Tag: food

May 6, 2013
March 1, 2013
Before I foolishly got distracted with my new guitar-toy, I had plans for today. Following on from a previous post, I spent an evening earlier this week, googling for likely alternate food retailers. It was a surprisingly long list, and I intended to check a…

February 25, 2013
Yesterday, I had friends round to play boardgames, and I planned to cook some burgers, as it is fairly effortless with the pellet grill, and doesn’t keep me away from the games table. Mindful of what I said on Saturday, I visited my butcher, only…

February 25, 2013
February 23, 2013
December 1, 2012
Another new toy – a Cuisinart Soup Maker. I eat a lot of soup, working from home, as it makes a quick and (usually) healthy lunch. However, although I have plenty of practice in making soup, lately I seem to be eating more shop-bought soup…

November 23, 2012
Further to buying my Nexus 10, I still haven’t shopped around for a suitable music mount. But I have been thinking about what I need to use it in the kitchen. I already have a couple of cookery resources that can be usefully used on…

October 16, 2012
September 17, 2012
My attempt at making Salt Beef (Corned Beef) didn’t work out as I’d hoped. After rinsing the brined brisket, I decided to cook it in my slow cooker overnight. The resulting meat definitely has the right consistency – it falls apart, and is moist with…

September 5, 2012
September 4, 2012
I haven’t done much recreational cooking recently. A mixture of being busy, bad weather and not having a working fridge-freezer. I finally got my act together last week and made some pulled pork, using a couple of inexpensive rolled pork shoulders from Tescos, rather than…

August 22, 2012
… After a very successful shopping trip to London. Will write more at another time, but one thing I will mention is the hot beef sandwich I foolishly bought in Harrods at lunchtime, which while pleasant enough, was not exactly hot, and left me feeling…