Jan 30
Here is a great short film on the butchery of a side of pig. In the modern world we have forgotten where our food comes from and even where particular cuts of meat come from. This is great to watch how a whole side of pig is transformed into cuts of meat that we might …
Jan 29
I have been trying to convince people that a lot of what we think we know about our diet and the affect it has on our bodies is wrong or at least mis-guided. Our ancestors ate fat, but didn’t become fat as a result and the main reason was that they didn’t eat that much …
Jan 26
After the first attempt at preparing a de-boned chicken, I tried again with a 6lb Capon that I had in the freezer from after Christmas. I also had some left over ‘Black Pudding‘ (actually it was kiszka), from our Burn’s Supper at the weekend, that I used to make the stuffing. I was confident from …
Jan 18
To paraphrase, ‘Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made’. However when making sausages yourself you have greater control over the ingredients. My friend Bill got a KitchenAid sausage making attachment for Christmas and he has been churning out some fantastic delicacies for the last couple of weeks. We talked …
Jan 17
On the day of Benjamin Franklin’s birthday here is an article he wrote for the The Pennsylvania Gazette published on January 13, 1736/7. However Ben’s list of 200+ synonyms for drunkenness was beaten by Paul Dickson, who’s book Drunk: The Definitive Drinker’s Dictionary, broke the Guinness record with 2,231 synonyms. The Drinker’s Dictionary Nothing more …
