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Blaah, do they sell peeled fava beans in Egypt...I can tell it's really hard peeling the beans :x Now I understand why everybody says it's easier to buy them at some street corner than prepare them...
Now I'm a bit of a tagine freak, had loads of them, I proof them for 2 days, still they break.
Anyhow sheep, little lambs, flocks of them going up and down our street twice a day.
Can you buy Lamb /...
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I really enjoy goat when it is cooked long and slow, as in a tagine.
Last year I was taken to a recently opened Turkish restaurant that boasted it's goat tajine so naturally ordered it. What a...
Who doesn't like a bit of bacon with their full English.
I was reading some history on the street where I lived, in the 17th C known as "Jack Ketch's Warren"
I remember before elf n safety one would see young women collecting unsold or discarded offcuts early in the morning. So tomorrow with my trusty camera I will walk over to the market. The Historic...
Jack Warner "evening all" 'Dixon of Dock Green used to stand on that blue horse bridge behind and caused me to think: Below was my office I tastefully called... 'My Ice Cream Hut. The local BWB...
Well after reading this wonderful book, made their 'no knead bread. It worked, I was left quite stunned after years of trying. It's a really interesting story and seems to have a happy ending.. 8)...
Every now and again I pop down the market. It's a great fun place to buy cheap meats. Years ago one would spot impoverished mothers picking up discarded offcuts. Today, I spotted the porters dumping...
We used to regularly dine at his then, little known Harvey's restaurant, when we lived in Wimbledon. Marco was quite a character, but his food was to die for. One only ever complained about anything,...
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If life (or a pig!) thumbs his nose at you - make brawn!
For the last 6 months I have been sampling cheap red wines, anything under a £5 fiver.. If one scans the bottom shelves of M&S, Waitroses, ect one can find their own brands.. After drinking 1 bottle...
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Ps: And on a lighter note: I have just obtained brand new security footage from the White House's bunker..ssh! I thought you’d be glued to the telly watching The Millennium Dome Heist 8)
This here snap by Sim whilst I was looking for the cat..'brutus.. That there is a Turner & George £14quid freerange, cornfed, herbfed, dead chicken, with a highly complicated ball of stuffing. The...
Remember those ? Months ago as our first lockdown was instigated Simona started hoarding toilet rolls and rice ? Me, on the other hand collected a few 'well-remembered Fray Bentos steak & kidney...
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After reading this I went to Iceland and bought one. Cooked it and was sorry I had wasted my money. To make them they start with squirting a mixture of small pieces of mystery meat into the tin, then...
Went down to Waitrose's to purchase 'posh stuff unavailable in t'co-op.
I was going to purchase some palatable 'posh wines, but spotted their own brand Spanish & Italian Reds.
£4.50 half the price of...
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I've got a couple of wine boxes already in stock :) à votre santé également !!
So, time to concentrate on imagination & diversification in one's kitchen. 3-4-5-6 months ?
I love Jamie's 30 minute meals, I turn them into a 6 hour meal.
All whilst cleaning and trying to disinfect...
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Ok! told yah, she has this weird sense of humour she's now berating the chefs on Master Chef. My pizza base was sh*t but hey 3 months they should be great. She shares my food amongst her friends. I...
Or for the artisan bakery market.... So as our baker is using cheap crap russian flour, I decided to bake my 2nd ever batch of bread. These loaves are a Mrs Beaton's enriched wholemeal...
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I'm getting really fed up with this artisan bread malarky. My 7th loaf, Nick stated "it could be alright if we now toast it. So now, I'm going back to a basic bread recipe Flour, Water, Salt,...
Browsing the freezer cabinets of KZ last Saturday morning, looking for new products. Spotted these tasty looking bangers... Don't be fooled, No meat only bulgar wheat and herbs, 'Swizz.... 8)
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Saturday's shopping trip, to find our watering hole 'awaama invaded by loads of ladies,
a promotion for business & assertiveness.
A few wanted to interview us about Egypt on their 'smartphones,...
Well if anybody is coming to Luxor, I would happily exchange a few beers for a copy of this. Our two favorite restaurateurs, Fergus & Trevor. Out Today! The food and fun we have had at St John's.......
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Just spotted this, another reason why we all love Fergus, 'silly old sod..... 8)
Fergus Henderson has some stern words for phones that appear on the tables at his Michelin-starred Clerkenwell...
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