A lovely lady called Gwydwr came up to the big smoke and gave us some handsome home grown turnips and a pair of socks each. We ate them thinly sliced and raw in a salad. They were peppery and delicious. The turnips weren’t half bad either. Ha.
Entries from September 2009
In Praise of… Gwydwr’s Turnips
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Review: Abel & Cole Large Organic Chicken (with giblets)
September 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Our Abel & Cole large organic chicken arrived well protected and coddled with ice to keep it fresh, which was a fairly good plan since it was one of the hottest days of the year. It was a good-sized beast, weighing in at 1.8 kg. In the interests of getting a fair evaluation of said […]
Cloudy Lemonade
September 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments
When God gives you lemons, make lemonade. Two things. Firstly everyone who blogs up a lemonade recipe starts with this proverb and secondly there is no God. There is however a Waitrose, which is where we got our unwaxed fruit. So more accurately, when you go to Waitrose to buy lemons to make lemonade, make […]
Tags: Drink · Vegetarian
Frittelle di Spaghetti
September 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Obviously the most productive thing you can do with an egg is lob it into the fat one-eyed face of <nazi cunt>Nick Griffin</nazi cunt>. However, if for some reason he isn’t goose-stepping through your neighbourhood you could do a lot worse than use it to make these delicious and comforting spaghetti fritters.
Tags: Eggs · Fish · pasta · Snack · unusual foods
L2B 2009
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Last weekend Team Yumblog shaved an hour off their personal best and finished the London to Brighton cycle ride in record time. There was to be extensive photographic documentation of this momentous event but the camera battery went flat the night before and the charger was the other side of the river. The packing.
Tags: Stuff
Gooseberry Sorbet
September 5th, 2009 · No Comments
They had gooseberries at the fruit and veg stall on Saturday morning and so I just had to buy some. When I got home and set about working out what I was going to do with them I realised that gooseberries are generally cooked up and mixed with cream, just in various different ways. I […]
Tags: Dessert · Vegetarian
Salsa Verde
September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
… or if you prefer green sauce, or maybe sauce verte, possibly Grüne Soße.
In Search of…the Perfect Pasta Sauce No 2
September 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Butter & Rosemary There is a pasta dish called ‘La pasta col tocca d’arrosto’ or literally ‘with a touch of the roast’ which is essentially made with the rich meaty/garlicy/herby juices left over from a Sunday roast. This is a clever approximation of that sauce which takes minutes to make and is very, very tasty.
Tags: pasta · Sauce · Vegetarian