Recipes

Over the summer, I got seriously into pancakes. I’d cook ‘em for breakfast for Daughter & me two or three times a week, and go to work / out at the weekend with a definite full-belly-warm-glow about me. Strangely enough, everyone seems to think that pancakes are a real faff to cook in the...
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On the cycling instructors’ course today, we had to demonstrate our presentation skills with a short presentation (2-3 minutes) on the subject of our choice. One of the guys spoke for 150 seconds on belly button fluff. :-/  Go figure! I decided to teach the class how to bake the best bread they’ll ever taste....
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I took my camera out the other Sunday while I was taking Huge Dalmation for a walk along the promenade. I thought it would be fun to see what sort of people were out riding their bikes just half an hour after sunrise. It was no surprise to see a couple of roadies out,...
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My training’s reached the point where I’ve started to get those weird food cravings. This time, I WON’T be giving in to the temptation to have kippers in porridge, but it did get a little strange tonight. I didn’t have time to finish my supper before heading off to the pool, so I tucked...
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. . . so I didn’t drink as much as I should have done on the bike. Anyway - the Run. VonSmallhaussen’s up to stay for the weekend, so she volunteered to come with me for the run - to the lighthouse and back. Except she was going to cycle (borrowing Wife’s bike), so that...
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I’d originally intended to do this at Early O’clock on Saturday morning. But after the previous week’s burning the candle at both ends in a pure oxygen environment experience, I opted for a lie in instead. For some reason, 08:00 now counts as a lie in, but there you go. Anyway, the plan was to...
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I found this excellent recipe for Aphid Toffee, and tried it out today: 3 table spoons of sugar 3 table spoons fresh greenfly 4oz of butter 3 desert spoons of milk 3 desert spoons of treacle a little vinegar Boil gently for 20 minutes until a little dropped into cold water forms a ball. Chewy and sweet - pretty damned fine in...
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I was behind in my cycling mileage for this fortnight, and had hardly been on the bike since the Warwick triathlon two weeks ago. Officially, this was a rest period, after doing three sprint triathlons in six weeks. But also, I’d just reached a level of burnout, where I just didn’t want to cycle...
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Fresh from my triumph in the pool yesterday, I headed out for my Sunday bike ride this morning. The alarm went off at 06:00 . . . and I woke with a start at 06:20. It then took me an hour to get going - breakfast of porridge, peanut butter & ginger marmalade, washed down...
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They give you . . . . um . . . . gas / wind / etc. It might have something to do with the quantity I’ve been eating - dunno. That’s all.
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