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Raisin Hell
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Raisin Hell: only last weekend I found myself talking with an American friend about the differences in quality and style between curries bought in the UK and those from the US. One of the dishes she liked about her favourite Stateside curry emporium […]

The same dish – elsewhere.
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The same dish – elsewhere. I was at the cinema (quelle surprise) on Saturday and fancied a bite before I drifted off to the pub. A walk past Miso, on Haymarket, garnered the fact that they did a dish called Malaysian Chicken Curry and Rice. For[…]

Pub Quiz Etiquette
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Pub Quiz Etiquette: A team with several publog regulars won a pub quiz last night. A team with several more publog regulars came second. Total swag – ’50 of drinks vouchers. But this morning it’s hard to feel too proud – the t[…]

Sweet Cred
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Sweet Cred[…]

Those wacky Middle Agers!!
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Those wacky Middle Agers!!:
“WARNING: Do not attempt to recreate this recipe, as lime is highly caustic and potentially dangerous; it should never be used in cooking.”
(Ingredient availability permitting – haha peacock unlikely &#[…]

Further to sarah’s CAMRA piss-taking
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Further to sarah’s CAMRA piss-taking, 10 reasons to drink cask ale, including the frankly ludicrous number 8, which confuses things containing fat with things that are “fattening”. If atkins has taught us anything (which it possibl[…]

I just ate the best banana ever grown!!
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I just ate the best banana ever grown!! – so it is downhill from here on in I guess…[…]

Camra want more chixx0r to drink Real Ale Bouze
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Camra want more chixx0r to drink Real Ale Bouze, so I read once. YEAH THIS PICTURE MAKES ME WANT TO TRUST YOU PHOTOSHOP HAPPY FREAKZ0R, OH I MEAN, NOTT! Good job that elsewhere on the site they still have some nearly nudie ladies. Further tentative p[…]

And is there a good reason why
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And is there a good reason whywe don’tIsn’t it nice to have a have a sidebar link to A Nice Cup Of Tea And A Sit Down? Sort it out people with appropriate permissions! (I wonder if I have them, I dunno I am too busy wondering if I am goin[…]

Dudes
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Dudes! A warning to the easily frightened – always remember to store your Tunnocks Caramel Wafers in a safe place AWAY FROM YOUR MINT PRODUCTS. Are you listening Mr Man who sells Tunnocks Caramel Wafers for 35 pence outside Goodge Street tube?![…]

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