Hot Dogs and Fast Cars

I love hot dogs and burgers from the trailers at racing circuits. The smell of the onions frying on the hot plate, half cooked hot dog sausages and burgers just waiting to be fried off and slapped in a bun, covered in the onions, a generous squeeze of mustard and tom sauce, at least two non absorbent napkins that the sauce slips off and on to your jeans. Dont forget a polystyrene cup of steaming hot coffee to wash it down with and you are in motor racing heaven. And the unmistakeable smell of Castrol R, a bit of competition for the onions.

More kitchen frolics with a dash of latin salsa!

Top marks for the Judge Jam Pan

I used the Judge Jam Pan as listed on the website as you would expect for the plum jam, and a great success it was too. No hot spots, it heated evenly and simmered and boiled perfectly. Buy this with confidence.

Top Gourmet Utensils

I have been using some of the Top Gourmet utensils recently. The larger ones in particular whilst jam making, and I must note that they are brilliant, the larger handle is very comfortable to use and the shape of the slotted spatula and spoon both spot on. Not as cheap as a wooden spoon but the Lab seems to take no interest in them at all, preferring to chew the wooden utensils instead. Anyone else had experience of these? http://tinyurl.com/3ztnqqg

Drowning in Victoria Plums. Help!

The plum tree has been and keeps being over generous. Apart from the obvious does anyone have any clever ideas for using up these beauties?

London Riots

Sheer madness! How long before an innocent person is killed in the mayhem? Its about time the police were given free rein to get it under control and bring these mindless lunatics to justice, and for justice to be meted out appropriately and sentences served in full. This country is far too soft and too ready to invite the hand wringers in to offer counselling. The simple fact is there is a total lack of structured discipline from an early age at home and through school. And we now have a generation brought up on the softly softly, no discipline approach presumably raising their children in a similar way.