Saturday, January 11, 2014
By Mike on Saturday, January 11, 2014, 00:09
January 2014 - Recent storms have damaged parts of my garden fence - in my search for economical ways to rebuild it, I stumbled across The Southampton Wood Recycling project.
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Saturday, January 4, 2014
By Mike on Saturday, January 4, 2014, 20:09
The first Saturday in January 2014 - too wet to go out and too cold to play ball.
So I consulted my lists of ideas and picked an experiment that's been at the back of my mind for maybe a year now - to make a waffle entirely out of bacon.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
By Mike on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 21:34
January 2014 - Cheese is expensive - especially matured cheese - and especially, it seems, in the time just before Christmas.
But it's nice to have good cheese at Christmas - so what's the solution? Simple. Buy it after Christmas and keep it for a whole year.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
By Mike on Sunday, December 29, 2013, 21:27
Here's another plastic moulding project - this time, to make a new handle for a broken horn serving ladle.
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By Mike on Sunday, December 29, 2013, 12:22
December 2013 - here's a recipe that's perfect for the interval between Christmas and New Year - a delicious warming soup made from Stilton Cheese and Brussels Sprouts
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Friday, December 20, 2013
By Mike on Friday, December 20, 2013, 23:25
Here's a recipe for a Tarte Tatin topped with caramelised Asian pears, flavoured with brandy and star anise, on a delicious crumbly base made from semolina butter shortbread.
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
By Mike on Saturday, December 14, 2013, 22:32
December 2013 - Here's how to make delicious, crispy savoury wafers that can be served as crackers, or curled into cones and filled.
They're made with just a single ingredient - cheese! - so they're suitable for a gluten-free diet.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
By Mike on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 13:05
November 2013 - Not the usual Atomic Shrimp fare, but this is just a little Microsoft Access DB I made for managing and displaying quiz scores.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
By Mike on Thursday, November 14, 2013, 23:58
A simple recipe to make tasty cheesy crackers that are crumbly, oaty and delicious - great with cheeses or dips, but nice enough to eat all on their own.
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Friday, November 1, 2013
By Mike on Friday, November 1, 2013, 20:35
This is something that's been slowly building at work and I have been meaning to document it for a while.
Welcome to The Museum Of Disposable Forks!
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