on top. Mix the eggs, yoghurt and half the cheese and pour over the courgettes.

Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and bake for 30 minutes.

Serves 6

Here’s how mine turned out - delicious!

Dinner and a Movie

This month’s Dinner and a Movie suggestion is the creepy Wicker Man.

Skip over here to my other Substack for all the details.

Spread the word about International Murder, She Wrote Day!

Do let me know how you are planning to celebrate!

Murder, She Cooked

If you have nabbed yourself a copy of the Murder, She Cooked book

and you are enjoying it

a positive review on Amazon means the world to us self-published writers. I’ll love you forever!

I was thrilled to spot this little purple flag today on Amazon, I LOVE the idea that some of you might have been bought the book by friends and family. It makes me so happy.