Category Archives: Misc

We’ve been quiet.

It’s funny we’ve been doing MCC for about 5 months this year last year, and for the most of the time it was fantastic. A true learning experience, not just the cooking, but the blog, the social side of it, … Continue reading

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Cooking for 10 Crazy Women (and I’m still alive)

In November I had my first big cooking test, you could call it my first grading. It was Gee’s (my lady) birthday and she was having her friends round for some eating and drinking. Foolishly I offered to cook for … Continue reading

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StartCooking.com makes cooking easier.

Kathy Maister  from  startcooking.com has finally launched her “beginners cookery” site and what a crispy buffet of a site it is too. The MCC has long been a fan of her simple  excercises in  increasing our culinary powers and now … Continue reading

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Happy Hallowed Weiner

Pagan ritual type greetings to all Bloggers & Blogettes from the M.C.C. Clan. Curried pumpkin soup, felafels & more coming soon…

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Floyd & Son…Me & My Dad.

I don’t know about anyone else, but for me, seeing my Dad on telly, in the newspaper or in a bookshop window for the last 20 years has been a strange, sometimes very difficult, but ultimately enriching experience. In life, … Continue reading

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It’s Official..M.C.C. is Number One, Numero Uno, El Presidente de la Food.

That’s right, men & women of earth, fellow blog-a-teers, crap chefs & struggling waitresses…We are NUMBER ONE. Read it & weep. Following an extensive survey* we have been voted the funniest, the best & the most popular food blog in … Continue reading

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Worst Tapas in the World

I’ve just been to Gran Canaria for a week. Bloody great, generally the food was fantastic. My way to normally find the best places to eat are to look for where the locals are sitting, usually the grumpy old men … Continue reading

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We need a real camera

I’ve just added some pictures to some of the previous recipes (Veggie burgers and relish). It’s just struck me that the quality of the photos really does a massive injustice to the quality of the food that we’ve been cooking … Continue reading

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Tasty tuna teaser…

Until Mark gets back from his jolly in the sun we’re a little short on pics from recent weeks…. so, to spice up the front page with a bit of colour, here is a teaser pic of a delicious fish … Continue reading

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Testing the Chocolate Orange Mousse

I made the mousse again. It gets better every time. I added an extra egg white and made it just that little bit less rich. Nice. I thought that as it’s supposed to be how to make ladies love me … Continue reading

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