My traditional (well I've done it for the last few years) thread about the foods that mean Christmas. I'll start with ... A really good pork pie for Boxing Day Bendicks Bittermints - about the only...
... this could go badly wrong - so let's be careful about our posts ... I saw an article about this in the New Scientist today - but that's paywalled, so The Indy will have to do. Has the world...
A few Christmas Day suggestions from Chateau Sunny Dave ... Aperitif : A gorgeous Palo Cortado Sherry - dry at first taste and then all sorts of medicinal sweet flavours come through - either sip it...
Cooking chilli beef ... using the first of my homegrown chilli crop. I've been quite cautious in the quantity used ... just one from each of the four different plants... but it does seem to be 'quite...
My memory started twinging during gness's travails ... How Many AB Members Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? One to post a question about why it's all gone black. One to report the question as...
http://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hiddenbooks/?competition=10#.WE12uaKLRBw Just in case you want to have a bit of fun. I think there may be some requests over in Q&P - but don't post the answers...
Oh no - what will we do without our seasonal sprouts?? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/07/uk-brussels-sprout-harvest-hit-by-super-pest-moths Fortunately I planned well in advance and...
An interesting scenario developing chez sunny-dave. I know that I must not contaminate my assorted (three at the last count) recycling bins with 'incorrect' contents - I'm punctilious about...
... sorry sqad, I know it's trivial, but I think we need to lighten the tone a bit.
Fish fingers in pitta bread here I think - drop of brown sauce for lubrication....
I'm just getting stuck into a few glasses of Beirao - a rather nice local Portuguese liqueur. After a meal of sardines & chips and a couple of beers it really hits the spot. I will undoubtedly buy at...
Looks like Mikey and Baldric have got some explaining to do ...
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I wasn't sure whether it made sense to try November for some twitching - it seemed a bit late in the season. But I've seen eagles migrating, purple swamp hens being ... purple swamp hens, and lots of...