Rule one: Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men.
Posted in bad customer service, food on Nov 5th, 2007
Fireworks night is really an event for the kids, and now that fireworks are used at a drop of a hat, for all types of occasions, it’s not even that special for them. All the same, as an excuse for a social gathering and some exercise in the Autumn air, my partner and I decided […]
Posted in food on Apr 17th, 2007
After only ten unique meals, and only a couple of weeks since my last Tuna Pasta Bake, I made it again this Monday.
It is not evidence of beginning senility, just apathy. I couldn’t be bothered to stretch my imagination to conceive of something new and then wait the extra time it usually takes to cook […]
Posted in food on Apr 3rd, 2007
After a few weeks break from my Monday Night Challenge to keep cooking different vegetarian dishes, I’m back on the tools. Last night was another dish I had been saving for one of the evenings when I had not planned anything or done the shopping.
Tuna Pasta bake is actually one of my favourite meals, simple […]
Posted in food on Mar 21st, 2007
This has to be the most time intensive meal I’ve prepared so far. I can see why there is such a big market in curry sauces.
In total I would estimate this took about two and a half hours from when I started to when I sat down to eat.
As this was the Monday before last, […]
Posted in food on Mar 6th, 2007
This dish actually takes a while to make, not that it’s difficult, it just needs fairly constant attention.
Cookbooks and the internet are full of this type of recipe so I don’t feel the need to repeat it here.
If you have used a real lemon for the juice and the zest, and fresh parmaggio both in […]
Posted in food on Feb 27th, 2007
Finally got round to making vegetable moussaka, as planned earlier this month, and very tasty it was too!
This is the kind of meal that you can cook for guests, and even the meaties will not be unhappy - why? There is plenty to get your teeth into.
Off the top of my head, should you be […]
Posted in food on Feb 20th, 2007
Not having been at work today (see previous post) I had the luxury of a continental breakfast at the hotel before going out for a walk along the cliff-tops between Beer and Branscome. (No we were not scavenging for for BMW motorbikes or nappies).
Following our walk to Branscome, and a quick look at the still […]
Posted in food on Feb 13th, 2007
Cooking this week was cancelled due fog (in my head) and heavy mucous on the runway (and everywhere else, due to continued sneezing.)
The vegetable moussaka that I had planned was graciously cooked by my partner with the right balance of sympathy and cynicism for my man-cold. (She had it last week and it wiped her […]
Posted in food on Feb 6th, 2007
I can’t believe that I’ve been so busy that I haven’t posted since last week! Now that I think about… it was a busy week last week, but in a good way.
So, last night when I got home from work I was of ill humour and in no mood to be creative. After a trip […]
Posted in food on Jan 30th, 2007
I had already started eating by the time I took the photo, but not too much damage had been done, so I thought I would try and remember to capture finished meals. It may be fun to look back on them in six months.
This really was quite an easy one to cook. Unfortunately, I couldn’t […]