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Canterbury, yesterday

Went to Canterbury yesterday, ate lunch, came home. That was about it really. Got some Thai food in The Hobgoblin. My jungle curry was pretty good, very hot too, but Clare didn't like her Pad Thai chicken.Yeah, not the most interesting thing for you ...
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10 myths about vegans

www.bboheme.com (who I once bought some shoes from) emailed me today to tell me it's world vegan day and to share with me an advert for their shoes and things, cunningly wrapped in a "10 Myths about Vegans" list. They know bloggers love lists like fr...

What rugby?

You forgot to bless the boot didn't you... A good game anyway, and we did well to get to the final. Perhaps an iffy decision on that disallowed try, but perhaps not.A good day yesterday too, just for a change we had lunch in Wagamama in Canterbury, b...

Mikku powder

Got the Wagamama cookbook yesterday, and am giving Yasai Itame a try today. It's a bit fiddly really, in terms of having to buy a whole load of ingredients I didn't have in, but hopefully it will be good, it's our favourite dish in Wagamama. Got a co...
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Beer: not bad

My homebrew was not bad at all, not 100% clear, but brown and smelled and tasted of beer, so can't complain. Was a little bit malty for my taste, but I can fis that when I start on a proper recipe and really mess things up.All in all had a very nice ...

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job

No posts for a few days, I had something to say but wanted to wait until I got an official confirmation and things. Yes I'm back in the land of the permanently employed, just arranged some final details today and I start at Holiday Extras on Monday! ...

There is another UK Skink doing the rounds

This from a press release from January last year:LONDON: It needs a brave soul and a strong stomach to have dinner with Arthur Boyt.For he is a connoisseur of roadkill flesh, and among the dishes served in his kitchen are casseroles made from squashe...

Snacksby

Trying out a fun new recipe thing that I found on del.icio.us today, it's all a bit Web2.0. I had been using del.icio.us itself to try and organise recipes, and thought there ought to be a cool collaborative application for doing this, and now there ...

Spicy Cabbage Soup Recipe

I'm not dieting or anything but I thought I'd follow this super no fat diet recipe. I added in a bit more veg:1 medium sized onion, quartered and sliced thin3 cloves garlic, chopped5 chillis (pickled, all I had), finely chopped2 tsp ground coriander1...

Chops!

Started the weekend with a super rarity, drinks in Farringdon. Been trying to meet up with a couple of the Fareham boys who are commuters too and work in the area, and this week no-one had a good excuse not to do it, so it's all on - To The Eagle. It...

Too hungover to weblog yesterday

Feeling fresher today just about, let me get my gripe of the day out of the way first though. Today's train had the most annoying conductor on it, he just LOVED the sound of his own voice and I think he thought he was Bruce Forsyth, he announced ever...

Lunch at the Jackdaw - slight return

Went BACK to the Jackdaw this weekend, there's a bus from Folkestone goes straight there, of course, we've done the journey many a time on the way to Canterbury. Anyway, on to LUNCH!Clare had the same meal she has every time we go, (steak and Guinnes...

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Lots of new things!

Starting with a https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Entertainment&id=1327 grocery list manager for Firefox... it's a weird one, but it might just work, all week I'm in front of the computer thinking about f...

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Korean dish 'may cure bird flu'

BBC is very responsible to report that there's a rumour that Kimchi cures bird flu... Just in case I've found some kimchi recipes. This one has a little note saying add kim chi sauce, which you need to get from a Korean supermarket... hold on "you mi...

Roasted Tomatoes

Bah, making lunch, thought I'd have a hummus and roasted tomato baguette, like what they used to do in Pret. Rick Stein says they take nearly two hours... so, it's going to be hummus and half roasted tomatoes.Had a fairly constructive day yesterday, ...

Barbecue

Nice weekend, though it didn't involve a crawl around the pubs of the harbour. Dean saw my post here about plans for Saturday evening and I don't think he was that impressed. Mostly we sat in finishing off the champagne and just went to Wards for las...

Flooding in Portchester

No-one told me about this! Fareham shopping centre closed, oh dear.Lazyish day today, been shopping to get ingredients for tomorrow's house barbecue. We've not met all the people who live in the building, but we're all having a barbie together. Our j...

Curry!

I done some good cooking yesterday, a curry from all fresh spices and things, it's: the curry recipe I linked to here a while ago and it was really really good. We used various mixed veg, potato, peas, mushrooms and things. ACE! We doubled up, thinki...

What is Voluntary Simplicity

Hmm, I'm not doing so well here...

Wagamama

There's a Wagamama opening in Canterbury, opens on the 5th of May, though they're doing preview free food and staff training now... MMMM!Some good recipes on their site, if you can't make it out of the house....
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How to Make a Simple Curry

Interesting authentic but simple curry recipe...

eXeem spyware

You're right, how rude, exeem contains spyware... thought they say on their site "exeem contains no spyware", www.tech-recipes.com (among others) say "The makers of eXeem (like Kazaa) have decided to make money on their program by bundling spyware wi...

Black Beans

Black Beans (Not the oriental soy bean used for black bean sauce)Can be bought in sainsbury's.I don't know when you first posted article.There are some good recipes on the net using black beans, they are very good for you, and higher in antioxidants ...

Poor wee mouse

A fright in the house yesterday, Clare found a mouse, alive this time though. Much shrieking and panicking, so I dressed up as a fat housekeeper in brightly coloured tights, climbed on a chair and beat it to death with a big broom. No, wait, that was...

Digging for pie

On a quest for PIE, Clare is frightened of the amount of shrooms in this mushroom and ale number, so probably going to make a dessert instead. Found this vegan cheesecake recipe but it calls for a blender, so it looks ilke cherry pie is a winner... L...

Who says there's no money in Folkestone?

A friend just pointed out this is for sale in the area... Buyer collects, return not accepted, apparently. Bit of a short post, so I'll pad it out with a bread recipe from the same friend:Heres a recipe for oaty bread - it's a good hearty bread that ...

Barfly listings

More work for Barfly today, preparing the listings so they work as well in a multi-roomed venue like Liverpool as in a regular venue like Glasgow has been harder than expected... The listings have to be none-more-flexible, but also clear, think I've ...

Black Beans

Why can I not get any black beans? Want to make a black bean chili after seeing a recipe in the Guardian at the weekend, but can find none anywhere... going to give it a go with just kidney beans, bit dull though...Crapper of a day trying to sort out...

PEACE!

The nephews have gone home, it's been a fantastic week, but tiring... haven't spent that much time with them both, EVER! Looking forward to our family holiday we've just booked for 20 of us in Greece somewhere.Today; washing, tidying, sitting, watchi...

Broccoli

Have been recommended a recipe, apparently it is the path between tofu and brocolli from a friend who has rediscovered vegetables after giving up smoking and getting his tastebuds back. Not read it yet as farmfreshtoyou.com isn't responding here.Also...