We all know one or two of these people, people who have totally no idea about booze but throw around these pretentious descriptions of ‘woody’ and ‘fruity’ like they were the love child of Oz Clarke and Jilly Goolden (minx).
When you speak, speak slowly, as though you’re coming to a conclusion. Then break out with it.
“I taste a hint of blackberry just at the finish.”
Either people will agree with you, or they won’t. If they agree with you, great! They don’t taste shit, either. You can now tell them you’re catching a splash of Strawberry Go-Gurt in the fourth and down, and they’ll just nod and stare. You have bolloxed a bunch of clueless snobs; take a bow!
If they don’t agree, then frown a little. They won’t ever say, “Bullshit! You fucker!” Instead, they’ll say, “Really? I don’t taste that….”
Legend.
The Ferret has 5 steps in total and will make you smile!
This weekend i will be mostly sipping on my budweiser and declaring how it eminates of tangy cheddar and really expunges the pallette
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Right i’m not gonna harp on about the religious aspect, because quite frankly i have no idea about it. It’s been a long time since i went to church but i know the ‘biggies’ that are Christmas , Lent and the lead up to Easter.
So.
I was thinking about what i could possibly give up for Lent and the first idea was the common one, booze. But i know it’s a cop-out but there are some social occasions that i have that i will infact need alcohol (Irish Blog Awards for one) so instead i was thinking my next vice would be fast food. Working in Blanchardstown has me in the mecca of all fast food places! I’m surrounded!
So my goal is to not eat fast food, while at work (haha). It’s not going to be easy, infact i wish i smoked so i could give that up! 
With or without ice-cream, chocolate sauce, covered in Nutella or just your average lemon and sugar, tomorrow brings one of my favourite days of the year.
Pancakes are about the only thing i can conjour up in the kitchen and here’s how i do!
Feeds 3 people (or 2 if your a savage)
- 1 Egg
- 8 ounces of flour
- 1 pint of milk (i use skimmed)
Break egg and take turns in slowly adding the milk and the flour. Mix between giving it a good belt of a handheld whisk to just gently folding it all together. If you feel the need to add some sweetner, do it now. Give it a good bit of elbow grease with the whisk and then leave it settle in the fridge, overnight is best but anything longer than an hour will do the job if yer hungry.
Why pancakes? Why Tuesday?
The reason that pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent is that the 40 days of Lent form a period of liturgical fasting, during which only the plainest foodstuffs may be eaten. Therefore, rich ingredients such as eggs, milk, and sugar are disposed of immediately prior to the commencement of the fast. Pancakes and doughnuts were therefore an efficient way of using up these perishable goods, besides providing a minor celebratory feast prior to the fast itself
Crank on yer cooker and lube up your non stick pan with a small bit of butter or a couple squirts of that ‘One-Cal’ spray. The pan will be hot enough once you add it and it instantly sizzles. Now you can show boat it, but don’t…use a fish slice and be careful, remember you have to clean up afterwards eh 
Happy Pancake Tuesday!
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A New Zealand concern called Crop and Food Research said on its Web site that it had created a tearless onion by turning off the gene that produces the enzyme that causes a person slicing an onion to cry. It hopes it can hit the market within a decade. The breakthrough was featured in the December issue of Onion World, the international onion trade journal.
Now all they need to do is invent an onion that doesn’t taste like an onion. Mix it with the one that doesn’t make you cry and then decide never to make onions at all. This would make me happy. Very happy. I don’t like onions.
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Published on
February 4, 2008 in
drink and food.
If there is one piece of advice i can give anyone visiting the fair North County Dublin in search of fine chinese food it would be this: Do not, under any circumstances visit Silks restaurant in Malahide.
Now i know 101 people can vouch for it amongst others the Taoiseach, half of Westlife and other upstanding pillars of Irish society and will tell you the service is impeckable and the staff are lovely and the food is not over priced, don’t be lulled into this fall sense of celebrity, they’re wrong!
In total our party of 6 took over four hours, hunger is a good sauce, but only if you get what you ordered and it’s thirsty work when you can’t get anyones attention to get a drink! For a place that’s not cheap for the type of food they serve, which in defense was lovely when it did arrive! I think their service needs to brought up to par with the hype that surrounds this restaurant.
For an unbiased view check out Menu Pages
The end of the 32, well ok 34 inch waist is on the horizon now that Subway have opened within stones throw from where i work! While working in Swords i absoloutly made a mess of myself eating their over priced sandwiches every lunch time but now i can’t escape it!
Blanchardstown and the area around the shopping center must be the coffee meca of dublin as there are 3 Starbucks within 200 meters of each other! One in the main center and one in westend Borders and now one beside the Plex! Seems like there is no avoiding over priced coffee these days!
Between subway and Burger king i may as well cancel my subscription to the gym!
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