Piedmont Peppers

A late veggie supper

Over lunching and other confessions

One day last week for reasons I'm not sure about today. I over lunched on steak and onion sandwiches, so much so it was late evening before I was ready to eat again. The chicken thighs destined to be a 'coconutty' curry didn't really appeal after the carnivore excesses earlier in the day and were left in the fridge. A rummage in the veg rack exposed a shapely red pepper and half a dozen or so small tomatoes still clinging to their vine. Bring on the olive oil and garlic!

Piedmont style roast peppers were the order of the moment.

Hard Cheese

An Apology

Lies, deceit and a PDO

Would I lie to you, well yes. In fact if you have been round to mine and had a pasta or a risotto I probably already have. I suspect I have also broken several European laws and denied some cheese maker in Emilia–Romagna his (or her) human rights. So without any further ado I unreservedly apologise to all the friends I have lied to, the judiciary of the European Union and the good people of northern Italy.

I know it's no defence but I suspect you lie too.

Baked Potatoes

A Straight Jacket
A skewer and a karate chop

Delia's web page on how to cook jacket potatoes opens with the words 'Could there possibly be anyone in the wide world who doesn't drool at the thought of jacket potatoes with really crisp, crunchy skins and fluffy, floury insides and something lovely melted into them?', well yes, me! That is, until recently. I am now a convert, although drool may be going a bit far.

This is the story of that conversion...

Weights and Measures

Man accused of weighing his penis

A broken link and a second hand account of court proceedings.

It has been brought to my attention the page on the Edinburgh Evening News web site, linked to, at the bottom of 'More on potatoes – Yes, but is it floury', has been removed. So for those of you that can't control their curiosity I have attempted below to recreate the article from memory and snippets available elsewhere.