tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74925248263304159592012-02-16T21:37:25.334+01:00Self involved delusional thoughts of an absent parentMashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-78472778673693140682008-02-07T18:31:00.000+01:002008-02-07T18:32:20.338+01:00

Nut and Spinach Roast with Wild Mushroom GravyServes 4Ingredients:For the nut roast• 250g mixed unsalted nuts, toasted• 25g whole unsalted cashews, toasted• 1 onion, finely chopped• 1 carrot, grated• 200g can chopped tomatoes, drained• 50g sundried tomatoes, chopped• 100g gruyere, grated• 1tsp dried sage• 1tsp fresh mint, chopped• 1tbsp curly parsley, chopped• 1 clove garlic, crushed• 1tsp

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-29442862259761047712007-02-20T13:29:00.000+01:002007-02-20T13:40:12.298+01:00

So this happy and content thing is all very well but it is making me quite dull. I have nothing witty, ascerbic or entertaining to write anymore. Life is a bloody bowl of cherries god damn it. My life now consists of working 3 days a week doing something I have been doing for years and getting paid about the same amount of money for when I was doing a 5 day week working a 12 hour day. I am

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-86350820912768216512007-02-09T19:20:00.000+01:002007-02-09T19:19:44.994+01:00

Went with the mother to St Pauls today. She now has a special card showing that she's over 60 - wouldn't have bothered admitting it myself as she only got 50p knocked off the entrance price.Such a beautiful building but the crypt is full of dead people who appear to be famous for killing lots of other people. All war heroes we had never heard of who had had massive pieces of alibaster sculpted

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-25905558513444524422007-02-05T14:33:00.000+01:002007-02-05T16:22:35.086+01:00

OH Dear god I appear to have condemned my children by taking them back to Lowestoft, and not to a life of chavdom, getting underage girls pregnant and drinking cheap cider in the park either (that will happen over my very very cold dead body).The avian flu has hit Suffolk and more specifically Lowestoft (the place Norfolk won't admit too). Obviously they are healthy teenage boys and I am

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-42096399919581257422007-02-01T21:06:00.000+01:002007-02-02T22:05:03.932+01:00

...and apparently it was Philip. Seriously, I was scarily obsessive. I hate to admit it but I guess thats the point. Poor Philip didn't have a chance.To clarify up to the point this story begins and get the boring bits over with... I was a fuck up at school, not remotely academic and thought I wanted to be a nanny (when really it was just because my mother was pushing the art thing and then

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-6743834884773581192007-01-31T14:49:00.000+01:002007-01-31T15:00:21.570+01:00

So we have finally figured out whats wrong with me and I am definitely not mental (which I am a little dissapointed about), I am merely intollerant (which I knew anyway). I have been forced into a healthy diet whether I like it or not as I am gluten intollerant. I realise that this may make people raise their eyebrows and call me a hypocondriac but I am in a seriously good mood and the boyf

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-35691270537405481732007-01-29T20:24:00.000+01:002007-01-29T20:38:27.812+01:00

12 chicken legs and thighs (a mix of the two is good)1 bulb of garlic (yes really)A punnet - couple of handfuls worth - of cherry tomatoesRosemary and Thyme (dried is fine as its going to be cooking a long time)Honey (couple of large table spoons)Salt& pepper to seasonLamb stock cube (trust me with this one) Olive Oil - 4 tablespoonsTamarind - 2 teaspoons (you don't really need this - I like it

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-43980880187196375732007-01-29T17:34:00.000+01:002007-01-29T21:35:28.213+01:00

On Friday I was called by the new temp agency I joined about a post being offered at the British Dental Ass.Now the reason I currently do temp work is so I can finish on a Thursday and clean Friday mornings, do all the stressful things we used to take up our weekends doing and then go and get the boys in time to be home again around 7pm (without being caught in the rush to leave London and get

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-24450024962101731902007-01-29T17:22:00.000+01:002007-01-29T17:33:26.298+01:00

Oh dear. Poor Rupert. I know he doesn't really take any notice of this but being in such a self involved, immodest industry where looks count for an awful lot it must be a little galling to be in the same 10 as Simon Cowell and Chris Moyles (who I personally think should be higher up the list). Anyhoo - this was supposed ot be all about me and Rupert already thinks I am a stalking freak weirdo

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-6498633774225138532007-01-23T12:10:00.000+01:002007-01-23T12:11:42.824+01:00

I'm not usually one for posting warnings about potential scams but I had a close one at the weekend. I walked into B&Q and some old guy dressed in orange asked me if I wanted decking. Fortunately, I got the first punch in and that was the end of that.Those less suspecting might not be so lucky

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-78640708924780764812007-01-22T15:32:00.000+01:002007-01-22T15:35:30.761+01:00

1 can of chickpeas 5 tablespoons of tahini (I use Maranatha roasted organic)3 tablespoons of olive oil The juice of two lemons (I'm big on lemons)2 to four cloves of garlic (I'm even bigger on garlic, so it's four to five for me.)1/2 a tablespoon of sea salt (I think this is unneccesary)1/4 cup of reserved liquid from chickpeas

Mashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501758895918677432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492524826330415959.post-33906879568733993162007-01-18T20:36:00.001+01:002007-01-20T20:29:24.964+01:00

1-2 lb. cabbage (actually just the biggest savoy cabbage you can buy) 2 oz. butter or bacon fat 2 oz. onion, finely chopped (I use shallots for extra flavour, about three of them) 3 oz. fresh white breadcrumbs (that's about a thick slice, and I use stale wholemeal!) 2 heaped tablespoons chopped parsley and herbs (mixed dried herbs are fine) 2 beaten eggs, salt, freshley ground pepper Trim cabbage

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I now live vicariously through my friends and children (note: not my extended family - they are way too complicated for me to want their lives), its the best way and saves my children or partner any further embarrassment. My life is much too hard to live it myself, says me, so I go to work 4 days a week and am content to cook and clean (oh yes I am) for a man who appreciates it (he really does)

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