1. I have spent all day with three books and a back issue at my side, to write 400 words on Anne McCaffrey. I have yet to write any of them, but the rest of the chapter is drafted and I've rewatched Lord of the Rings which, my 14 year old self to the contrary, is actually reasonably good.
   
   
2. I have followed the first rule of skips and chucked the dead ( Read more... )

There comes a point when you have to acknowledge that you have all the food you can possible eat in the house, and since the corner shop on Wincheap is open 7am-2pm on Saturday it's unlikely I'll starve. I have a surplus of brussels and potatoes and, it turns out, mushrooms, so that will make life interesting. I'v e got some stuff to make pies with ( Read more... )

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It seems to be an intensely choreographed set of maneuvres for an hour's meal. The smoked salmon has been forgotten in the freezer for a year or more, forgotten under a tray, and the bread was made Christmas Eve ( Read more... )

I rewarded myself for getting to the end of term with half a day in Medway --

("That's a reward?" FaceBooks Buffy Squirrel"It might have been a whole day," I respond ( Read more... )

( Re: recycling )

I recently purchased some lambs kidneys, and then, on Sunday dirt cheap, chopped ox's hearts. I turned to Hugh Fairly-Witless's tome on meat, but the recipe for faggots seems to require even more offal, though I guess it is a flexible recipe ( Read more... )

AKICOLJ - tapioca starch/tapioca flour - the same thing, right?

Kale.

I learnt last year that to ignore this is bad, because it's only going to get chewier. Serving suggestions welcome - it may be helpful to know I also have:

calabrese (broccoli)
1/2 red cabbage
1/2 swede
tomatoes
onion
little gem lettuce
endless carrots
leek
red pepper

By tomorrow I'm likely to have some bacon and cheese, and imagine the ( Read more... )