On the last weekend of July every year, there is a French market in Ealing. Today I bought some pain a l’oignon, as last year, because it’s right nice.
So I put my GCSE French to good practice by asking for the bread in (crap) French, asking how much it was in French, and thanking them […]
23°C in Ealing today, so the first 99 of the year was consumed.
Things I noticed whilst buying my sugar high:
A medium 99 with a flake and a little bit of strawberry goop now costs £1.60.
Ice cream men all look the same: curly mullet and massive hands.
Strawberry goop still not on sale as a delicious treat […]
Americans replace their toothbrushes on average only 1.9 times per year. Grim. But how often do they go out of town, even for a day or two? Forgetting your toothbrush and having being forced to buy a new one might end up solving all sorts of problems to do with plaque nasties.
Just a post-travel, pre-Easter-chocolate-fest […]
Each year, my dear mother makes ever-more-inventive attempts to force me into eating a fistful of brussels sprouts as part of the Christmas day festivities. I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fussy eater. I’ve no qualms about devouring oysters, and I’ll happily quaff a kumquat mojito, but the prospect of munching soggy, […]
Making Christmas pudding, on Flickr.
I’ve been busy in the kitchen…
You will be…
I’ve got my eye on warm avocado salad with spicy chorizo, spider web chocolate muffins and caramelised onion and feta pizzas. Yum.
Overheard in Tesco last night:
Woman 1: I’m can’t decide what to do about John when I’m away. I think I should get him some ready meals…
Woman 2: Hmm…
Woman 1: Should I get him Finest?
Woman 2: … No.
Woman 1: No, I don’t think so either.
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