i met up with Buzz for lunch today. we were heading to a Japanese restaurant and he suddenly had a brain wave that my tastes were more … european. so we went to a fantastic sausage cafe thing where you could have a sausage in a choice of bread roll. it looked initially like there was only one sort of sausage and the democracy was around the bread, but there was a good choice of both.
just for your interest i went for a french sausage and a portuguese role which was really excellent. buzz went for an essex model. the lady behind the counter said she could recommend the recommended sauce (which was good to know they were walking the talk).
only after it was ‘applied’ did buzz say it looked like it was martian sauce from venus. obviously it’s cheaper to manufacture on venus than mars, but you have to wonder how the martians feel about it. and i hate to think how many food miles that would be.
the rest of the day was spent preparing for tomorrow’s meeting with the regulator down in wellington. i’m not sure if that’s going to be pretty, so think of me if you are awake at 2.30am UK time.
this evening we had our home group and we had a total of 7 tonight which beat the 3 of us last week. it was probably the best for a decent group discussion after watching a short DVD talk, and was definitely a winner for comedy value.
one lady brought along some chinese cupcakes pictured above). i thought they were traditional chinese so asked how they were made. the reply was along the lines of “they are cakes from indonesia. usually you use coconut but i used milk instead.”
i commented that they seemed to contain sweet corn and she said “yes, it tasted a bit bland so i threw them in to add some flavour”. i have to say they did taste nice !
so there we go. people who know the ‘Edwin and Deirdre’ story may chuckle about pigs trotters at this stage [and the rest of you can be suitably confused].
why don’t you have a go throwing some random vegetables in to the mix next time you make some cupcakes ? let me know how you get on.
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Actually, I went for the Franco-Iberian combo of ‘chorizo con demi-baguette’. The twist was that I had mentioned to the matron of the establishment that the ‘Old Essex Banger’ sounded more like the vinyl-roofed Capri that, for reasons I cannot recall, I once owned. That said, all the sausages are well worth trying and with autumn coming on, mash and gravy will be called for!
Which film/play was the ‘Portugese role’ in??? At least tyou resisted the temptation for ‘Essex’ jokes! Hope all went weil with the regulator.