How do all.
I'm veering away from standard format today as the dessert here at Casa del Work is too dull to mention. Actually, that's not fair - it's actually quite nice but I'm bored of blogging about it as it pops up with such regularity it's becoming as familiar as the Cadbury Flake mug on my desk (sadly empty of Flakes....).
M & S have really got it sussed! These biscuits are just brilliant. They taste great - you don't even need to dunk if you don't want to but when you do......
They're even better than TimTams and that really is fighting talk I know.
I'm busy not preparing for my holiday at the moment. I should really be bustling about getting things ready but I haven't really realised just how close it is. I depart this weekend for Boston where I'll spend 2 nights ,then nip over (as you do) to Provincetown for 3 nights before returning to Boston and then home, Boston is going to be a new experience for me and one I'm very much looking forward to. I've been really fortunate in having travelled to quite a lot of the US but Boston, New England and Cape Cod are totally new to me. I get to travel for work a lot and as I work for an airline, I get to travel for fun - for free! I'm therefore surprised that Boston has never cropped up before. I've always wanted to visit but the circumstances never quite fitted. Now they do and I'm excited.
I'm also hugely excited about whale watching. I've done it before in Australia and I thought I was going to explode with sheer joy. I'm glad I've thought about all of this now as I'm super keen to get home to start packing!
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Warm Chelsea Bun
Hello Blogworld! It's been a little while so apologies.
I've already discussed my feelings on Chelsea Buns so I won't dwell. However, I was just thinking if there is actually anything I really do like about them. I've realised there is. The cherry! It's wierd. I do kinda like plastic food - much to the horror of the other half and friends. Glace cherries for starters. They're grrrrreat. Basically sugar but with a bit of flavour, which I'm not even sure is actually cherry - more er....... pink?!
Other fake foods I really love are, in no particular order....
Cheese singles/Dairylee Triangles/Cheese Strings. I love processed cheese - the more plastic/rubbery the texture, the more I love it! I'm not a huge cheese fan - in fact really strong cheese tends to make my tongue itch and as for cheese with blue veins..... that REALLY gives me the willies!
I love tinned Baked Beans - the kind that already has Branston added - yum, and I love tinned beans and mini sausages too. Tinned meatballs are winners also.
Apologies to any culinary experts gliding thru. I realise that the small list above is enough to harden an artery at fifty paces but I don't overindulge too much.
There are some foods that appear to be a bit fakey by way of their texture/appearance and I'm a huge fan of them too. Squid is a prime example. Slightly resistant to chewing but tastey if you can get over the whole tentacle thing, a struggle at first I grant you but just be brave and throw a sucker-clad octopus leg between your chops and you may be pleasantly surprised. Mussels, also rubbery - yum and Scallops!!!!!!!! Yowsers - I LOVE scallops!
Seafood. Now that's a whole different blogathon to chat about... On the whole I'm basically against it unless the bones are on the outside.
I've already discussed my feelings on Chelsea Buns so I won't dwell. However, I was just thinking if there is actually anything I really do like about them. I've realised there is. The cherry! It's wierd. I do kinda like plastic food - much to the horror of the other half and friends. Glace cherries for starters. They're grrrrreat. Basically sugar but with a bit of flavour, which I'm not even sure is actually cherry - more er....... pink?!
Other fake foods I really love are, in no particular order....
Cheese singles/Dairylee Triangles/Cheese Strings. I love processed cheese - the more plastic/rubbery the texture, the more I love it! I'm not a huge cheese fan - in fact really strong cheese tends to make my tongue itch and as for cheese with blue veins..... that REALLY gives me the willies!
I love tinned Baked Beans - the kind that already has Branston added - yum, and I love tinned beans and mini sausages too. Tinned meatballs are winners also.
Apologies to any culinary experts gliding thru. I realise that the small list above is enough to harden an artery at fifty paces but I don't overindulge too much.
There are some foods that appear to be a bit fakey by way of their texture/appearance and I'm a huge fan of them too. Squid is a prime example. Slightly resistant to chewing but tastey if you can get over the whole tentacle thing, a struggle at first I grant you but just be brave and throw a sucker-clad octopus leg between your chops and you may be pleasantly surprised. Mussels, also rubbery - yum and Scallops!!!!!!!! Yowsers - I LOVE scallops!
Seafood. Now that's a whole different blogathon to chat about... On the whole I'm basically against it unless the bones are on the outside.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Canadian Gingerbread
I wonder what it is that makes it Canadian...? There were no mounties handing it out - which would have been fun. They could offered quick rides around the lunch room on their horse for a small fee.
I'm uncertain of any maple syrup content. Is there a special kind of Canadian ginger?
Hmm.....
I'm still thinking about mounties....
Don't they have great outfits!?! Apart from the hat.
Anyway. Back in the work groove again after a splendid weekend in Rome. It was beautiful and we had a lot of fun. A friendly lesbian hijacked us in a bar one evening and whisked us off to a club (location unclear... there had been considerable booze consumption by then) with 2 of her friends in their early 20's - both attractive in that smouldering, Italian kind of way but a little on the short side - but then Italian chaps generally are from what I've seen. Sigh. There was drinking, there was dancing and there was much merriment. Rome is one of my fave places on the planet.
What else? Now counting down to my holiday to New England. My health plan has been set in motion and my lunch today threw a rather large spanner into it early on in the programme. Turkey, brie and cranberry sandwich. My tastebuds rejoiced, my waistband groaned in terror. Things aren't going too bad tho - I don't really want/need to lose that much. Just want to tone up - don't want to look like a lardy ol' knacker on the glamourous streets of Provincetown!
Any travel tips for Boston/Provincetown would be greatly appreciated, so if anyone happens to be browsing thru here and has any info please let me know.
I think I need some tea. One lump or two? Anyone?
I'm uncertain of any maple syrup content. Is there a special kind of Canadian ginger?
Hmm.....
I'm still thinking about mounties....
Don't they have great outfits!?! Apart from the hat.
Anyway. Back in the work groove again after a splendid weekend in Rome. It was beautiful and we had a lot of fun. A friendly lesbian hijacked us in a bar one evening and whisked us off to a club (location unclear... there had been considerable booze consumption by then) with 2 of her friends in their early 20's - both attractive in that smouldering, Italian kind of way but a little on the short side - but then Italian chaps generally are from what I've seen. Sigh. There was drinking, there was dancing and there was much merriment. Rome is one of my fave places on the planet.
What else? Now counting down to my holiday to New England. My health plan has been set in motion and my lunch today threw a rather large spanner into it early on in the programme. Turkey, brie and cranberry sandwich. My tastebuds rejoiced, my waistband groaned in terror. Things aren't going too bad tho - I don't really want/need to lose that much. Just want to tone up - don't want to look like a lardy ol' knacker on the glamourous streets of Provincetown!
Any travel tips for Boston/Provincetown would be greatly appreciated, so if anyone happens to be browsing thru here and has any info please let me know.
I think I need some tea. One lump or two? Anyone?
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