Sorry for the lack of posts
Hi everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts, things have been kind of crazy lately, my chillis all got wiped out by a bad batch of compost so my greenhouse is looking a little bit bare at the moment. I decided against buying any replacement plants or planting any more as we are going away […]
Chilli Fudge
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about some rather delicious chilli jelly sweets, not only was I lucky enough to recieve them but Friars of Keswick also sent some Chilli Fudge. The fudge was excellent, it was really crumbly, sweet but not too sweet and had a really subtle chilli flavour that built up […]
Flavour of the month – chillis
Chillis are the flavour of the month in the new asda magazine, you can get a few recipes from their website including some rather tasty looking choc chilli brownies you can see them by clicking the link below http://www.asdamagazine.co.uk/2010/01/chillies/ […]
It’s that time of year again
It’s that time of year when I need to start thinking about what I am going to grow, start cleaning the greenhouse, washing all my plant pots, ordering extra seeds etc etc. I really should be planting my chilli seeds now but it’s still a bit cold with all of this snow we have been […]
National Curry Week
If you didn’t already know then this coming week is national curry week, so today I went out and bought the ingredients to make slow cooked lamb curry, I am also going to get a bottle of Cobra ,If I don’t @kirsty won’t speak to me again, plus Cobra have put a lot of effort […]
Chilli beer brewday
I recently reviewed a chilli beer, called ring of fire from Sheffield’s Crown brewery, well last week i got to go and brew a new batch with them. Here’s how I got on. It’s been said before, that the internet is a wonderful thing, it helps people from all over the world communicate, meet new people […]
Clarkson vs Dave’s Insanity sauce
The legend that is Jeremy Clarkson recently went up against a bottle of Dave’s Insanity sauce, special reserve, to find out what happened check out his account here […]
A fantastic read
I’ve just finised reading an excellent write up of the levens hall chilli festival, unfortuantley work and time conspired against me and i couldn’t get there so i have had to make do with reading peoples reports on twitter! @quirkytraveller posted her report today, and what a great report it is, i especailly love the […]
Garden update – June 2009
It’s been a while since i posted any pics of the chilli up north chillis or the garden so thought id share pics from last weekend with you. The rain followed by the sun,followed by the rain seems to have helped everything shoot up, i’ve not kept on top of pinching the tomatoes out so […]
Chillis, Comedians walking in the rain, a 2cv and a cute little dog
Well the bank holiday is now over and what a cracker it was. On Friday we went to see Ross Noble at Newcastle City Hall, its the 3rd time we have seen him and he just gets more random and funnier each time, i won’t try and explain the show as it never seems quite […]
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