Archive for January, 2006

Belle & Sebastian and birthday

Monday, January 30th, 2006

I went to see Belle & Sebastian on Saturday night at the (relatively) new Newcastle Academy. They were very good, excellent in fact. Stuart Murdoch has an amazing voice. Their new album The Life Pursuit is out on February 6th (NME review). It was my 26th birthday yesterday. Mum gave me two bottles of malt [...]

Farmers market and RABBITS!!!

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

I went to the Farmets market in Tynemouth yesterday morning. Picked up some pork belly, black pudding, stewing steak from a Dexter (I wanted shin but they’d sold out), some goats cheese and a rabbit. The rabbit was whole so I had to joint it. Fortunately Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall’s excellent book Meat provided directions. It also [...]

Apple and banana crumble

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

A surprisingly good combination. The apples were from Rhian’s parents’ garden and were good and sharp. I had been given them before Xmas and I’d stewed and frozen them. The apple’s sharpness complemented the sweetness of the bananas perfectly. The crumble topping wasn’t as good as normal. I should have stuck to Nigel Slater’s ratios [...]

Search phrases 2005

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Some of the search phrases people used to find their way here during 2005: ipa beer site uk tools matthew henson would have used the drop matthew rhys what does ipa mean when talking about beer good allround big volume yacht mongolia traditional dress clothes repair lebanese as employer matthew x curry mongolian dress matt [...]

Dal and chapatis

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

I have recently acquired a fascination with dals (or is it dhal, dahl, or even daal?) and chapatis. I’m not sure I can explain why this is. As far as the dal is concerned, I think it’s something to do with the comforting nature of the dish allied to it’s simplicity and frugality. It’s also [...]

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