ARCANE TAX FAX
You pay VAT on Crisps, but not on Pork Scratchings. This is, due to my VAT book, because Scratchings are “by-products” rather than a foodstuff in themselves. They are also k-num.[…]

BELLS, LOCKS AND A PINT OF VINEGAR PLEASE
Every now and then you have a night in the pub which turns strangely surreal. Last nights boys night out was one such magical conjunction. Passing over the tremendous pub conversation, our fortuitous transfer[…]

Further to Pete’s comments on a less healthy way to “five a day” see below for a stall seen on Blackpool’s Central pier. Sorry for the shoddy phone-cam picture, but it was all we had to hand.

That list of choco-coated fruit […]

Hot Stuff. Perhaps this is de rigeur down in Londres, but on my trip to Norwich last week I was amazed/amused to see the latest in vending technology installed at the station… or perhaps the amusing thing was that as soon as someone dragged the[…]

the revolution devours its own children pt 234523

M&S just started a new pre-cooked dinners line, “a delicious new range of dishes inspired by modern pub meals” —> and it’s called GASTROPUB, and i’m not going to r[…]

Ugh ugh ugh wine described in wine list menu of the Kings Arms as having “a creamy mouthfeel”!!! Ugh ugh!![…]

LONDON BRIDGE IN MICKEY TAKING SHOCKER: Whilst standing in a bleary haze on platform 6 waiting for the train to Charing Cross (it’s these details that make or BREAK! a successful blogger, I tell yer) I look up and see a picture of a RAM in a Ge[…]

Best Quiz Machine In World Found
It’s in well-known Freaky Trigger stamping ground the Blue Posts on Newman Street, never in general an exciting pub but a very robust one that has played host to all sorts of shenanigans. In the corner stands it[…]

Thankyou Mr Stein
Halibut is a bugger to cook, I’ve often found, too dry for grilling or baking, to prone to leaking fat for steaming, I’ve often despaired of cooking the bloody stuff successfully, which is a shame, as I’m very fond[…]

Why I Am A Sucker
Our canteen has started stocking Hershey bars. This is presumably because lots of Americans work here. Also lots of dupes like me. Hershey bars are twice as expensive as the good honest Cadbury’s chocolate bars beloved of the […]