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Do you have frogs legs?
“No” replied the waiter. “It’s these pants, they are a little too tight.” Now, let’s dispel the myth. The French are not great lovers of frogs legs. Just in the same way as true Italians look down...
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Shish Kebabs for the dedicated follower of fashion
Got Ya! My fashion headline did the trick and has roped you into the first paragraph. We had family over recently and I decided to barbecue. The forecast was for rain. This meant that it probably...
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Don’t take it seriously. I’m only ribbing you.
They say that God removed a spare rib of Adam’s to make Eve. I find this very difficult to believe. Not because I want to start a fight with the Creationists. That argument is for another time and a...
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French trip – La première partie – Duck à l’Orange.
There are few advantages to getting into the second half of the game of life. One is that the children are now adults. Despite their constant infantile behaviour their willingness to let us go on...
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Master in my own kitchen? – It’s risotto again.
The worst thing the unfortunate food blogger (UFB) can hear is “Cook it again.” If the UFB spends time repeating stuff, they, like a baguette left out in the sun, will go stale. So, when my eldest...
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French trip – La quatrième partie – Gas v charcoal.
There are plenty of topics on which I flip and I flop. The cork v screwcap On the one hand, the screwcap keeps the wine in perfect condition and allows you re-seal the bottle. On the other hand, you...
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“Ip’s mab plue. Gib me garbic.” (It’s Man Flu. Give me garlic.)
“Bllllpppppp.” (The sound of me blowing my nose). Not the best way for you to start reading this post. Not the most pleasant way for me to be writing it. The Wife and the Mother both need feeding this...
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Shepherd’s Pie – Time to face the real issues.
People are so easily thrown off the real issue. Food people are the easiest of all. Suckers. Ask them about Shepherd’s Pie and it’s simple to move them away from the real deal and distract them with...
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Letting myself down – No tagine Lamb Tagine
A couple of months ago, my good friend P put himself on a gourmet cookery course. This was a major step for him, he being a ‘can’t boil an egg’ kind of guy. P is also what the female of … Continue...
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Meat reheat part 3 – Sausages and my slow food movement.
This is part 3 in my ‘Meat Reheat’ series where I take older posts and try to improve my efforts. In this case, it is not hard to do better than I did on my first sausage making fiasco. I … Continue...
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