Spanish
Spanish has three nationalities: British, Irish and Australian due to a series of accidents. Spanish is not one of them,
Mark was born in Australia in 1966 and has lived on a damp, cold island off the coast of France (the locals call it "Blighty") since 1970. Educated in the State School System (proudly), his teachers unanimously agreed he had raised indolence and mediocrity to world-class levels.
In sport, he excelled at outrunning the bigger kids to avoid a regular hiding. These traits have seen him through several aimless career changes and now, in his 50s, he finds himself wondering what he will do when he grows up.
But, he loves his family and he can cook a bit.
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It's not patriotic to eat it, of course
because it's French
“Four isn’t enough is it?” Farage was heard to say this at his perfectly innocent meeting near Clacton
For once I agree with him on something: Four isn't enough.
Why has the way we buy meat changed so much?
There is a recipe here, but I want to talk about how inaccessible even “cheap” cuts are becoming
...although it won't sound like it
I am writing a sort of memoir for my kids and one of the sections is about a burger I had when I was about 3 in Australia.
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In the shade by a river in my favourite country...
…Hendricks Martini anyone?
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Mmm… stale bread salad
Wait...what?!
Indonesian-ish Fish Curry
Charmaine Solomon wouldn’t necessarily agree
If I had a penny for every online recipe I’ve seen that claims to be “authentic”, I’d have £5.73
And don’t start me on “cultural appropriation”
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A bit different from what we had at school.
Parma violets for grown-ups.
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You need this for a lot of cocktails. Or you can apparently make desserts with it.
Why wolud you make dessers when, well, cocktails?
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