Boris Karloff’s Potted Shrimp

Boris Karloff’s Potted Shrimp

One of the bad habits I have as a person prone to clutter is over-buying of ingredients. I’m not as bad as the people in Marie Kondo’s book who buy thousands of toilet rolls or stockpile hundreds of toothbrushes, but I am certainly guilty of it to a lesser...
Boris Karloff’s Potted Shrimp

Boris Karloff’s Potted Shrimp

You need teeny tiny brown shrimp for this dish. I think that potted shrimp is a very, very British thing, and I’m not sure where else in the world you can get these little fellas. I’ve been doing some trawling around the net for info but I can’t work...
Recipe of the Month – Guacamole Boris Karloff

Recipe of the Month – Guacamole Boris Karloff

Boris went viral this week!  A big thank-you to all the readers who emailed me a link to his guacamole recipe – it’s all over the place on t’interweb.  I took it as a sign that it should be the recipe of the month – and so it is...
Boris Karloff’s Steak and Kidney Pie

Boris Karloff’s Steak and Kidney Pie

Sometimes what you need is a big old steak and kidney pie and here is one made exactly to a recipe by Boris. It’s only appropriate that Vic should be a guest for a pie like this, as the Universal Monsters song he co-wrote includes a few lines about Boris Karloff in...
Boris Karloff’s Steak and Kidney Pie

Boris Karloff’s Steak and Kidney Pie

My number one passion is Roller Derby.  I absolutely love it.  So Rosalind and Jimmy didn’t bat an eyelid when I suggested we watch “Kansas City Bomber” with Racquel Welch playing a red hot rollergirl while we waited for Boris’s pie...
Boris Karloff’s Steak & Kidney Pie

Boris Karloff’s Steak & Kidney Pie

Oh yum, yum.  Boris’s pie was GOOD.  Charley C. came over for dinner and we ate half of it between us.  It was quite a faff to make but I think it was worth it.  Best part of the evening was watching Charley try to hula hoop.  He just...
Boris Karloff’s Steak and Kidney Pie

Boris Karloff’s Steak and Kidney Pie

“The monster was the best friend I ever had.” Aw Boris, that’s so SAD! I am so lucky that I have such wonderful friends. And some who REALLY love the Silver Screen Suppers project too. King loves it so much that he made a great big gorgeous pie for...

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