Finding the chase and cutting to it

OK!? What are we talking about today, please? OK… I was born in 1973 and that year there were 3.912 billion people on the surface of Earth. In the 1970s the oil crisis was on, the 3 day week, frighteningly high inflation and difficultly in making ends meet for many in the UK. Today there […]

I’m thinking about putting some of my recipes down in a cook book as I’m sitting watching Saturday Kitchen. The past few months, Saturday morning has been spent making my pasta for the week with Saturday Kitchen playing in the background while I’m hands on and my focus while I’m doing the waiting. I’m 48 […]

We don’t have many biscuits in the house, but those that do make it over the threshold tend to be plain chocolate digestives. My fault: I am not a fan of the milk chocolate used for biscuits, it’s a bit sickly. So plain chocolate digestives were the compromise because I really am not a fan […]

I’ve never had french onion soup – there’s a fundamental problem with it when I eat out and that’s the edition of a layer of cheese on the top. I love cheese and onion and gravy – believe me, French onion soup is the equivalent of onion gravy and who doesn’t like onion gravy? – […]

The past few weeks have been spent in a couple of key ways while using up some leave. Oh yeah? Yes. Firstly having been given a kit by a friend to enable my food mixer to be used as a meat mincer, or grinder to my American friends, and finding neither me or my husband […]

Lockdown, in the UK, has afford many of us opportunities as our busy commute and work lives have dramatically changed. Due to shortages last year, I have started making bread from scratch in my bread maker rather than using packets. To be honest, the mixes are interesting because someone has done all the experimenting for […]

This week has been interesting in a few of ways. Firstly, we got a reminder about the 2021 census which we’re keen to do. Government grabbing data to chase us on taxes… No, way of establishing the make up of the country and working out where budgets should be provided. Plus of course, it allows […]

It’s such a mixed phrase, welcome back. Thing is, if there has been a long period, life moves on. When this site died in early January, Christmas was coming to an end and because of my situation we were still being VERY careful. Today, there’s cautious optimism as one of the vulnerable, I got my […]

Back when I launched my first web service, I came across the SSL Labs. This is a free service that allows you to check the status of a website in terms of its encrypted transport layer Eh? You know, the little green or grey lock symbol on your web address bar that let’s you know […]

My fledgeling has left the nest: after nearly 19 years we’re back to just being a couple. My husband and I have been moving towards this for a while now but we were a little surprised how strange the house felt without our teenager. A little concern for how he was going to get on […]