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amusing vegetables
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A place for an old codger to make very tiny waves, and to show off his skills at bread-making and trying to be humorous. Nothing to do with vegetables, really. September 2008 - been away for nearly a year. I'll be back soon!
Recent Posts
EC backs away from ugly fruit and veg
The BBC reports that the EC, in their great wisdom, have dropped a number of rules that forced up to 20 percent of certain crops to be thrown away, because they didn't conform to EC food beauty standards. As far as I'm concerned, this sort of rubbis...
Hornsey Church Tower
This Sunday afternoon, I decided to take a walk locally, simply to stretch my legs and perhaps burn up a few calories. I have walked past the St Mary's church tower many times in the last 20 years, and knew that there had been some restauration done ...
Where have I been?
Yes, where have I been? Nowhere, really; it's just that somewhen last September (2007, that is) I didn't feel like putting more onto the blog. Not that there wasn't anything to write about, it was just overcoming the hurdle of getting started. If you...
More amusing vegetables!
Found this link earlier today when Stumbling - it fits the bill here, so I have added it! Enjoy.Veggie Art...
Tomato and onion bread
This one was cobbled together from several other recipes of a similar type; it turned out well. See for *read more* photo. You'll need:350g strong white flour40g chopped onion50g sundried tomatoes (in oil)1/2 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon (3g) dried yeast...
Flour for home baking
I'm not sure if it has been my technique in the past, or if I had bad batches of flour, but since I switched to a 'very strong' white flour - so-called 'baker's grade', the loaves have risen far more than in the past. This is the first time I've actu...
