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Believe it or not, this is not a joke.
The 'catch' is, that you have to order that Whopper
within 600 feet of a McDonalds from Burger King's mobile app.

I'm not making this up.




Bon Appetit !

Will you please stop putting sliced potato in your moussaka and replace it with more aubergine? I will gladly pay the few extra pence this will cost you.

Yours in anticipation, Harbal.

and I mean it...


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Christmas Day and nearly all grocery stores and restaurants were closed. One exception was the Asian Market. We were able to buy fresh vegetables and as a special treat Peking Duck.

I also got a cut of the smoked pork. Very tasty.

I take issue with oil.
Not petroleum based oil or oil/fat derived from animals.
My issue is with plant or 'vegetable oil' and that includes nut oils used on foods for eating (or cooking) and not oils used in cosmetics or paint products.
There are lots of oils in the marketplace.
If I want olive oil, it states it on the label 'Olive Oil' and some come from virgins.
Some olive oil is blended with other (read: cheaper) oils to get olive flavor at less expense.
Peanut oil is a favorite for some who cook in a skillet or wok as it has a higher smoke point and can be used successfully for frying.
Corn oil, nice color and sweet taste.
Sesame oil is used in many Oriental dishes and has a distinct flavor.
Sunflower oil for cooking
Safflower oil is often used for roasted nuts.
Coconut oil from coconuts
Cottonseed, Rageseed and Canola for cooking.
There are bunches of more exotic oils too numerous to mention.

So the issue? Vegetable Oil... WTF is in vegetable oil?

Every brand and every bottle I checked was... 100% Soybean Oil.
That's right. I found you cannot buy bottles of soybean oil because all the soybean oil is marked vegetable oil.

How deceitful is that? Why can't they sell soybean oil for what it is... soybean oil.


Next, I'll be checking bottles of Baby Oil as I have my suspicions that too is incorrectly labeled.

My Nespresso machine finally came For anyone not familiar, its basically an espresso machine you use at home. I just had a cup of glorious wonderful caffeine loaded coffee goodness

Who wants an espresso?

I hardly ever bother with fruit but when I do pick something up at the supermarket it hardly ever encourages me to do it more often. I’ve noticed that more and more supermarket fruit is labelled “ripen at home”, with that particular feature presented as a virtue; whereas, in reality, it is obviously a dodge to save someone along the supply chain the expense of ripening it before it goes on sale.

This wouldn’t be a major problem were it not for the producers inserting some sort of genetic timing mechanism into the fruit that gives the consumer a one hour window of opportunity to eat it between the states of rock hard and fermenting mush.

So this, along with the way they seem to have bred all traces of flavour out of most fruit, is the reason I hardly ever bother with it.

Hmmm, I fancy a banana next Wednesday; so when do I need to purchase one, Well it’s Saturday today so..................

My house help is here today and was in a very down & quiet mood, so I asked her what is wrong, but she said nothing is wrong.
I proceeded to give her the food not needed in the house anymore, as I do every time she is here, and she effusively thanked me for it. Immediately I realised that they don't have food at their flat, where she is a single mother of two adult boys, and a little girl. I immediately asked her if they have food at home, and she said just some rolls given to her by someone else she worked at during the week.
I proceeded to give her all my extra in the cupboards in the kitchen, including coffee, tea, milk, sugar, soup, tins of all sorts, breakfast cereal, and lots else. She said it was enough for about 3 months, and thanked me. They don't eat much then, I deducted.
I did it out of the bottom of my heart, as I cannot see them going hungry, when I have so much.

I'm a picky eater. I know what I like and I know what I dislike.
If I had to make a list, Tofu would be near the top of the list of foods to avoid.
It's made from bean curd. I have no problem with that but it looks like Plaster of Paris.
I've never eaten plaster but I'd wager plaster and Tofu have a similar taste.


I took a lesson from someone who cooks Tofu very often and I'm getting it a few times a week now.

First things first: Tofu is spongy and packed in water. Rinse it several times and squeeze out the excess water.

Pan fry it with something else, meat or fish preferred and it will absorb the flavor of whatever it's cooked with!

Take fresh ginger and slice it in 1/8" (3mm) strips. Fry that with the Tofu and meat. It adds an amazing flavor to the meal.

For me it's peanuts. I like them but they don't like me.
I don't recall any peanut allergy as a kid, but in the last 20 years or so, I break out in hives after eating something made with peanut oil or has peanuts in the ingredients.

We have a manufacturer's rep who visits us weekly and he often brings 2 dozen gourmet doughnuts from a local bakery. This art work more than food but most of them have peanut butter icing.

Some of the Asian all-you-can-eat buffets cook with peanut oil and I'll know a day later what the food was cooked in when I have bumps on my skin.

We all scream for ice cream. Remember that? I think it was a commercial, way back when. One of my favourite foods in the summer time is ice cream. In the winter it's too darn cold here so I stay away from it, but summer - all bets are off! I don't think I've ever had a flavour I didn't like, although there are some that I like more than others.

My favourites seem to fluctuate, and currently my favourite is mango ice cream. Mmm mmm! It's so refreshing, it's just finishes dinner off superbly. However, with my blood pressure being as high as it's been, I've been staying away from any foods that are high in sugar or salt. Darn, eh?

The good news? My blood pressure is down to normal the past few days, and was just slightly elevated last night, no doubt due to the heat. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's why it was so high when the doctor took it - it was the hottest day we've had so far this summer. I don't do well in the heat, and have a tendency to hide indoors when it gets really hot.

Yes, I know I could opt for frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, but there's still a lot of sugar in any frozen dessert. Then I remembered I have an ice cream maker that I purchased a few years ago and how delicious the ice cream was, using erythritol instead of sugar. I've retrieved the ice cream maker from the nether regions of my cupboard and have decided to make lemon ice cream as my first dip back into making it.

The base is freezing as we speak, and I figure by the time I return home from yet another bike ride, it'll be ready for me to add the ingredients. Along with some fresh blueberries, lemon ice cream sounds pretty enticing. But then, I think any ice cream would.

Lemon may be my new favourite ice cream, unless I make some mango ice cream of my own. But then again, there's chocolate, mocha almond fudge, and on and on. Decisions, decisions.