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How to crack an egg
Nice video explaining how to crack and egg so you don’t get shell in your mixture and raw egg running down the side of the bowl. The secret? Use a flat surface! http://www.cooksillustrated.com/video/default.asp?newVideo=y&docid=23354&Extcode=L1DN1BA00
The Food & Wine Magazine Christmas Show
I received a press release on the Christmas Food and Wine Show in the RDS this morning, never having been to such an event I have no specific opinion but if you’re around Dublin, enjoy a sprinkling of hyperbole in your press release and have the €20 admission fee then you may feel like having [...]
Murray’s Bar and Grill Dublin
I stopped by Murray’s Bar and Grill while on a recent visit to Dublin. Situated on the top of O’Connell Street (away from the river) it is a pretty big pub with a decent carvery that seemed to be running most of the Saturday afternoon I spent reading the paper, watching the sport and waiting [...]
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 [...]
Leftover Potato Omelette
Ignoring last weeks indulgence of dining out and continuing with ‘waste not, want not’ theme new potatoes are in season at the moment. Rather than throw the left-overs away they are great to make a really tasty omelette with. Really quick and easy, perfect for a lunchtime snack. Ingredients One onion, halved and sliced. Half [...]
Yassi’s Lemon Spuds
As messy-chef is proud to serve and because JD asked nicely then it’s time to post the Lemon Spuds I mentioned in the post about SuperValu doing cheap chicken (pun intended). It’s actually Yassi’s recipe, not mine, so I’ll give her the credit. Happy St Patrick’s Day! Ingredients: (for 2) 5 or 6 potatoes cut [...]
Irish Blog Awards 2009
I am delighted to make the Irish Blog Awards Long List of nominees for the best food/drink blog kindly sponsored by Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board). Its a great thrill and I’ve found some great new sites thanks to the list. Here they are, go and check them out: Italian Foodies iFoods.tv Littlebird Eats [...]
Start the Day
I had breakfast in O’Sullivan’s (Sully’s) Bar in Douglas Village recently, mostly on our Saturday morning visits we just have a coffee but the fry is excellent. Proper sausages, not the cheap and nasty deep fried jumbo ones, proper rashers and they put the beans in a little dish so they don’t travel all over [...]
Grow Your Own
It’s mid-June and the sun is shining, perfect for growing. However garden space is tight. I’ve often thought I’d like a place in the country and grow some ‘things’, I’m not green fingered so I’m not sure what type of ‘things’ I’d actually like to grow but the concept sort of appeals to me. The [...]
