“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
I would love to say that I did ALL of this today, exactly like this. But I did not. I cheated. I had to. At least 3 sittings and a rare, 2 medium rare and 1 medium steak is just too much to handle. I also bought the pepper sauce :o( But I DID do […]
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The idea of reincarnation has never been a problem for me. It makes quite good sense. But… …Transmigration of my soul into another life form such as a CHICKEN freaks me out. Nope. Not even going to think about that one! We have chicken on the menu again today. Warm Chicken Salad. Below is a […]
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A FirmFamFave. Strange that this is a Ukrainian recipe. Or not so strange! I love making this. It always reminds me of Aleksandr, my fictional Kievan ‘Rus character who carries a deep dark secret inside…from Kiev to Turkey to Norway to Scotland to Ireland to Wales… that is not revealed until the end – 1136. […]
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Both me and he grew up this way. 1:30/2pm. Sunday. LUNCH. Every kid from my generation thinks that their mother cooked the best Sunday Roast Ever. But his mother is pure genius. Roast potatoes to die for. I brought our kids up like this. Although one of them turned into a complete weirdo and prefers […]
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OK. It might be August. Summer. Lazy Days. Out in the Warm. Eating salads and stuff. Not here. It’s more autumn than summer. Heyho. BTW ; I’ve used beef. Lamb is SOOOOO bloody expensive, I’d need a bank loan. We love this tea :o) I used rosemary from the garden too. ‘Cos I’m posh (?!)
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Many times. In real life. God’s Honest. There is a Lebanese restaurant right by the fountains that we always went to. Best Hummus and lamb/beef kebabs EVER. In my opinion :o) Right by the Burj Khalifa. Where I lived for a while… but never went near the whole wall windows 40 floors up because I’m […]
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Long story…phone call from friend. A foodie. her significant other was eating the soup above (out of a tin) and I stupidly mentioned that I’d been made this in Pakistan and it was wonderful. But I hated the Heinz variety. She knows me well enough by now to know that I’m not fantasising. BTW : […]
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Yes….They will get stuff from us. Also – Grandparents and even Great-Grandparents but the prize will be…my Le Creuset pot. I bought it half price almost 20 years ago. Brilliant piece of kit. GREAT SUCCESS today…..French Pot Roast Chicken. Yum :o)
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That’s all I need :o) We used to be able to buy Scotch (Mutton) Pies here but, sadly, no longer. They taste better up there, anyhoo. Many a time me and Lily (Nan) would stroll into town to pick up her messages (go shopping in English) and come home with freshly made floury baps and […]
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As a child I did this many times and had my friends do it to me. Himself just mowed the lawn. Perfect swathes. But he annihilated all my buttercups :o( Do you like butter? Hold a buttercup under your chin and folklore says if there is a yellow reflection on your skin it means you do. But the real […]
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I’m inundated with onions. Enter our fave soup. The worst part is cutting the onions. I cry and SNEEZE. Lots :o) P.S. The best way to serve this is in a small cottage loaf.
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We watched this one this morning. Chapter 4? It’s called Wilding, anyhoo. JC digs a pond. Then another one. Gets stuck in the mud. Builds a dam (that leaks a lot.) Ignores the uk.gov. wildlife inspectors. Has Caleb with tractor and Caleb’s brother, with tractor, help him pull his tractor (which is connected to a […]
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