Category: Food
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Breaking my own Copyright: Mother’s Day at Lismaine Cottage
This a a shameless re-post of a blog I wrote for Lismaine Cottage, my parents bed and breakfast establishment, on Mothering Sunday. The reason I want to share it is not just that it gives me something easy to post, but the cake was so damn good. This cake was certainly not a lie. Enjoy!…
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An Alternative Christmas
Christmas has been and gone for another year, but there’s still time for…Christmas? Yes, we had our Christmas dinner on Friday the 22nd of December as I’m visiting Sarah in England from the 23rd to the 26th. I spend the past week working nights, and was struck down with a bad case of the cold…
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An Unusual Cup of Coffee
My new job has well and truly started, but I wasn’t exactly thrown in. There were two full days of induction which gave me no indication of what my day job was going to be. But it did mean I got out early on both days. I was walking back to the bus station on…
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Lismaine Cottage Update – Cooking in the Cottage
Lismaine Cottage was closed over the Christmas period to give everyone a chance to recover, but it’s back to business as usual. As part of a spur of the moment idea, and an opportunity for some promotion, we decided to make a short film about food. Macaroni cheese specifically. Whilst I wanted to make dinner,…
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Merry (Belated) Christmas, and an even Happier New Year
Christmas has come and gone for another year. Well, technically it concludes with the twelfth day of Christmas on the 5th of January, but for most the excitement is in the preparation and the big day itself. This was no ordinary Christmas for my family, as it was the first in many years without the…
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Kept you waiting, huh?
Exams are over and the Ordinary Decent Gamer is back in business. And what do you do to celebrate the end of a terrible month? You make pasta! Wait, no. That comes later. First, you leave the country as soon as you can and go as far away as you can afford to at that…
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Christmas (2015) Food and Fun, and a Great Shortbread Recipe
Happy New Year! Christmas flew by, and I barely talked about food at all. I’ve been so distracted working on my first gaming video the writing side of things has fallen by the wayside. But fear not! I am back in business. I did a reasonable amount of cooking this year, though the dessert was not…
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The Second Day of Ramen-mas
Friday night was ramen and retro gaming night, as you might be able to tell from the place setting and the SNES controllers. The tenugui I brought back from Tokyo, a Traditional Japanese dyed piece of cotton, became the focus of the place setting. The ceramic spoons were Chinese, but then again, so were the noodles!…
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Red Bull and Ramen
If Red Bull was a person… How would you describe their personality? This was just one of the interesting questions I was asked as part of a market research survey around soft drinks. I approached as I was docking my Belfast Bike near Avoca by a friendly looking woman, who walked with purpose towards me.…
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Weird and Wonderful Food, and Experiences
Weird and Wonderful Food and Drink I was complemented on my curry udon eating technique today because of the lack of curry sauce on my white coat – little did they know I spilled it on my trousers instead. Curry udon consists of udon (duh), which are thick wheat noodles, in a curry sauce with…
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