Futtocks
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How are you a league fan and not union?
Because I enjoy the finer things in life, from food and drink to music, literature and sport.
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I've been a member of the Virgin Winebank for a couple of years now. They debit a set amount from your account each month (default =
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Badlands - Badlands.
A band stylistically indebted to Led Zep. Not a great album, but three or four songs hit the spot.
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Kraftwerk - Minimum/Maximum
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Never mind all that gubbins. Check out Manowar - Blow Your Speakers (pref at 11) Try not fist banging to this one - impossible.
LMAO
Manowar - grown men in furry nappies.
Currently groovin' to Dennis (the singer from Doctor Hook who didn't sport an eyepatch) Locorriere - Post Cool. Next up is Hugh Masekela - Hope.
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These were 75p each from a fishmonger market stall in Bradford.
Highly uninspiring to be honest. A faff to open and they taste like mussels and sea water, chewy too.
Best to get 'em at a seaside town where they are caught - as fresh off the boat as humanly possible.
And get some other mug to open the damn things up.
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Superb photo of a twister on today's Bing.
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I think they played Glastonbury one year. One of the songs they do is the Theme from 'Shaft'.
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Fifth Dimension - Flashback
Brandi Carlile - Shadows on the Wall
Fleet Foxes - Innocent Son
Marc Ford - Shining again
Henk Hofstede - Famous Blue Raincoat
Burt Bacharach & Ronald Isley - In between the Heartaches
The Triffids - One Mechanic Town
Dengue Fever - Psychologically Healing
Tomoyasu Hotei - Boys on the run
Leo Kottke - The Scarlatti Rip-off
Ken Nordine - Burgundy
Mandrill - Ape is high
Faze-O - Riding high
They might be Giants - Purple Toup
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Manu Dibango - Senga abele
Phish - Bliss
Sonny Landreth - Planet Cannonball
The Nits - How the West got lost
The Angels - You won't find no Answers
Ray Charles - Misery in my Heart
Frank Zappa - Cruisin' for Burgers
Pink Floyd - Crumblin' Land
Leonard Cohen - First we take Manhattan (live)
Porcupine Tree - Up the down Stair
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Sojourn of Arjuna
Bob Dylan - Highlands
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King's X - Gretchen goes to Nebraska. Haven't listened to this in at least 10 years. Liking it lots.
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tonight I will be listening to The Stereophonics, in Hoodtown
Commiserations, mate.
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Dont Come around Here No More.
really looking forward to his new album. dates have been anounced for his US tour. I have my fingers crossed he may play over here but its been a while since he toured Europe.
I can recommend 'Runnin' down a Dream' - a 3 DVD & 1 CD set. Two of the DVDs are a superb documentary about the band and the 3rd is the Anniversary gig in Gainesville. The CD is a collection of unreleased stuff, which isn't exactly essential, but nice to have.
His latest release, however, is a monster box set of live performances. It comes in various different forms, but the 'de luxe' version runs to nine discs - CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray and Vinyl, plus other goodies!
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Sesame oil as a dressing or stir fry oil?
You just use it to finish off a dish, same as truffle oil. Either as a dressing, or right at the end of cooking. It has a low smoke point, so you wouldn't want to use it as the main oil for cooking, regardless of the flavour.
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You beat me to it. A lot of shops and restaurants in this country have stopped selling it. It is produced by prolonged cruelty. Stick to liver pate.
There's a lot of hysteria and hyperbole spouted about foie gras production. There have also been some shops/restaurants targeted by sickos who threaten the owners' children/family etc.
True, some producers do use methods that are cruel (if not as cruel as some campaigners claim), but you can buy the stuff from ethical/humane producers too. Just check before you buy.
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I was with you until sesame oil. I can't stand it. I love Asian food to be clean and fresh, sesame oil just ruins it.
I find you have to use it with a very light touch, or it dominates everything.
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Last night i cooked a salad of toasted pine nuts, pack choi, broccolli and sprouts.
Served with griddled tuna steak.
Lovely.
Tonight i fancy cooking something closer to home; a roast.
I like pak choi. Much easier to get these days, too. Stir fried with ginger, garlic and soy sauce, then finished with a touch of sesame oil is a nice way to have it.
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just listened to washington square serenade by Steve Earle
Good album. Danny Baker played the track 'Satellite Radio' a few times on his show, which made me check it out.
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Midlake - the Courage of others. Nice, if maybe a little too laid-back.
Broken Bells - Broken Bells. Still getting into this. Interesting
Zulu Spear - Welcome to the USA. African Rock music; 'Chin up' is a superb song, with Zulu harmonies and crunchy guitars.
Rob Wasserman - Duets. Bass virtuoso Wasserman plays with various guests, from St
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I've come across that mob at the Pub & Bar Expo. They were handing out samples to try so I ate my fill of crocodile, locust, snake and a number of other creatures I'd rather not be reminded of.
I've had springbok, eland and crocodile from them. Very good stuff.
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As part of my new year resolution, I'm looking at trying a new food or drink every month.
So far I have tried Japanese sake (saki) and venison. I have some others in mind but I'm throwing the doors open to anymore exciting suggestions. (And don't say 'salad', I know some of you smart ***** are thinking it!)
My other ideas for future months include:
- goose foie gras
- caviar
- quince
- dragonfruit
- steak tartare
- oysters
- sea bream
- tripe
- frog's legs
- kangaroo
Of the above:
- Foie gras (Duck or Goose) is delicious, and there are more and more suppliers who rear the birds more humanely than the horror stories that are regularly circulated.
- Caviare. The cheap/medium priced stuff's nothing to write home about, while the really good stuff is prohibitively expensive.
- Quince. You can, in some delicatessens and supermarkets (i.e. Sainsbury) get Membrillo, which is a stiff quince jelly which is traditionally served with white, crumble cheese. A good combination.
- Dragon Fruit. About a hundred times more interesting to look at than to eat. Pleasant, but a little bland.
- Steak tartare. The flavour is lovely, but it's the texture that turns most people off.
- Oysters. Love 'em.
- Frog's Legs. Chickeny.
- Nice red meat, Kangaroo.
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I've had pheasant. It's a few years ago. I used to work with a guy who shot (and smoked) so I swapped him 200 Regal Kings bought in Spain for a brace of pheasant. Can't say I was impressed. It seemed dry and tasteless.
Pheasant's pleasant enough, but not a particularly exotic taste. Being a game bird, it has little fat so will dry out quickly if not regularly basted. Pigeon can be had from some butchers, Waitrose, or (frozen) from oriental supermarkets. Again, it must be kept moist, but is a much more interesting flavour than pheasant or partridge.
Quail is farmed (more fat), and can be roasted pretty vigorously. I tend to just season them well with salt and pepper, stuff a couple of cherry peppers inside, then sear them in a pan before roasting.
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You need to take a tour through theOsgrow website.
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Went to see Midlake last night. Very good once the soundman switched the mud button on the mixing desk off.
I've just ordered their CD 'The Courage of Others'.
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