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National Poetry Month
(The first non-school poem I remember enjoying. Well, apart from Eleanor Farjeon.)
Drive She Said
I hit the deck like a ton of lard
when the back of my neck hit something hard
A yard of lead or a judo chop
drive she said, I’ll tell you when to stop
Up my sleeve she stuck me with a spike
said you can leave whenever I like
Give me bread
Take me round the ( Read more... ) -
More Brussels Sprouts
From the Irish Times.
450g Brussels sprouts
50g butter
2 tsp rapeseed or sunflower oil
1 tbsp black mustard seeds
2 tsp cumin seeds, whole
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp sea salt
2 tbsp dry white wine
Firstly, chop each sprout in half then lay the flat side down on your chopping board and slice each half lengthwise as finely as you can.
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Rocky Road Bar
A variation on this, this was N&D and G1's birthday cake this year. G2 has just requested it for hers next month!
125g butter
300g dark chocolate chips
3 tbsp golden syrup
75g rich tea biscuits
75g digestive biscuits
75g mini marshmallows
75g red glace cherries, rinsed and roughly chopped
75g salted peanuts
0.5 cup shredded coconut
Line a 20 cm x 20 cm tin ( Read more... ) -
Savita Halappanavar and abortion in Ireland
A topic I've ranted about before. I'm so angry and disgusted that it's taken me a week to be coherent.
This happened in my home town, about a 5 minute walk from where I grew up. I heard about it on Monday morning, and while I wish I could say it was a surprise, in truth it's a tragedy that's been 30 years in the making. Abortion rights in Ireland ( Read more... ) -
Chicken in spinach and feta sauce
250g spinach ( Read more... ) -
Lumberjack cake
Found in some magazine in a rented unit in Townsville last year. Really moist, so if you don't plan on eating it within a day, freeze it.
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Vids recs
I'm not a terribly visually-oriented person, so vids don't normally do much for me. But these two by Ksenos Theos... I found them about an hour ago, and I can't stop watching.
The Bad Trip is wonderfully unsettling. Sherlock meets Mr Snow, Moriarty is very very disturbing and the music is inspired - John Lennon's Imagine covered by A Perfect Circle ( Read more... )
