Hassinator

it was a big boi. gone into some compote for my breakfast later.

ooooh yes 😋

gottle of gear?

hmmmmm. what could it be? i wonder if anything insurrectionary happened between the 4th and the 7th of january?

brother's gonna work it out 🙌

the brits are at it again.

yeah read this earlier. elegant. becoming a veggie seems much less difficult than it did back in the 80s <i managed a single term in 1990>

very much so! cider my go to cooking liquor.

i miss booze when i read things like this. hope the grappa works out well.

sun kissed and delicious.

cooking apples but they're actually sweet this summer. wife's been making them into compote, tarts and apple cakes. we've been able to cook with them since the end of july as it was such a sunny spring.

jenrick braced for a proper pegging

the apples from our garden have had so much sun this year they’ve gone red. this is a first time in fifteen years scenario 🍎

he's a cantankerous old goat but we love him. he used to come in and curl up on lizzy's belly when she was pregnant with john patrick but he fell out with me when he jumped into bed one 4am and i shit a brick - this before we had our own cats - and i chased him out.

oh wow. craigavon was an idealistic attempt to unite lurgan and portadown in a new city back when there was money to spend. i'm from lurgan <springfield> and portadown our nemesis <shelbyville>. it didn't work out so full on ballardville vibes of urban decay and some really nasty local terrorists.

TWO regions?

he needs to release the epstein files.

hello chum I’ve got a Mac from aquascutum. also an actual MacIntosh but that rubberised cotton makes me schvitz. got two really nice balmacans from Kilgour. can’t read this until later 🙌

he’s our neighbours cat but likes the sun trap at the front of our house.

he’s the elder statesman of the street

mr apu enjoying the last of the summer sun 🌞

what could possibly go wrong?

oh mate that’s a tough arrival. O the most common type so it’s not that. I find I’ve been bitten a lot less since I stopped drinking so wondered if blood sugar a factor?

blood type a big factor. if you are O+ or O- you are gonna get munched. they also seem drawn to aftershave or perfume so avoid when they’re peaking at dusk and dawn.

my parents hard work.

thanks chum. I hated Sunday as a kid. amazing how things can shift in life.

since I’ve got healthy I’m happy pootling along in a rather narrow vein. I like to hammer the fry on veg around all the chicken wings. realised the only way to get them to eat was cook what they want then try and lead them from there. they’re good lads. makes everything easier in terms of compromise

form should follow function. no objection to considered professional presentation but i find the ingredients generally charming in and of themselves.

i like to be produce lead but no point cooking things the monkeys won't eat. was pleased to see john patrick take on oysters twice this year and a delicious tartare of beef in essaouira. both of them enjoyed the tapas at flauta in barcelona this summer though no one wanted to share pig feet with me.

having a teen has definitely brought my repertoire into sharp relief. he'd deep fry everything. at least he's interested, though. tiktok means he wants things just so. my youngest has food issues. somedays he does, somedays he don't ha ha ha. getting better all the time.