Tag: food
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Freshers’ Fayre
Freshers' Fayre was a success, as Kit reports. Although it must be said that he's probably right to be concerned that this may be the last year we're able to pull such a stunt. Which is a real shame. We worked really hard - harder than we ever do at the jobs from which we …
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Burger King Love Us
A new-looking manager (young, with a shiny badge) is making Changes at the Burger King around the corner from us. From Monday, the entire restaurant will become No Smoking (yay!), and the old upstairs toilets - once closed owing to vandalism - have been re-opened. Claire and I were in there this evening, discussing our …
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Cottage Pie
This morning, while picking up my microwavable Cottage Pie from Somerfield (the best microwave meal I've ever had - it's really quite good considering that it's re-heated mincemeat and dehydrated mashed potato), I noticed a new product - a similar item but in a slightly smaller container, as part of their "So Good" range. Upon …
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Chilli!
As Kit relates, too, we made a fab chilli con carne (and, using Quorn mince, a 'chilli non carne' for Paul). Recipe as below (feel free to steal, adapt etc.):
AUGUST CHILLI
serves 8
1 225g tin chopped tomato
1 5-portion bottle "sundried tomato" pasta sauce
4 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
1 tube double concentrate tomato paste
1 tube chilli paste
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Silliest Thing I’ve Seen All Week
As this hilarious BBC news story tells it, an artist came home to his Liverpool house to find that:
(a) A criminal had broken in to his home.
(b) Mistaking a piece of his artwork as a human head in a jar, the criminal turned himself in to the police to tell them about it. He also … -
Injured
Spent last night on the beach with Andy, Alec, Paul, Claire, and others last night. Folks like Andy and Alec are in Aber for the graduate's ball tomorrow, we we went out for a barbecue. I took along my new juggling gear and practised juggling flaming brands. I wasn't very good at it. I need …
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cold
This repost was published in hindsight, on 18 March 2019.
Paul wrote:
Long time, no update. (shrugs). Went for a pickled egg in Aber but couldn’t find one after searching nearly every pub in the area, so we’ve decided to make our own with vinegar, garlic, chillis, mustard, red hot tobasco sauce etc… should be quite … -
Haiku
Claire is at work. Kit and Paul are pickling eggs with our new supplies of pickling vinegar.
While the eggs boiled, Paul seems to have used my fridge poetry set to compose a pair of unusual haiku. They are as follows:
this is a sad symphony
about two lovers
and there death by pink chocolate
man with purple hair
woman with … -
Pickled Eggs
Went for a pint with Paul and Kit at the Ship & Castle, which eventually turned into a long trek through over a dozen Aberystwyth pubs in search of pickled eggs.
A secondary highlight of the evening was my phone call to Rummers Wine Bar, leaving a message on their answerphone: "Good evening; my name is … -
Kit, Mark II
I've discovered what Kit's evil plan is: he's transforming Paul into another Kit!
Paul, like Kit (another jobless bum) now comes around to my house and tidies up in exchange for not being allowed to starve. Okay; it's not quite that bad (or organised), but Kit's quite obviously just beginning a long and complex plan, here.
I'll … -
Carribean Night
It's not often you plan an entire evening around one ingredient... which turns out not to have anything to do with the food...
Kit: "What're we going to do with these coconuts?" (holds up two coconuts)
Two hours later, we're sipping pina coladas, eating carribean-style curry (soon to be followed by Bounty bars). The curry turned out … -
Chasing The Paycheck
What with unavailable accountants and worse, I've not been able to get my paycheque until today - a week later than expected. I have £2.50, half a loaf of bread, a tin of beans, and a packet of super noodles to live on until my cheque is cashed. I don't think that Sainsbury's Recipe Finder …
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #34:
Go into Burger King, and ask for an nuclear-powered intercontinental ballistic duck-burger, with medium fries and a Sprite. Get rather upset when they refuse to serve a nuclear-powered intercontinental ballistic duck-burger. Ask them what kind of establishment they are, anyway, … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #33:
Consider a Pot Noodle to be an adequate substitute for breakfast, after you discover that your bread has been stolen and your milk supports more cultures than the United Nations.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #22:
Realise, to your horror, that it's not physically possible to exist on a diet of Pot Noodles alone.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, during the first …