I’ve not had much to say of late, for reasons which will soon become apparent. So let us start by flashing back to a couple of weeks ago on a Friday lunchtime rush round the aisles of Asda. Not something I usually enjoy because yes, I am a supermarket snob and my local Asda is […]
Read More Something New- Decaff??????So, two thousand odd years ago Christ was born and as a roundabout result, a bottle of Bacardi Oakheart found its way into my kitchen this weekend. I have to admit, despite how much the screechy 80’s Essex stereotype upsets me, I’ve put away a fair few normal Bacardi n Cokes over the years. Though […]
Read More Something New- Bacardi OakheartWell the festive season officially ended yesterday and I don’t know about you, but I could use some dietary fibre. I would like to blame my sluggish bulginess on no less than three Christmas dinners, one boxing day buffet, one boxing night cheeseboard and a new years day roast but in truth, I think it’s […]
Read More Very Green SoupYes it’s January and tradition, well wishers, do-gooders and your general Media Services are encouraging change. Not everyone loves change, particularly the kind of change that is an effort and quite possibly involves removing something from your life that you enjoy. Time now then for vomitous juice cleanses, binge exercise injuries and the suicidal tendencies of trying […]
Read More Are you going to eat……….Healthily??????Happy New Year! It’s easy to be depressed by New Years Day, and New Year’s Eve for that matter as it’s basically all over. The presents, the feasting, the midnight mass, the excitable kiddies, the stockings, the chocolate, the time off work, done! Over. Get back to it. Time for diets and budgets and giving […]
Read More Something New- Banana Muffins & Toffee Cream SauceThis is almost a post script for the edible/quaffable gifts I’ve been going on about previously in these pages. I would have posted it sooner, as it has a fairly long infusion period but frankly the recipient could not be trusted to avoid reading about it here and I wanted it to be something of […]
Read More The X(mas) Files- A Late Cucumber GinYeah, Christmas is done. The turkey is finished, the two remaining bits of flapjack are going stale and the unlucky among us are back at work for the hellishly slow Christmas-New Year interim period of playing solitaire and tidying the stationery cupboard all day. Time then to reflect, to review and in extreme cases even […]
Read More New Year, New You?There are many things that mark Christmas, and many points of argument about what is essential and merely nice to have. Turkey, mince pies, even a Christmas pudding can all come under dispute but I’m prepared to bet all the money in my pockets (about 97p FYI) that no one would argue that Christmas just […]
Read More The X(mas) Files- Really Easy Rocky RoadOne Christmas, in a period of my life which now seems a millennia ago but is probably more like a decade, I decided to make some biscuits for the coming festivities. I had no sweet cook books, if I had any at all back then, and I didn’t really know what to do. I’d always cooked from […]
Read More The X(mas) Files- Cran-Mac FlapjackTis the season and all that but all the festive cheer in the world wasn’t going to avert this disaster. I’m not even sure I can bring myself to review it properly. The scene was The River Lodge Pub, early on a Wednesday night in December where pre-entertainment sustenance was in order. It’s a pub, I wasn’t […]
Read More The Perfect Fish Finger Sandwich Hunt- River Lodge Colchester.
Food. Boom. 