http://themoff.blog.co.uk/en-EUMokoFeed10http://themoff.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/e0/f0ee45f915d43d7238aede54029a8f_160x200.jpghttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/10/25/spinach-recipe-and-also-best-sandwhich-ever-7237990/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-10-25:/2009/10/25/spinach-recipe-and-also-best-sandwhich-ever-7237990/Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:34:47 +0200 <p>So I made this by accident when it turned out I had no spinach.</p> <p>You fry a load of onion with some garlic and cumin and sliced chorizo. Then you add the spinach and some cinnamon and cook through. This is what you are supposed to get and it is nice.</p> <p>I had no garlic today and so just fried the other things. Then upon realising I had no spinach I had the bright idea of making the onions and sausage a sandwhich filling. Add some feta chunks and it's really delicious and I think better than what I had intended to make. </p> <p>I did go to the supermarket after though. Because when your house contains nothing but onions, feta, and a chorizo sausage this is when you know it is grocery time. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/10/25/spinach-recipe-and-also-best-sandwhich-ever-7237990/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/10/25/spinach-recipe-and-also-best-sandwhich-ever-7237990/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/10/09/tea-pot-7132409/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-10-09:/2009/10/09/tea-pot-7132409/Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:54:18 +0200 <p>A friend's mother inexplicably gave me a pink teapot when I visted her at home some time ago. I have painted it.<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010098/3984833" title="P1010098"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/833/3984833_a3b5a0906c_s.jpeg" alt="P1010098"></a><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010097/3984836" title="P1010097"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/836/3984836_33cfe72776_s.jpeg" alt="P1010097"></a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/10/09/tea-pot-7132409/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/10/09/tea-pot-7132409/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/08/09/i-do-not-understand-the-desire-to-mix-eggs-with-6682371/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-08-09:/2009/08/09/i-do-not-understand-the-desire-to-mix-eggs-with-6682371/Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:25:21 +0200 <p>I do not understand the desire to mix eggs with alcohol. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/08/09/i-do-not-understand-the-desire-to-mix-eggs-with-6682371/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/08/09/i-do-not-understand-the-desire-to-mix-eggs-with-6682371/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/08/08/so-kali-and-i-got-our-staff-passes-for-the-6680258/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-08-08:/2009/08/08/so-kali-and-i-got-our-staff-passes-for-the-6680258/Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:56:32 +0200 <p>So Kali and I got our staff passes for the festival today, along with a pile of leaflets to hand out for the show. It pleased me immensely I'm slightly embarrassed to say, getting to wonder around looking like a not-tourist and as if I actually knew what I was doing. I also get to see shows for free, which is nice. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/08/08/so-kali-and-i-got-our-staff-passes-for-the-6680258/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/08/08/so-kali-and-i-got-our-staff-passes-for-the-6680258/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/18/hah-vegan-friendly-6336262/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-06-18:/2009/06/18/hah-vegan-friendly-6336262/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:40:15 +0200 <p>So Bjorn and his fiance came for dinner the other night and he and I had smoked venison wraps but she is a vegan, so what to cook for her?</p> <p>Mung Bean salad.</p> <p>Boil the beans for ten minutes then drain.</p> <p>Chop a small red onion very fine, almost mince it. One beef tomato cut into little cubes and a handful of mint and a handful of coriander, also chopped very fine. Mix them together with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and let it sit in the fridge for about half an hour.</p> <p>She liked it too, so win. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/18/hah-vegan-friendly-6336262/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/18/hah-vegan-friendly-6336262/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/15/lies-people-tell-about-food-6311599/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-06-15:/2009/06/15/lies-people-tell-about-food-6311599/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:07:22 +0200 <p>Coriander is a seasoning and not a vegetable.<br> Ditto garlic.<br> There are methods of cooking other than frying.<br> Excessive amounts of butter are bad for you, or even that there can be excessive amounts.</p> <p>Come on, what shall we add to the list?</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/15/lies-people-tell-about-food-6311599/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/15/lies-people-tell-about-food-6311599/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/15/mung-bean-curry-6311254/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-06-15:/2009/06/15/mung-bean-curry-6311254/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:05:32 +0200 <p>Fry (have you noticed everything I cook starts this way?) onion, garlic, chilli, ginger and cumin seed and then boil the mung beans for ten minutes until they give in (ie the poisonous enzyme is denatured). Then add stock, carrots, coriander, tumeric and cinnamon and cook until the beans are all soft. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/15/mung-bean-curry-6311254/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/15/mung-bean-curry-6311254/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/13/spicy-omelette-6297371/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2009-06-13:/2009/06/13/spicy-omelette-6297371/Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:33:16 +0200 <p>Mostly because it's been months since I invented and blogged something. For two people.</p> <p>Beat four eggs with soy sauce and some five spice powder. Fry spring onion, onion, broccoli cut up very small, three green chillis and about six cloves of garlic. Then pour the egg mix over and behold, omelette. Serve with rice, additional soy sauce and if you are mad like me some chilli sauce. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/13/spicy-omelette-6297371/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2009/06/13/spicy-omelette-6297371/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/12/03/i-like-this-plan-5159895/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-12-03:/2008/12/03/i-like-this-plan-5159895/Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:54:40 +0100 <p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081125/ten-judge-s-barry-and-barney-punishment-ea4616c.html">http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081125/ten-judge-s-barry-and-barney-punishment-ea4616c.html</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/12/03/i-like-this-plan-5159895/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/12/03/i-like-this-plan-5159895/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/09/10/quick-dinner-4710575/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-09-10:/2008/09/10/quick-dinner-4710575/Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:36:23 +0200 <p>Because I can make a meal out of anything. And I realised it was late, I had missed dinner and had no actual food.</p> <p>Fry dried chilli, szechaun pepper corns, methi seed and cumin seed with frozen quorn pieces while boiling some noodles with veg stock and soy sauce. Then fry the noodles with the spices, some ginger and onion powders and blue dragon sweet chilli and garlic sauce. Add some frozen green beans and let them fry a bit too.</p> <p>Very very tasty and all made of random dried stuff and weird things I found in my freezer! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/09/10/quick-dinner-4710575/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/09/10/quick-dinner-4710575/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/09/10/chicken-and-black-bean-4710487/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-09-10:/2008/09/10/chicken-and-black-bean-4710487/Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:13:15 +0200 <p>I have aquired these salted and dried black beans. So I decided I would figure out how to make black bean sauce.</p> <p>First wash the salt off the beans and then mash about a desert spoon full. Fry up a little fierce chilli, an onion, between three to six spring onions (depending on how much you like them), a lot of garlic and ginger (this is one of those taste things). Then add the black beans and let them simmer. Next add a cup of veg or chicken stock, some soy sauce and a good swig of sherry or equivalent authentic chinese concoction. Also add some rice vinegar to taste and a star anise. Add about two breasts of chopped chicken and a similar amount of broccoli and make sure the liquid covers them (top up with more stock if not) and tip in about a spoonfull of washed and unmashed black beans and half a tea spoon of sugar. Then allow it to cook until the sauce has thickened. You should probably add cornflour but I never remember to buy any. Taste it periodically and add more black beans etc if it needs it.</p> <p>Serve it with rice and it feeds two to three people.</p> <p>If you want it for vegetarians omit the chicken and then when the sauce has thickened out add some deep fried tofu and stir it around until it is covered by sauce and warmed through.</p> <p>Oh my have I used actual measurements? Shocking. <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/09/10/chicken-and-black-bean-4710487/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/09/10/chicken-and-black-bean-4710487/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/08/15/title-4593987/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-08-15:/2008/08/15/title-4593987/Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:14:09 +0200 <p><a href="http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/funny-pictures-kittens-grandmother-made-a-sweater.jpg">http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/funny-pictures-kittens-grandmother-made-a-sweater.jpg</a></p> <p>Also I saw a weasel today, it was tiny and cute and I want one. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/08/15/title-4593987/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/08/15/title-4593987/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/07/28/title-4508530/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-07-27:/2008/07/28/title-4508530/Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:07:15 +0200 <p>While we were hunting for jedi pick up lines (and we had a reason for this, but it's a long story) K found this <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2540400520080726?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews">http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2540400520080726?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews</a></p> <p>I'm so entertained by it. What do we think, is this more or less geeky than klingons? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/07/28/title-4508530/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/07/28/title-4508530/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/04/28/all-revision-and-no-play-means-i-have-do-4103378/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-04-28:/2008/04/28/all-revision-and-no-play-means-i-have-do-4103378/Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:09:33 +0200 <p>I have been plagued all day by the dreadful urge to add "and terrible" onto the end of peoples epithets every time I come across someone called "the great." </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/04/28/all-revision-and-no-play-means-i-have-do-4103378/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/04/28/all-revision-and-no-play-means-i-have-do-4103378/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/04/16/title-4050390/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-04-16:/2008/04/16/title-4050390/Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:25:07 +0200 <p>My lovely Swedish friend has returned from Norway and has brought me three types of fruit tea and a kg sack of dime bars. Bjorn is fantastic. He brought K and E Easter marzipan and V Jelly men and women, (in order to prove that he came from an egalitarian country), and we all sat on my couch eating them yesterday. The security nazis apparently took his yoghurt away. This made him cranky. One of the teas was pomegranite, whish smelt marvelous but tasted disapointing. I thought this was odd, as so far my expierience of Scandinavian fruit teas is that they taste as good as they smell, but apparently pomegranite tea is usually vile rather than mediocre, so I suppose it must just not translate as well to tea.</p> <p>It got me thinking though, what do they do to the tea in Scandinavia so that it tastes like it smells, and what do they do to it here so that fruit tea tastes of dishwater?</p> <p>Also I am having insomnia and this is aggravating, although it is making revising Egyptian propoganda much more amusing. This is the third time I've been awake for sunrise in as many days though, and I'm beginning to like it, sunrise is pretty and not like sunset at all. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/04/16/title-4050390/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/04/16/title-4050390/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/03/19/creamy-onion-soup-3907345/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2008-03-19:/2008/03/19/creamy-onion-soup-3907345/Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:07:45 +0100 <p>For two people;</p> <p>Fry four onions and some garlic in butter (add olive oil if there isn't enough butter) with mustard seeds and black onion seeds. When caramalised add water, some stock (I used vegetable because K is a vegetarian but I think beef may be nicest), a bay leaf, some thyme, some sage, some oregano, some white pepper and quite a bit of parsley. All of that is to taste. When it's cooked for a bit add some milk and then let it cook a bit more. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/03/19/creamy-onion-soup-3907345/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2008/03/19/creamy-onion-soup-3907345/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/11/22/chicken_and_vegetable_rice_with_cream_sa~3333853/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-11-22:/2007/11/22/chicken_and_vegetable_rice_with_cream_sa~3333853/Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:53:39 +0100 <p>Taking a small break from The Dreaded Essay I am going to post the recipe I invented earlier.</p> <p>Fry some chicken chopped very small with an onion and some garlic and when the onion is translucent and the chicken seared (about seven minutes if you start with frozen) put in some water and bring it to the boil. Once done add rice, peas and green beans. You could probably add other veg if you wished. Put in a significant amount of chicken stock and vegetable stock and add pinches of thyme, sage, parsley and oregano to taste. In order to make the sauce fry some onions coated lightly with flour and then slowly add some milk, a large dash of cooking sherry and some vegetable stock granuals, then simmer for a bit. For the vegetarian I made a smaller version with all meat removed. Took less than half an hour interspered with helping the Thanksgiving preparations for tomorrow (which we are celebrating as 70% of my friends are homesick Americans) and probably less if you synch the sauce with the rice. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/11/22/chicken_and_vegetable_rice_with_cream_sa~3333853/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/11/22/chicken_and_vegetable_rice_with_cream_sa~3333853/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/title~3204312/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-10-27:/2007/10/27/title~3204312/Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:00:20 +0200 <p>Tonight we're going to try making kasha again. It's my friend's Dad's recipe and it involves making a cream sauce so it should be exciting. It mostly worked last time except we lacked flour and substituted nutmeg for cinamon. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/title~3204312/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/title~3204312/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/dansak~3204300/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-10-27:/2007/10/27/dansak~3204300/Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:57:26 +0200 <p>I haven't tried making a meat one yet as the majority of the carnivores amoung my friends despise lentils (this is very sad and I pity them).</p> <p>So, being a cheap student, soak the chickpeas the night before.</p> <p>Boil the chickpeas for an hour and while doing so chop some onions, potatoes, garlic, chillis and a sizeable amount of ginger, and then fry with black onion seeds, cumin, methi seeds, a star anise and two green cardamon. </p> <p>Once the chickpeas have had all the nasty boiled out of them pour away the water and put the chickpeas, red lentis and green lentils into the pan with the fried things and then cover with vegetable stock. Add a several tea spoons of tamarind paste and a dried or freshly squeezed lime and some cloves. Salt and rice vinegar and additional stock should be added to taste. Boil vigorously for ten minutes and then simmer until the lentils have become mostly liquidised. Just before you think the dansak is nearly ready add some peas.</p> <p>Serve with rice.</p> <p>I didn't put quantities down as it's really a taste thing here, you need to work out a balance of flavours for yourself. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/dansak~3204300/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/dansak~3204300/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/09/01/vegetarian_friendly_version~2906526/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-09-01:/2007/09/01/vegetarian_friendly_version~2906526/Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:02:23 +0200 <p>My mum's latest recipe involves lamb, and as such cannot be safely fed to veggies. Here is my alternative.</p> <p>Being a scummy student, I use dried chickpeas, so it is necessary to boil them for an hour. Add a generous helping of vegetable stock when you do and tip in the frozen spinach at the last minute.</p> <p>While waiting for them to bedone chop an onion, up to a head of garlic (but I am a garlic fiend so probably two cloves would do a normal person), a large segment of ginger and one or two birds eye chillies (if you can't stand the heat use jallepenos). Fry them with lots of lovely cumin and a little paprika then tip in the spinach and chickpeas, If you like you can add some tomato paste and water. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/09/01/vegetarian_friendly_version~2906526/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/09/01/vegetarian_friendly_version~2906526/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/16/title~2818234/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-08-16:/2007/08/16/title~2818234/Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:00:56 +0200 <p>Scotland has the weirdest food. Haggis pakora. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/16/title~2818234/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/16/title~2818234/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/12/thai_peanut_chicken~2798352/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-08-12:/2007/08/12/thai_peanut_chicken~2798352/Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:15:14 +0200 <p>Marinade chicken and shitake mushrooms in ginger, five spice, rice vinegar and soy sauce.</p> <p>Make the peanut sauce by mixing peanut butter with rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger and garlic powder, chilli flakes and warm water until you get th right consistancy.</p> <p>Fry garlic, ginger, spring onions and coriander, then add the chicken and mushrooms and some sherry and mix in the peanut sauce until it's all nice and even. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/12/thai_peanut_chicken~2798352/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/12/thai_peanut_chicken~2798352/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/04/chicken_vindaloo~2754427/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-08-04:/2007/08/04/chicken_vindaloo~2754427/Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:08:19 +0200 <p>For about three people.</p> <p>Fry two onions, a head of garlic, two chillis and a smallish ginger root minced. Add a lot of cumin seed, some mustard seed and some black onion seeds (onion seeds optional).</p> <p>Add two chicken breats and a potato chopped.</p> <p>Add two chicken stock cubes, a small can of tomato paste and some water until the contents are covered with liquid.</p> <p>Shake in some clove powder, lots of garam masala, some cardamom, some nutmeg and some cinnamon. Also add some vinegar (white or balsamic).</p> <p>Then simmer until potatoes softened.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/04/chicken_vindaloo~2754427/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/08/04/chicken_vindaloo~2754427/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/07/31/dahl~2734633/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-07-31:/2007/07/31/dahl~2734633/Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:34:49 +0200 <p>There are two ways you can make this, one is vegetarian friendly, the other is not.</p> <p>First fry an entire head of garlic, three birds eye chillis, an inch of gigner, one to three onions (depends how many you're cooking for), and a teaspoon and a half each of black onion seeds, mustard seeds, cumin and star anise.</p> <p>Use a cup of red lentils per person (I use non soak but whatever), and once the above are nicely fried add the lentils and cover with water then boil for ten minutes. Add two chicken stock cubes or some salt and rice vinegar (white wine or cider vinegar will do instead) if feeding vegetarians. Then its a good shake of clove powder (or two whole ones), garamasala, two cardamon seeds, cinamon, nutmeg and ginger (yes more of it). Finally add a handfull of chopped fresh coriander, half when cooking and half sprinkled on top once served or shake in a lot of the dried stuff if that's all you have. Simmer until lentils more or less liquidised. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/07/31/dahl~2734633/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/07/31/dahl~2734633/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/07/20/title~2673051/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-07-20:/2007/07/20/title~2673051/Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:13:34 +0200 <p>1. There are crumbs in your bed cos lets face it you don't live in a showhome. What kind of cookies do those crumbs come from?</p> <p>Jaffa Cakes.</p> <p>2. You are sitting on the toilet brushing your teeth cos you are hungover as normal. What got you that drunk?</p> <p>Mead.</p> <p>3. You have been dumped cos well, lets face it .. you are a loser. What comfort food do you grab? (after sticking pins in a voodoo doll obviously)</p> <p>I probably cook something spicy, or a cake, or both <img src="/img/smilies/icon_twisted.gif" alt=":>" class="middle" border="0">, and then feed it to my friends.</p> <p>4. Your wife/husband has pissed you off (that means angry in the US by the way ... not watersports) so you decide to go have an expensive gourmet meal on his/her credit card. What do you order?</p> <p>Something East Asian. </p> <p>5. Sitting in church (waiting for the lightning to strike you) and you have a book/magazine tucked inside the hymn sheet. What is it?</p> <p>Private Eye.</p> <p>I tag Abilene, Sweetymon, Mrs_F, beautiful_mistake and Meno</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/07/20/title~2673051/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/07/20/title~2673051/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/13/for_abi_s_cutest_blog_baby_contest~2448876/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-06-13:/2007/06/13/for_abi_s_cutest_blog_baby_contest~2448876/Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:34:13 +0200 <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1688260" title="one week old thanks for the flowers"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/260/1688260_ce70482bbb_m.jpg" alt="one week old thanks for the flowers" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Me as a baby - that is Dad's arm </p> <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1688259" title="making snowcastles on the swing"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/259/1688259_472f047409_m.jpg" alt="making snowcastles on the swing" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Here is me making snowcastles on the swing in our old back garden. I am about 2 and a bit.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/13/for_abi_s_cutest_blog_baby_contest~2448876/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/13/for_abi_s_cutest_blog_baby_contest~2448876/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/10/stir_fried_noodles~2428525/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-06-10:/2007/06/10/stir_fried_noodles~2428525/Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:19:17 +0200 <p>Boil glass noodles with vegtetable stock, two desert spoons of soy sauce and two desert spoons of rice vinegar and then fry with half a head to a head of garlic, a birds eye chilli, an inch of ginger, some five spice and some shredded cabbage and carrots.</p> <p>If you aren't cooking for a vegetarian then you can add shredded chicken and replace the vegetable stock with chicken stock. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/10/stir_fried_noodles~2428525/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/10/stir_fried_noodles~2428525/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/10/hot_and_sour_soup~2428470/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-06-10:/2007/06/10/hot_and_sour_soup~2428470/Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:08:44 +0200 <p>I know I don't blog here very much but that's mostly because I'm not sure what to say so I've decided to start posting my own recipes.</p> <p>To make this for three people put three cups of vegetable stock and three cups of water in a pan and startheating it. Then add a medium sized piece of ginger root cut into thin strips, half a pack of shreded shitake mushrooms, two spring onions slivered, half a head of chopped garlic and a sizeable piece of tofu cut into strips. Put in a good shake of chinese five spice, cayenne pepper and powdered ginger, two serving spoons of soya sauce and two serving spoons rice vinegar (don't add ordinairy vinegar, if you haven't got rice vinegar add a swig of sherry). Once it's boiling put a lid on the saucepan and leave to infuse for atleast half an hour. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/10/hot_and_sour_soup~2428470/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/06/10/hot_and_sour_soup~2428470/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/05/21/a_varient_on_mummy_s_recipe~2310812/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-05-21:/2007/05/21/a_varient_on_mummy_s_recipe~2310812/Mon, 21 May 2007 20:59:30 +0200 <p>Chocolate and chilli cookies.</p> <p>1 egg<br> 8 ounces self raising flour or 8 plain flour with a teaspoon of bicarbinate added<br> 4 ounces margerine or butter<br> 4 ounces sugar, by accident I discovered brown is best<br> two types of chilli (powdered and dried, although you could probably include fresh - I decided against adding pickled but hey, go crazy)<br> two plus types of chocolate<br> some powdered ginger, I normally add fresh if I'm making just ginger or ginger and chocolate cookies but I think it could be overwheling to do that here.</p> <p>You can substitute one ounce of flour for chocolate powder although i'm not sure what to do as regards the quantity of raising agent if your using plain rather than self raising flour and try that.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/05/21/a_varient_on_mummy_s_recipe~2310812/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/05/21/a_varient_on_mummy_s_recipe~2310812/#commentshttp://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/04/15/title~2094569/tag:themoff.blog.co.uk,2007-04-15:/2007/04/15/title~2094569/Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:23:38 +0200 <p>I made deformed baked goods yesterday. They came out of the oven all square. Tasted very good though.</p> <p>Also, our left over soup set. I find this hilarious. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/04/15/title~2094569/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://themoff.blog.co.uk/2007/04/15/title~2094569/#comments