Monthly Archives: July 2007
Blogging the airwaves
THE top ten food disasters includes the deep-fried Mars bar, anything from KFC, Pot Noodle and is topped by the invention (by the French in 1869) of margarine.
But there’s also a couple of questionable cheesy entries – quiche and the Ploughman’s Lunch.
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Green lentil and parsley salad
I first made this recipe for the one and only barbeque I’ve managed to hold this year. The one bright day in July and even then we had to adjourn to the house after the food thanks to the rain.
Of all the dishes I made that day, this became the unlikely favourite with meat eaters and veggies alike.
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Welsh lamb incineration
Why can’t the Welsh cook lamb properly? I’ve yet to eat a succulent joint or chomp on a tasty chop on its home turf.
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A parsley posey
I got this idea from watching a florist preparing a birthday bouquet recently. Create your own little water pocket for herbs and they last a lot longer in just the same way as any plant would.
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The Bridge, Manchester.
Oh dear, what has happened here? Perhaps I should be grateful that at least the chef gave me cheery smile as he sloped off through the back door for a smoke. 
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Garnish anguish 2
The completely pointless, tasteless and visually incongruous advance of the garnish continues unchecked.
Just take a look at this recent offering.
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What I did on my holidays……
Back from a lovely but wet fortnight in North Yorkshire. With no internet access available I haven’t been able to blog so here’s the briefest round-up of thoughts, observations and discoveries.
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