e nipped (or popped) down to Costco to get some butter (their Beurre d’Isigny is very nice) and some kabanos, which perlmonger is very fond of for his luncheon. Somehow, we emerged with a bill for £337 so, as you might surmise, there was a bit more in the trolley than we intended. So, in…
Category: general
People are very odd
I was in our local farm shop this afternoon; a chap knocked down the wicker basket with the baguettes in it, and they fell on the floor. He started picking them up. *With tongs*. And putting them back in the basket. This struck me as odd, to say the least. When I pitched up to…
when the going gets tough
The tough get … cooking. perlmonger has been up to his eyes today configuring servers; that’s not something that I can really help with, so I had a cooking frenzy. I made Some soda bread for lunch – my Irish grandmother made a loaf of this every morning, and it’s delicious. I actually use a…
a spectacular badger moment
In the mornings, I’m currently drinking Chai, made by dunking a teabag in a mug. perlmonger is far more pernickity, and mixes his own blends in an ad hoc sort of way, and brews the resulting beverage in a Bodum tea pot. I went down just now to fetch our second cups. I filled the…
don't have a cow, man
Yesterday afternoon, we trundled up to Telford, to collect half a cow from the inestimable Steve Rawlings. This is rather less meat than it sounds, as Dexters are small beasts anyway, and this was a small beast in Dexter terms too. On the way home, we stopped at a farm shop somewhere in Shropshire for…
oh yes …
I forgot. There was also Jarlsberg cheese (in slices, which is very nearly an Abomination, but is good in sandwiches nonetheless), and 473ml of Madagasgan Vanilla Extract for the stonking price of £3.99. Given that Lakeland, to take an example, charges £4.99 for 118ml, this is what I term A Bargain!
did you get the things we needed? (an occasional series)
I popped (or nipped) down to Costco to purchase the huge hunk of cured pig that I always do for Friday night at Team Waste Summer Camp, our annual gathering at geoffcampbell‘s gaff (10 years this year – I can’t believe it). Here’s the recipe – it has no business working, but it does. I…
bitsa
I’m going away for a few days, and need to use up some bits and pieces. These sorts of suppers are ones that are never repeatable, and I’m looking forward to this one. The rest of the seven year old butter beans are currently boiling. And I have eight chorizo sausages, two cooked chicken breasts,…
gooseberries
I was lucky enough to be given 2lbs of gooseberries by a friend, who grows them in her garden. I made a ginormous crumble with them, and very nice it was too. Shame it’s a) such a short season, and b) you rarely see them in shops. If you’re cooking gooseberries, don’t forget to put…
a couple of stirfry hints
We eat a lot of stirfries – quick, nutritious, tasty, ideal food in a hurry. Here’s a couple of tips – you probably all do this already, but never mind 🙂 if you’re stirfrying meat, before you start to prepare everything else, slice it and put it in a bowl with some soy sauce, and…