Procrastinators vs mice:
finally went to the DIY store to get new weapons and bought some EVIL DEATH TRAPS which I baited with choc chip cookies. This morning we came downstairs and saw that the trap was sprung. But look closer, yeauch what’s that? A mangled mouse?
No, it’s a slug… shudder… bleuch!
Too horrible to take a [...]
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Coffee walnut cake
Dear Husband’s birthday so I baked his favourite cake. Last year I made a coffee walnut cake from my Good Housekeeping cookbook and it was a total disaster, the only failure I’ve ever had from that book. So this year I trawled the internet and found a Nigel Slater recipe:
Unsalted butter 175g
Unrefined golden [...]
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I’m sad to hear of the death of Humphrey Littleton. A great jazz trumpeter and hilariously deadpan host of the world’s greatest radio panel game: ‘I’m sorry I haven’t a clue’.
He could deliver the filthiest lines of smut and innuendo without cracking and have all the listeners rolling on the floor with laughter.
What will happen [...]
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We’ve been away for a week to Aberfeldy in the heart of Scotland: a lovely wee douce* town with great local shops for local people and tourists alike.
More of the holiday later when I’ve uploaded photos, but what happened while we were away… unwanted guests moved in…. MICE.
On our first night back I was lying [...]
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I’ve just read about this on beansprouts
Hope this works:
<a href=”http://www.wedigforvictory.co.uk”><img src=”http://www.wedigforvictory.co.uk/dig_icon.gif” alt=”We Dig For Victory!”></a>
It’s just a wee sticker to add to you blog to let people know that you’re doing your bit for the environment by growing your own, eating seasonally and shopping local. Now I must go back and find out where it [...]
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Haven’t revisited this for a while. I’ve eaten a few haggi since then but I’ve thrown the packaging away before I remembered to blog about them. What a rubbish blogger.
SO anyway, had a haggis last night for the sake of my brother, exiled for many years in Londonshire.
This was a Malcolm Allan ‘Quality Butchers’ ‘Haggis& [...]
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