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Happy Easter from Yumblog

richard — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:35:57 +0000

Regular reader(s) will probably be aware that every year at this time we here at yumblog experience a visitation from the son of God ‘His Royal Highness Jesus H Christ’ in the form of the appearance of his princely fizzog on various domestic items. Imagine how shocked we were when this Easter it wasn’t the apparition of the King of Glory that greeted us, but the heathen boat race of the heretic, cloven hooved, God-denying so-called ‘Professor’, Richard Dawkins. We live in Godless times. Good Friday and Happy Easter. x

Dirty tea towel, or ghostly apparition?

Very Pinteresting (but stupid)

richard — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:30:12 +0000

Yumblog are now on Pinterest (obviously)

Antony Worrall Thompson goes shopping

richard — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:07:33 +0000

Every little helps

Observer Food Monthly Awards 2011

richard — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:52:46 +0000

Yumblog has won ‘Best Food Blog‘ for an unprecedented tenth year in a row! (Surely some mistake – Ed) So thank you to the thousands of kind and generous readers who voted for us in this year’s Observer Food Monthly Awards. Thanks also to OFM’s panel of judges who singled us out for our extraordinary talent, enthusiasm and vision … we feel humbled.

The Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry and Fake Cream

richard — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:04:47 +0000

A belated congratulations to Joanne for deservedly winning the final of this years TGBBO and commiserations to Mary-Anne for being such a gracious loser. We would have been happy if either had won, so long as it wasn’t Yummy Mummy Holly (Ooh look, I seem to have already got a book deal!), with whom we took an instant dislike which, as the series progressed, bubbled over into profound hostility.

It was with Bake Off in mind that I bought this copy of Mary Berry’s ‘Cooking at Home’ from a local charity shop (Published in 1983 and ‘As seen on TV’). What drew my attention was a footnote at the end of the ‘Cooking with cream’ chapter headed ‘Home Made Cream’

‘Cream’ Mary explains ‘is very expensive, so I often make this one in the blender and nobody seems to notice’. She then goes on to describe how to make her fake cream by mixing together milk, butter and gelatine. Now I could be wrong, but I suspect if any of the contestants on TGBBO had slapped this stuff in the middle of a Victoria sponge and served it up to Paul ‘Silver fox’ Hollywood, he might have noticed the difference.

A lot of things have changed since 1983,
although sadly Thatcher is still alive.

We have moved…

richard — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:48:54 +0000

…to West Yorkshire. Yumblog have up sticks, waved goodbye to the chicken box and red spit paved streets of Bethnal Green and headed north to the Incredible Edible blooming market town of Todmorden. Set on the Pennine waterway in the heart of Calderdale, Tod (as we locals call it) has it’s own brewery, cheese maker, community vegetable beds and herb gardens, bees, eggs, award winning fish, chips & pies, coconuts, good schools, interesting p u bs, a healthy suspicion of Sainsbury’s, UFO’s and standing stones, celebrities, a music festival and even a beach.

In fact it has everything ours truly could possibly need… apart from a Waitrose and a digital radio signal.

Press Release

richard — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:19:15 +0000

Yumtech Technology Solutions are proud to announce that since the spectacular success of its trial on Simon Hopkinson’s ‘The Good Cook’, all future Yumblog postings will now feature this convenient ‘Quick Response’ code. Simply touch your QR enabled Android smartphone* to the screen and instantly receive the missing parts of the recipe we couldn’t be bothered to type up, a quirky ‘hand-written’ font and the promise of terabytes of junk mail from our affiliates and sponsors.

Yumtech Technology Solutions – Bringing you the future whether you want it or not™.

*Please note, ‘Quick Repsonse’ is NOT supported by the following mobile phone manufacturers: Apple, ASUS, AT&T, BenQ, CHT, Cingular, CMCC, Dopod, Emobile, ETEN, Fujitsu-Siemens, GIGABYTE, HP, HTC, HUAWEI, iDo, i-mate, Lenovo, LG, Lobster, Mio, Motorola, Nokia, O2, OKWAP, Orange, Panasonic, Pantech, Qtek, Samsung, Siemens, SoftBank, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Swisscom, T-Mobile, UBiQUiO, UTStarcom and Vodafone.

Happy birthday …

richard — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:03:00 +0000

to Yumblog Junior, who is one today.

A birthday wish from Marc Riley on 6Music.

Love mum and dad. xxxx

Latest Yumie magazine hits the newsagents

richard — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:54:02 +0000

Hi guys, hot off the press, the latest issue of Yumie magazine hits the newsagents’ shelves today. However, as the covershot is a photograph of an unmarried man casually tossing a salad, we feel we are beholden to public decency to place it behind our Family Shield™.

Boom! And THAT ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is called satire. (WARNING! This link takes you to The Mail Online – remember to wash your hands upon exiting)

Pixel Dog T-Shirt

richard — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:12:59 +0000

The next best thing to having a real dog.

Please exit through the giftshop