On a recent trip to Dunnes Stores in Douglas Court to buy dried Nutmeg Mrs Messy met the Sharwoods spice lady stocking the display but, alas, no Nutmeg. How come? According to the spice lady Dunnes will only stock the best sellers in the Sharwoods range, of which Nutmeg is not one. Nor is Sage [...]
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Visit Cork: One of Ireland’s liveliest cities.
Here is a nice article from The Guardian on eating in Cafe Paridiso and having a pint the Hi-B if anybody is planning a visit to Cork and looking for something to do. There are links to the Cork Jazz Festival and the Cork Film Festival. Tourism Ireland
SuperValu Promise More Price Cuts
Ever since Tesco have turned their back on Irish producers I like to let people know what our home-grown supermarkets are up to. SuperValu sent me this last week promising even more price cuts. It’s not mentioned below but when I was shopping last week I noticed €0.65 for 2L Sparkling Water is a pretty [...]
Best In Season
The folks over at Bord Bia (the Irish food board) have been in touch to let me know their horticultural department have just launched www.bestinseason.ie a site to explain what fruit and vegetables are available in Ireland and what’s ‘Best In Season’. The site aims to explain the benefits of eating fresh produce grown within [...]
Perfect Pancakes
OK, so it’s the wrong time of year and Ireland isn’t a real pancake oriented culture but, hey, the internet is global right? I spotted this clever idea over on Lifehacker. Decant your pancake mix into an old squeezy ketchup or mayo bottle and hey presto, easy squeezy pancakes. This article will remain fresh until [...]
Demy – The Digital Recipe Reader
If you are like me and keep recipes on bits of paper torn from newspapers then you probably won’t be interested in kitchen gadgets. However, between messy-chef.com, my laptop, my USB key and binder full of paper I suddenly have multiple locations to keep recipes which is a constant source of annoyance to Mrs Messy-Chef [...]
Does exactly what it says on the tin
The Society for the Appreciation of the Lowly Sardine (S.A.L.T) contacted me yesterday to tell me I may be interested in their blog. Really? Heck, if I get something in an email it must be true, just look at all the friends I have in Nigeria. A blog dedicated to nothing but sardines must be [...]
Chick chick hurray!
For this week’s Sunday lunch we had a chicken from SuperValu that cost a whopping €2.79! All Supervalu chickens were half price this weekend and upto today (Tues 24th) the offer still stands. That’s not all, along with the chicken were six free tomatoes, one free red pepper and one free green pepper. How good [...]
