A recipe I just made up tonight and managed to pen down before I forgot...
Ready in 30 minutes.
Serves five greedy people, or ten supermodels.
800g mushrooms (washed & chopped coarse)
200ml sour cream
120g butter
120g flour
6 cloves garlic
1l chicken stock
1/3 bottle of chardonnay (a creamy, fruity one if you can be bothered to be picky)
salt & pepper
1. Heat the butter & crushed garlic into a large saucepan, then add the chopped mushrooms.
2. Leave it for 10 minutes to sautee on a low heat under the lid, stirring occasionally.
3. While this is going, make up the chicken stock seperately (two cubes and a full kettle).
4. Add the flour until all the juices are soaked up.
5. Slowly add the stock, stirring all the time.
6. Bring to boil and cook for five minutes.
7. Add the wine.
8. Cook for a few more minutes, then blend while adding the cream.
9. Season and serve with lots of pepper and chunky buttered toast.
18/03/2009
09/02/2009
25 things about me.
1. I cried at the end of Beauty and the Beast, but I thought Schindler's List was manipulative bullshit.
2. I once auditioned for the part of a young Gerard Durrell in this:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166450/ but I didn't get it. Someone called Darren did. I've hated the name ever since.
3. I have been on TV three times. Each time it was to talk about point number 4.
4. I left school aged 9 and was educated by my mother. I have no qualifications.
5. When I was 15, I lived on a sofa in Haringey and shared it for a short while with a homeless chap. He was very nice, but had been screwed over by his wife.
6. I was circumcised for medical reasons when I was 12, but it hasn't done me any harm.
7. My granddad helped bomb Dresden.
8. My favourite sweets are (or were) 2p shrimps.
9. I enjoy dressing up in drag.
10. I once killed a pigeon with a 12-bore shotgun. It looked like it was snowing.
11. I strongly believe that the European Union is killing the cultural diversity of its member countries.
12. I have watched the Blues Brothers and Blade Runner over 100 times.
13. I can recite practically every line of script from series one & two of Bottom. Series three is shit though.
14. I'm a closet tech geek. I do a very good job of keeping it under wraps.
15. I read books at talking pace. It took me over a year to read the Lord of the Rings.
16. I regularly consider giving up my job and travelling for the rest of my life.
17. I once stumbled across a heart attack victim on the way home from the pub. I tried to resuscitate him but I wasn't successful. A few months later I received a call from his bereaved wife (who had asked for my number from the police), she thanked me for my efforts to save her late husband despite the fact that I didn't succeed. It was the most moving moment of my life and had a profound effect on me.
18. I was born 20 days late, and have been ever since.
19. I don't know where to draw the line when it comes to sarcasm.
20. I once knocked out a landlord in his own pub with two punches, and got away with it. (He deserved it)
21. All my socks are black, because I have a pathological hatred of odd ones.
22. I got to the quarter-finals of the national BMX championships when I was 8. It's been down hill ever since.
23. My work will never be me life, nor will it be more important.
24. I'd be gay if I didn't fancy women so much.
25. I want to grow old with my family and the same friends I have now.
2. I once auditioned for the part of a young Gerard Durrell in this:http://www.imdb.com/title/
3. I have been on TV three times. Each time it was to talk about point number 4.
4. I left school aged 9 and was educated by my mother. I have no qualifications.
5. When I was 15, I lived on a sofa in Haringey and shared it for a short while with a homeless chap. He was very nice, but had been screwed over by his wife.
6. I was circumcised for medical reasons when I was 12, but it hasn't done me any harm.
7. My granddad helped bomb Dresden.
8. My favourite sweets are (or were) 2p shrimps.
9. I enjoy dressing up in drag.
10. I once killed a pigeon with a 12-bore shotgun. It looked like it was snowing.
11. I strongly believe that the European Union is killing the cultural diversity of its member countries.
12. I have watched the Blues Brothers and Blade Runner over 100 times.
13. I can recite practically every line of script from series one & two of Bottom. Series three is shit though.
14. I'm a closet tech geek. I do a very good job of keeping it under wraps.
15. I read books at talking pace. It took me over a year to read the Lord of the Rings.
16. I regularly consider giving up my job and travelling for the rest of my life.
17. I once stumbled across a heart attack victim on the way home from the pub. I tried to resuscitate him but I wasn't successful. A few months later I received a call from his bereaved wife (who had asked for my number from the police), she thanked me for my efforts to save her late husband despite the fact that I didn't succeed. It was the most moving moment of my life and had a profound effect on me.
18. I was born 20 days late, and have been ever since.
19. I don't know where to draw the line when it comes to sarcasm.
20. I once knocked out a landlord in his own pub with two punches, and got away with it. (He deserved it)
21. All my socks are black, because I have a pathological hatred of odd ones.
22. I got to the quarter-finals of the national BMX championships when I was 8. It's been down hill ever since.
23. My work will never be me life, nor will it be more important.
24. I'd be gay if I didn't fancy women so much.
25. I want to grow old with my family and the same friends I have now.
04/02/2009
How come Onitsuka Tiger are 60?
We're all gonna die...
Most of you probably already know this, but here it is again; 100 metres of existence, in Berlin
I've started to listen to the Hospital podcast again.
And I strongly recommend you do too, it's the most enjoyable thing I've listened to on "radio" for a long time. Tony Colman, frontman of London Elektricity is a joy. He takes the piss out of stuff. I like that.
Of course, a cursory interest in drum & bass is necessary...
A change of tunes...
I've always thought that I need to formulate a big subject for any post on this blog. This has led me to shy away from the task. Therefore I will be updating this blog with micro updates from now on, starting today.
Random thoughts and feelings.
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