Now, before I start, I will say for the record that there is one sure fire way to annoy me good and proper, and that is to be a TV food show presenter who doesn't even attempt to say a Greek name but just takes the piss, even though the French and the Spanish …
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Food Urchin Autumnal Supper Club
It was a glorious autumn day. We had managed to get a good haul of ingredients on our lovely high street for not very many pennies, the sun was shining and we’d had bacon sandwiches for breakfast to fortify us for the trek ahead. We were going to look for The Food Urchin. Now, …
Pork Belly, good for what ails ya.
I am a great fan of pork belly. There is something so very satisfying about it, so ultimately savoury and luscious. I love the contrast between the tender meat, the slippery fat and the salted crunch of the crackling. The treat of eating the flavourful meat from off the bones is also a very satisfying …
Red and Black, Addiscombe.
I was actually going to go to bed about half an hour ago and then I started looking at the photos from my meal out on Friday. So now I'm hungry again despite eating the last of my brown rice and gammon bake.Lovely New Person (okay, Col from hereonin) and I had a weekend date …
That’s the leftovers done with.
Rice and gammon bake. That's what I had in mind.Now. I have learned a lesson here and that is that brown rice takes AN AGE to cook and far more water than white rice does.I have cooked brown rice before, and never had any such trouble but my word, I must have had what a …
All’s well that eats well.
On Tuesday night I ended up in Moshi Moshi at Liverpool Street station. I'd gotten soaked whilst waiting for a bus as the driver of the number 11 didn't bother to stop, despite the gaggle of peoplewaiting in the pouring rain at the bus stop, so by the time I got to the station all I …
Convenience food isn’t all bad or It’s What You Do With It That Counts.
In fact, a lot of the time, it's a very fine base for a meal. It does depend on the nature of the convenience food of course. Findus Crispy Pancakes have their place, but you can't do much else with them. Okay, you can put them in a sandwich as a friend used to do …
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The early bird catches the, er, pig?
Today started off quite early. 5am in fact, if I am honest. One of my neighbours was loading up their car and they were trying to be vewwy, vewwy quiet. Sadly when the items you are loading up are metal clothing rails on metal wheels, this can prove to be vewwy, vewwy difficult. Because we …
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