Meenzer

(As for mother dearest, she sent me an e-mail to thank me for the flowers and choccies - from the iPad 2 she won in a competition on her birthday. I rather suspect she didn't even notice the absence of anything from me. )

Ohhh Martin.... Buy her Englebert's latest single Meenzer. ( But seriously man, Englebert Humperdinck ? We'll walk it ) I don't even know how to begin to process that particular bit of information. I mean, it's clearly ridiculous. But it might just be a stroke of bloody genius...

A gambler's lot, eh...

Just hoyed together a turkey thigh mince, chick pea, garden pea and potato curry. All a bit hippy-dippy really, but scooped up in a naan bread, the nutty flavours went together rather well.

Just realised that I've missed my mam's birthday. By about a week. Quick trip to the Interflora website followed by a grovelling phone call tomorrow I think.

Culinary cottaging eh? Mince, topping, etc. This stuff writes itself.

Good stuff, CT. Hope you keep it up. Desperately need to get a grip on my own weight/fitness. I don't want to change jobs but I'm starting to realise that working from home really doesn't help.

Really good. Bit schizophrenic though - powerful but cold and calculated for most of the set, then she goes and does a protracted whirling dervish crowd-surfing guitar solo in the encore. Several fans needed medical treatment for a stiletto to the head.

He's familiar with the concept.

Made a cottage pie at the weekend, first time in ages (ever?). Recipe seemed promising (yet fairly straightforward) but the end result was disappointing, not a patch on my trusty shepherd's pie. Don't know if I did something wrong or lamb is just inherently better.

Glowsticks in the air, boys!

Good stuff

Careful you don't use that Onken wholegrain stuff by mistake though. You'll have bits up all your bits.

I tried a teaspoonful of it once and that was more than enough.

Ireland are sending Jedward to Eurovision again. But on the plus side, Austria have chosen this bit of barminess:

God, that was a gay post.

I love soups and the like but I've never made proper stock before. Sounds like I should give it a go!

Superb.

6 Music. It's spot on between 00:30 and 03:00 - all the tunes, almost no chat.

It's a croaker.

FWIW, turkey mince is great if you're looking to cut the calories/fat. There aren't many dishes where you really notice the difference from beef - although, granted, burgers would likely be one. Great in chilli, spag bol etc. though.

I'll start the ball rolling with my plan for tonight, which is loosely based on this: http://allrecipes.co...m-pancakes.aspx That looks amazing. If we bother I'll probably have 'em with chicken & some leftover spinach. Can't be doing with the sugar/lemon rubbish. Turned out really nice. Did it with feta instead of ricotta because of local ricotta shortages. And forgot to take a photo for the forum

Ah, boo. Then again, that makes me feel less guilty about nicking it.

:lol: That one of yours? That's what I want to know too. It's getting ROFLcopter reactions everywhere I post it.