Category Archives: Food and Cooking

Really Great recipe for shepherds’s pie

I went out this evening to a pub (McEwans brewhouse) and had a really great vegetarian shepherd’s pie. It had a 5 bean chilli base, topped with mash and covered in cheese. I really want to try it at home, … Continue reading

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Baking Pizza

Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Pizza Express Cook Book I just tried the basic recipe out of this book this evening and it made an amazing pizza. It was better than some of the frozen varieties. I used the dough recipe, topped … Continue reading

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No Chopsticks?

Despite being absolutely huge the Sainsbury’s at Cameron Toll in Edinburgh doesn’t sell Chopsticks. I even went so far as to ask! Not one chopstick to be found (although presumably I would need at least two to actually get anywhere … Continue reading

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Improved Popcorn technique

I’ve been working away on my method for making popcorn at home in the microwave. I realised after a while that leaving the popped popcorn in the microwave after it has popped just causes it to burn, go brown and … Continue reading

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Sugar Syrup Kind of works

I tried making sugar popcorn with sugar syrup yesterday and it pretty much works. Although I used icing sugar (because I had surplus) and I think next time I’m going to try using granulated instead. I found that melting it … Continue reading

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Popcorn?

I tried making popcorn at home in the Microwave today. I started with corn kernels (unpopped) and put them in a covered dish. Then I microwaved them for three minutes and to my amazement, most of them popped. Seemed to … Continue reading

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