I love it when readers get in touch and ask for recipes and I am always happy to rummage around in my bookshelves to find them and send them out. Usually I don’t get so much as a “thank-you” in return, but sometimes – hurrah – a lovely correspondence ensues. I am all about corresponding...
Coo what a spread! Remember when there was a time when you could eat this amount of food on one day because you had OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ABODE? As it has now been over 12 weeks since anyone except Mr Rathbone crossed my threshold, I find it hard to believe that this actually happened....
I’m off! Serious test cooking begins. These were delicious. I made them exactly to the recipe apart from being slightly generous with the salt. Served with a big slice of gammon and a mighty dollop of the Temple Big Pan Piccalilli. Mmmmm. Luckily there is some of the mixture left over for breakfast so...
I am recovering from a fantastic night at Fluffy Logic. What a crazy lovely fluffy bouncy night it was. Mr H couldn’t make it after all and I briefly wondered if I should go on my own as I wouldn’t really know anyone but it’s the kind of place where that really doesn’t matter. The...
“As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am.” You seem like a nice guy Alan, but how can a girl be sure? It’s been quite a...
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” On a day when the subject of cosmic ordering is foremost in my mind, Ingrid’s quote is rather apt. As the first cosmic order I placed (a lovely flat – nice and cheap) came in a month before I requested delivery, I am...
“I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I’ll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.“ I wonder if Alan was thinking of someone in particular… Further to yesterday’s post I’m wondering if some of Alan’s Potato Pancakes would be a suitable accompaniment to Veronica’s Spiced Beef. I’m going to try it. In fact,...
“Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.” Another suitcase in another hall… I am back in the Crouch and hopefully for a while this time around. This moving around business is getting a little tiresome. At least nobody here minds me wearing a tiara while I am blogging though… On Friday Louise made...
“Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.” Aw, come over here Alan and let me give you a cuddle… Our most prolific tester so far, Dale in the TAMI office over in cowboy country threw a “Star Spangled Rhythm” party last week. Dang I wish I’d been there. She selected...
“We got potato soup and mutton week after week at home. I still turn green when lamb is served. “ Charley came round for dinner last night and because of his passion for the FRANKFURTER I made Alan Ladd’s Hamburger Rodeo. What a strange dish that is. Not to mention the fat content – you...
