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Month: February 2012

Baked beans in bedsits…

As threatened – the post on baked beans. Baked beans on toast are the perennial stand-by for impoverished students in bedsits, low-income earners in bedsits, no-income earners in bedsits, schoolkids, vegetarians and vegans. Or used to be in my younger days. I suppose Pot Noodles took over long ago as easier to not cook. I […]Read Post ›

Southport Gates

Don’t you love it when the place is so quiet that you can take photos without pesky people getting in the way? Granted some spontaneous people shots can really make a special photo out of nothing, but sometimes, it’s nice to take architectural/historical photos without people cluttering up the place. So first thing on a […]Read Post ›

A walk to the shops

I loathe shopping. Not just with a capital L, but LOATHE it. But, and this is a big but, even I can tolerate a trip to the boring old supermarket when I have beautiful views all around me. This isn’t Asda, or Tesco, or Safeway (as was) in Newcastle, in Gosforth, or Kenton, or Cowgate, […]Read Post ›

Vinagre de Jerez

Sherry vinegar just doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, does it? I despair of all these recipes that endlessly insist in dribbling drizzling drops of balsamic vinegar all over everything. This trend must have started years ago, I would have thought it should be well past its sell-by date. Vinagre de Jerez is […]Read Post ›

And the mountain continues to rise……

Partner walked in last night and looked at the soul-destroying mountain of dishes. ‘I think we’ll eat out tonight.’ I dropped on the floor with shock. ‘There’s a lot of dishes there,’ he said, stating the mind-blowingly obvious. I picked myself up, and dusted off the dog hairs and everything else on the floor that […]Read Post ›

Not a drop to spare…

In case anyone thinks living in warm, sunny, sub-tropical Gibraltar without a job is a breeze, I thought I would point out today’s little downer. In fact it started last night. Now we all like excuses not to wash up, or at least I do. But not having any water yesterday evening, still not having […]Read Post ›

The job thing (4) – and stuffed cabbage leaves

It is axiomatic that unless you are extremely rich, you need either an awful lot of savings that bring in some reasonable interest, or you have to work. Given the current world recession, savings are bringing in very little unless you tie them up for three to five years, and even then, unless you have […]Read Post ›

Jamaica Inn

Time for a quick book review in amidst the Gibtours and food posts. Daphne du Maurier is a good read, which is always a useful advantage for an author. Sort of midway between Mills and Boon and Tolstoy. I couldn’t remember whether I had read Jamaica Inn before, but I took it from the library […]Read Post ›

Menus for the week, and, beurre au citron

Menus for the week (MFTW) was one of the most useful tricks I ever did when I was working in London. At the weekend, partner and I would happily write down what we were going to have to eat the following week. So when I got in from work, there was no dilemma about what […]Read Post ›

Something to share

Remember the red pepper and tomato soup? That I forgot to take a photo of? Well here you go. I finally took a photo the next time I made some, and, I even included celery and orange juice in the recipe. It looks exactly as you would expect really doesn’t it? Like tomato soup. Looks […]Read Post ›

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