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Real Men Eat Real Quiche

11th June 2023 Tachybaptus 0

After the crowning broad bean horror of Charles the ill’s recent circus, it’s time to rehabilitate the quiche from the gastronomic hell into which it has been plunged by meddling chefs. The original quiche is [more…]

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A View (120 Miles Or So) From The Greenhouse; Whitby(ish) A Postcard

6th June 2023 Colin Cross 0

First things first, as the saying goes. Starting bottom left, the vine flourishes and has benefitted, in no small measure, from a good old fashioned “clip out”, more of which next time. Before we get [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Na Sodium

16th May 2023 SharpieType301 0

Here we go once again, embarking on our explorations of the elements. Up to now, we’ve considered Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, Bromine, Oxygen, and Iron. We’ve also had a quick trot around a little basic chemistry, [more…]

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Big Bash 2023

15th April 2023 Going Postal 0

Time and place 21st – 22nd/23rd July 2023 at the Gate Hangs High. Accommodation Many of us will be camping in one form or another at the GHH, there is a very large field with  [more…]

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Steamed leeks wrapped in ham

22nd March 2023 Going Postal 0

This is a Winter Dish, but if you live in the Land of Eternal November, who cares? You need: fresh leeks French or French-style slices of ham, as many as you’ve got leeks Salted butter [more…]

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Eating the Bugs…

21st March 2023 Going Postal 0

There have been reports in the press recently about the approval of insects as an ingredient in the human food chain.  I have no objection to people eating insects – John the Baptist famously lived [more…]

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A Postcard From India; The Food

14th February 2023 Colin Cross 0

You’ll have heard all the scare stories, especially if you’ve travelled to the Middle East, Eastern Europe or Asia; before we set off I lost count of the number of people who warned me about [more…]

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Tastes of Christmas Past

24th December 2022 Going Postal 0

You have my dearest lady to either thank or blame for this one.  Reminiscing about Xmas at her parents as a child, she has often waxed lyrical about these things called pickled clementines – which [more…]

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Life Not In The (Fridge &) Freezer

1st November 2022 Going Postal 0

Introduction This is an occasional series with no set timing, as and when it makes sense to post an update. Could in fact be the only article. It is more an intellectual exercise than being [more…]

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