I just caught the latest Kill it, Cook it, Eat it on BBC three.
It’s quite an insight into the process of rearing an animal for slaughter.

We’re going out for a curry this evening and as usual, I get the task of booking the table. This time round we thought we’d try somewhere new as the usual place we go to let us down last time.
Upon asking for a reservation at 8pm I was told the following:

Owner: You’ll need to bring your own beer or wine sir.
Me: Why’s that then!?
Owner: When I went on holiday I forgot to renew the alcohol license.

If they forget to renew an important part of their business structure, what else are they likely to forget about whilst preparing your meal.
I can see it now…

Server: Here’s your meal sir.
Me: This is just rice
Server: Sorry sir, we forgot to cook your lamb madras

We’re now booked into a different restaurant with the intention of being able to have a beer or two with our meal!

One of my friends, Alex, has just returned from a trip to Sweden.
This evening he brought to the pub, some of the chocolates that he’d purchased whilst he was out there.
Whilst they tasted very nice, i think the company who makes them needs to look at their naming convention!

[tags]funny, chocolate, sweden, product, food[/tags]

I managed to create a bit of a mess whilst attempting a poached egg this afternoon.
I’ve never made a poached egg the classic way (swirl the hot water then drop the egg in), i’m used to those plastic cup things that you poke in the water. They keep the egg together nicely, but where’s the fun in that!

So this afternoon, i challenged myself to do it the proper way. Not much of a challenge, i know, but it was something different for a change!
My first attempt was, um, interesting to say the least. I managed to create something more akin to a small alien than a poached egg. The yolk seperated from the white so it looked like i had a yellow eye floating about in a mess of white tenticles!

So from my first real poached egg experienced i learnt that i needed to stir the water a lot faster in order for the egg to amass into one blob and cook. With that said, the next two attempts didn’t look quite as alien like, but they did take on some weird shapes during cooking which was pretty funky!

The above was my final attempt at cooking poached eggs. I must say they did taste delicious and i haven’t keeled over yet, so i must have cooked them ok!