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ORGAN EATABILITY LEAGUE TABLE:
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— 23 Jul 2004 mark sinker Comment

ORGAN EATABILITY LEAGUE TABLE:
KIDNEYS = feted by joyce, annoyingly fiddly to prepare, unspoilable
SKIN = crackling!!
TONGUE = does anyone cook their own these days? you never see it on sale raw: cold tongue = called PRESSED tongue in the olden day[…]

Lawyers who cook.
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— 23 Jul 2004 Bill Comment

Lawyers who cook.
When I was telling my girlfriend about Jeffrey Steingarten, she wasn’t at all surprised he’d been a lawyer before jumping into food writing: “Sure,” she said. “He had a lot of money and since you can […]

Go to bed, Mr Swygart
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— 23 Jul 2004 WBS Comment

Go to bed, Mr Swygart
It’s bizarre what manner of shit the crap-telly-enthusiast can persuade themselves to stay up and watch, sometimes. Last night, for instance, it got to about quarter to two. I found myself sat in front of ever-dire cop ser[…]

FREAKY TRIGAN EMPIRE HELP ME W.MY
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— 23 Jul 2004 mark sinker Comment

FREAKY TRIGAN EMPIRE HELP ME W.MY HOMEWORK ok thx bye[…]

Mystery meat
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— 23 Jul 2004 Liz x Comment

Mystery meat
 
So the other day I had tongue for lunch.  It was helpfully labelled ‘lunch tongue’ on the deli counter in Safeways, as opposed to the slightly larger variety also available, which one could presumably slice up for[…]

FT Top 100 Films 56: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
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— 23 Jul 2004 Pete Baran Comment

FT Top 100 Films
56: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
So if The Dark Crystal is The Muppet Movie without the laffs, what is this? The Muppet Movie with Michael Caine as Scrooge? Pretty much. It keeps in the laffs, but it is also a pretty straight adaptati[…]

Songs about or by puppets #4: Metallica – “Master Of Puppets”
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— 23 Jul 2004 Tanya Headon 3 comments

Oh, they’re are a jolly band that there Metallica. There are plenty of stupid metal fans who saw Spinal Tap as a documentary, but only one band used it as a blueprint for a career. And Master Of Puppets is what you get if you have absolutely no[…]

One of the world’s most beautiful
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— 23 Jul 2004 Mike Comment

One of the world’s most beautiful bridges at Mostar in Bosnia has been rebuilt.[…]

Poker bids to become Olympic sport
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— 23 Jul 2004 Pete Baran 1 comment

Poker bids to become Olympic sport. Despite not actually being a sport. The article mentions that they want to get recognition like chess or bridge, neither of which are Olympic sports. Because they are not sports.
I don’t want to drift into s[…]

Cheat’s Culinary Compendium #3
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— 23 Jul 2004 Tim Comment

Cheat’s Culinary Compendium #3
“Sip your spirits and cure your cold, but I will take Port that will cure all things, even a bad character. For there was never a Port drinker who lacked friends to speak for him.”
Thackeray (quoted, u[…]

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