Saturday, January 11, 2014

Southampton Wood Recycling

southamptonwoodrecyclingthumb.jpgJanuary 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

Bacon Waffle

baconwaffle2.jpgThe 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

Next Year's Cheese - Maturing Cheese At Home

nextyearscheesethumb.jpgJanuary 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

More Plastic Moulding - Re-Making A Missing Handle

plasticmoulding4thumb.jpgHere's another plastic moulding project - this time, to make a new handle for a broken horn serving ladle.

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Sprout And Stilton Soup

sproutandstiltonthumb.jpgDecember 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

Asian Pear Tarte Tatin

peartatinthumb.jpgHere'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

Cheese Wafer Cones

cheesewafersthumb.jpgDecember 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

A Quiz Scoreboard Database

quizthumb.jpgNovember 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

Cheesy Oaty Crumbly Crackers

cheesycrackersthumb.jpgA 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

The Museum Of Disposable Forks

plasticforksthumb.jpgThis 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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