Friday, 1 July 2011

The Cuisine of Evie (aged 5):
Evie: I've washed my beautiful hands! Now let's make that summer pudding ...
The allotment is producing a surfeit of soft fruit (raspberries, blackcurrants, tayberries, gooseberries & strawberries). The kids are all milkshaked out, so today I plan to make my first summer pudding and perhaps a gooseberry meringue pie. I'm well domestic, me.

Thursday, 30 June 2011

I've noticed that the police are the most radical workers' faction ... they're always at the front of the protest marches.
Buying a 33p tin of chopped tomatoes in Lidl, instead of a 31p tin of unchopped ... now that's living ...

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Greek government austerity plans
Have you checked out those Greek austerity measures? They are seriously austere. For me, they epitomise austerity. Surely no-one can doubt their austeriosity(?)
This evening I made Courgette, Bacon and Brie Gratin for the family.  It was well received.  Yes, it's almost vegetable glut season on the allotment ... I'm wondering what to do with the rest of the slaughtered pig, though ...
 ... and the slaughtered Brie ... 
 

Saturday, 25 June 2011

I'm thinking of starting a new social networking site for the drunkenly belligerent, on which you're automatically excused for being offensive ... it'll be called offyourfacebook