3 Blokes, a blender and a bag of chickpeas, learning to cook.
We finally did it. After Phatty helped us with the chicken coop we’ve acquired a couple of beautiful hens. We’ve named them Burt and Ernie. Already after only one day they’ve started laying; two eggs so far. I’m poaching them for breakfast! I’ll post my new favourite recipe to celebrate. Black pudding and poached egg salad… This […]
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I have grown some courgettes and I have rather a lot. I have made a courgette cake (courtesy of a Nigella Lawson book) and, I have taken to pickling them as well. it’s a recipe we’ve mucked about with, so we can safely call it ours. I’d be happy to post it if anyone’s interested. [note: […]
Continue ReadingGood afternoon fellows of the world. We’ve been hibernating from the awful “summer” that we three Brits are having. So to get us back into the MCC madness we’d like to get some ideas for summat to cook. Any suggestions? Nothing too complicated, something that we can learn from and then post back here to […]
Continue ReadingLightly toast some bread. Add a really, really thin spread of marmalade (optional, but try it…). Top with grated cheese and apply the MAPP torch. You’d be surprised just how close you have to hold it to get the cheese to brown—I started waving it vaguely in the direction of the bread, but ended up […]
Continue ReadingCrikey. I got tagged too, so here goes. My second favourite cheese is Edam. My wife is Danish. I look great in a kaftan. I have three bad habits. One of which is very popular. I have a tattoo, and sadly it’s got stretch marks all over it. There you go then. I feel sort […]
Continue ReadingKathy from Startcooking.com has tagged me and phatty in some kind of virtual grown up game of, err, Tag. So, five things you don’t know about me… This is going to be easy… I used to organise Acid house parties. I’m so hairy it looks like I’m permanently in a body sock. I have two […]
Continue ReadingHave trouble finding things in your kitchen? Finally, the open source solution we’ve all been waiting for. http://mefeedia.com/entry/1465462/ (Geeks not included!)
Continue ReadingIt’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, the confidence building and probably many other things. Now though, the MCC has new beginnings, […]
Continue ReadingIn 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 them without actually realising what I was saying. Cooking for 10? Generally I have trouble […]
Continue ReadingKathy 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 that her site is ready, you can get the recipes direct to your Ipod in […]
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