IT CAN MEAN only one thing that yet again Nathan has decided to have a tinned dinner. The only problem if of course that none of his tins have labels on them, leaving him to guess. He barely got them back from Tesco’s this time before Ben yet again got busy removing all the labels. This left Nathan with around a dozen unlabeled identical tin’s in his cupboard! Nathan does however seem pretty good at guessing what is what and yet again managed to select a curry, as he was after.
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Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
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Monday, 19 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
All fat and fed!
YUM, ALL FAT AND FED and also good is that I have now managed to finish most of my work! Ben made his Spaghetti bolognaise for dinner which was rather good! I brought a cake tin whilst I was at home so decided to put it to good use and make a cake. I decided on making an Apple and Cinnamon cake so got going, whilst Ben was making dinner.
First problem I realised was of course no scales and I am not the best at judging amounts. Ben suggested I used my digital bathroom scales, so I tried them however they were not accurate enough, not even recognising when we put the entire bag of flour on them.
The next problem was that we didn’t have enough self raising flour, however with a quick trip around to next door that was quickly sorted. The next thing was that I didn’t have any caster sugar so Ben suggested I ground down the granulated sugar. Not having a pestel and morta I ground it down using the back of a meat tenderiser. After that I then set about adding my ingredients, I was a bit worried as it originally turned out more like dough but with a big of a extra milk it was all right. So I poured in into the tin and shoved it in the oven. Meanwhile I began to clear up as I had made rather a lot of mess!
An hour or so later it was ready and we all tried some. It tasted pretty good, considering I had guessed the amounts, I was pretty impressed. It didn’t taste quite right though, I think there was probably not enough sugar in it. But all in all was pretty impressed and even Nathan tried some as he had just got back!
Nathan managed to miss his train, so instead got a lift back with his Dad; sure he was happy with that! Ben decided to yet again wrestle him, trying to get into Nathans room. It lasted quite a while, backwards and forward with Nathan stronger but Ben kept getting his arm or leg jammed in the door. Eventually a knackered Ben gave up, allowing Nathan to quickly lock his door shut. Ben’s arm is now nicely grazed and he it knackered, but I suppose that’s what he deserved really!
First problem I realised was of course no scales and I am not the best at judging amounts. Ben suggested I used my digital bathroom scales, so I tried them however they were not accurate enough, not even recognising when we put the entire bag of flour on them.
The next problem was that we didn’t have enough self raising flour, however with a quick trip around to next door that was quickly sorted. The next thing was that I didn’t have any caster sugar so Ben suggested I ground down the granulated sugar. Not having a pestel and morta I ground it down using the back of a meat tenderiser. After that I then set about adding my ingredients, I was a bit worried as it originally turned out more like dough but with a big of a extra milk it was all right. So I poured in into the tin and shoved it in the oven. Meanwhile I began to clear up as I had made rather a lot of mess!
An hour or so later it was ready and we all tried some. It tasted pretty good, considering I had guessed the amounts, I was pretty impressed. It didn’t taste quite right though, I think there was probably not enough sugar in it. But all in all was pretty impressed and even Nathan tried some as he had just got back!
Nathan managed to miss his train, so instead got a lift back with his Dad; sure he was happy with that! Ben decided to yet again wrestle him, trying to get into Nathans room. It lasted quite a while, backwards and forward with Nathan stronger but Ben kept getting his arm or leg jammed in the door. Eventually a knackered Ben gave up, allowing Nathan to quickly lock his door shut. Ben’s arm is now nicely grazed and he it knackered, but I suppose that’s what he deserved really!
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Curry Times!
HAD A BUSY DAY doing work before we went to the pub! We where live on Midlands today, talking ahead of the election debate. Then after we did that we headed off to Weather spoons of course being a Thursday it was curry night! So we all had a nice curry and a drink which was nice, even if I did attract one weirdo!
Then went back to the pub and watched the election debate, with Ben trying to sit on Simons lap and feel his leg throughout. It does remind you that although Ben is the oldest in the flat, he is probably the most childish!
Anyway after that BBC Midlands did enough live links on how a few of us there found it. Now just chilling at home with my brother before he leaves tomorrow. So all in all was a pretty all right day and to top it all of the sun has been shinning! :-)
Then went back to the pub and watched the election debate, with Ben trying to sit on Simons lap and feel his leg throughout. It does remind you that although Ben is the oldest in the flat, he is probably the most childish!
Anyway after that BBC Midlands did enough live links on how a few of us there found it. Now just chilling at home with my brother before he leaves tomorrow. So all in all was a pretty all right day and to top it all of the sun has been shinning! :-)
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Finishing the day with fruit strudle!
ANOTHER BUSY DAY, with working away at all my uni work! Had a Newsday today which went all right, I mostly covered the then breaking news of the Alton Towers power cut, pleased everyone is all right and that everything is back to normal. Especially as I am off there tomorrow for the day with my brither, Ashley.
The Newsday was all day today so left Ashley, who is up at mine, in all day and he made a fruit strudel. He wandered to Sainsbury brought the ingredients then he was back to get cooking. When I go back he said it was problematic cooking it in a student kitchen with no rolling pin and no scales, meaning a lot of guess work.
However it turned out pretty well, although the pastry was not quite right, Ashley think he probably put in too much flour! Other than that was lovely though, thanks! As he is staying here a few more days I am looking forward to some more cakes being whipped up!
The Newsday was all day today so left Ashley, who is up at mine, in all day and he made a fruit strudel. He wandered to Sainsbury brought the ingredients then he was back to get cooking. When I go back he said it was problematic cooking it in a student kitchen with no rolling pin and no scales, meaning a lot of guess work.
However it turned out pretty well, although the pastry was not quite right, Ashley think he probably put in too much flour! Other than that was lovely though, thanks! As he is staying here a few more days I am looking forward to some more cakes being whipped up!
Monday, 12 April 2010
Back to Uni!
SORRY FOR THE slight neglect of my blog, been busy with the family over Easter. Had a good couple of weeks and am now back to Uni and work, work, work to do. My brother has come up with me from Cornwall for a few days too so have some company too!
Been busy with some of my course work today, as well as a trip into town for some shopping! Everyone is back in the flat now; I was the last to arrive yesterday night. Went on a quick Tesco trip to stock up my bare cupboard with food. Nathan came along too.
Probably a bad move no sooner had we got through the door than Ben started antanginising. First chucking Nathans shopping at him, before attempting to yet again peel the labels off the cans. He then found out that Nathan has a slight blockage in his shower and that a porter was coming round to fix it. Bad move, as Ben quickly slipped into Nathans room switching the shower on full, quickly filling the shower tray to the brim. Ben was wresting Nathan to stop him switching it off as it slower got fuller and fuller. Nathan managed to turn it off a couple of times, however Ben would keep turning it back on. Eventually Nathan managed to lock Ben out of door however by then the water had gone over and although his bathroom was slightly flooded, though not badly.
Nathan was none to impressed with Ben for this, although harsh it was slightly amusing even if was taken too far! Good news though Nathan showers has now been fixed.
It is nice to be back in the flat though with everyone, so keep looking back here for more antics!
Been busy with some of my course work today, as well as a trip into town for some shopping! Everyone is back in the flat now; I was the last to arrive yesterday night. Went on a quick Tesco trip to stock up my bare cupboard with food. Nathan came along too.
Probably a bad move no sooner had we got through the door than Ben started antanginising. First chucking Nathans shopping at him, before attempting to yet again peel the labels off the cans. He then found out that Nathan has a slight blockage in his shower and that a porter was coming round to fix it. Bad move, as Ben quickly slipped into Nathans room switching the shower on full, quickly filling the shower tray to the brim. Ben was wresting Nathan to stop him switching it off as it slower got fuller and fuller. Nathan managed to turn it off a couple of times, however Ben would keep turning it back on. Eventually Nathan managed to lock Ben out of door however by then the water had gone over and although his bathroom was slightly flooded, though not badly.
Nathan was none to impressed with Ben for this, although harsh it was slightly amusing even if was taken too far! Good news though Nathan showers has now been fixed.
It is nice to be back in the flat though with everyone, so keep looking back here for more antics!
Friday, 2 April 2010
April Fools
I THINK I MAY have spoken to quickly about my little brother being able to cook well, his biscuits the other day where a little on the tough side! Apparently we didn’t have any plain flour, so instead he decided to use strong brown flour!
Heard about a funny thing from yesterday, being April fools. Well near where I lived Falmouth Coastguard received a Mayday call from MV Titanic at 7:10 on April the 1st. They first ignored the call from the boat in the Caribbean thinking it was an April Fools. It however turned out to be legitimate and US coast guard eventually rescued the boat.
As is now clear tradition, there were mainly April fools, including from all the papers. My favourite I think has to be from the Daily Mail who reported that the AA staff are going to use light weigh jet packs to beat the grid locked traffic. Also I love the Sun’s who had the first ever lickable newspaper page, the page had a small warning “may contain nuts”.
Of course it wasn’t just the newspapers and some stories, some people believed. The RSPB released a press statement, complete with pictures saying a polar bear had become exhausted and stranded on a Scottish island. This had an environment correspondent in Fleet Street very excited, until one of their colleagues pointed out the date on the top of the press release!
Check out a few of the other April fools in this amusing article. Also some amusing online stories too.
Heard about a funny thing from yesterday, being April fools. Well near where I lived Falmouth Coastguard received a Mayday call from MV Titanic at 7:10 on April the 1st. They first ignored the call from the boat in the Caribbean thinking it was an April Fools. It however turned out to be legitimate and US coast guard eventually rescued the boat.
As is now clear tradition, there were mainly April fools, including from all the papers. My favourite I think has to be from the Daily Mail who reported that the AA staff are going to use light weigh jet packs to beat the grid locked traffic. Also I love the Sun’s who had the first ever lickable newspaper page, the page had a small warning “may contain nuts”.
Of course it wasn’t just the newspapers and some stories, some people believed. The RSPB released a press statement, complete with pictures saying a polar bear had become exhausted and stranded on a Scottish island. This had an environment correspondent in Fleet Street very excited, until one of their colleagues pointed out the date on the top of the press release!
Check out a few of the other April fools in this amusing article. Also some amusing online stories too.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Wind and rain!
SORRY I HAVE abandoned my blog for the last few days, however I have returned home now to Cornwall! Unfortunately however we do have reliable internet here, especially if it is windy when we quite literally do not get internet at all! We cannot get broadband at all so when it does occasionally decide to work here we only get a very slow dial up connection!
It has been very wet and windy here, forgot how much it rained in Cornwall! It is weird being home again, with the constant buzz from four younger siblings. My younger brother, who is 11, scarily losing track of how old he is! Anyway he can defiantly cook a lot better than Nathan, without any assistance, well apart from his little assistant; our 4 year old sister. He has cooked shortbread, chessey bread and scones all since I have been back!
I am defiantly enjoying the home baking though and can say it is much better than Nathan’s cooking! Although I would say he probably managed to beat Nathan with the mess he made, he did manage to spread the flour pretty far!
Well I can hear the rumours “can I cook dessert” from my brother coming from the kitchen so its looking good for me again tonight!
It has been very wet and windy here, forgot how much it rained in Cornwall! It is weird being home again, with the constant buzz from four younger siblings. My younger brother, who is 11, scarily losing track of how old he is! Anyway he can defiantly cook a lot better than Nathan, without any assistance, well apart from his little assistant; our 4 year old sister. He has cooked shortbread, chessey bread and scones all since I have been back!
I am defiantly enjoying the home baking though and can say it is much better than Nathan’s cooking! Although I would say he probably managed to beat Nathan with the mess he made, he did manage to spread the flour pretty far!
Well I can hear the rumours “can I cook dessert” from my brother coming from the kitchen so its looking good for me again tonight!
Friday, 26 March 2010
Everyone else has gone home ...
THE FLAT IS now empty apart from me with everyone else gone back home. I shall be off tomorrow on my long drive home.
Had a busy day doing student ambassador work at Drayton Manor today unfortunately we did not get to go on the rides though! However there was lush buffet lunch, which rather filled me up.
However I was still of course hungry when I got back, so had smoked salmon with cheesy mash potato and some seasonable vegetables, well Tesco frozen mix veg really but that sounds better!
So I am now sitting here writing this feeling stuffed and tired from a long day however I should pack and also do some uni work really!
I did all the washing up that was left in the kitchen, as anything that is left dirty gets chucked out. However it occurred to me whilst I was washing up; what is the one thing on a sink that is probably even more important it is there in a student flat! A overflow drain of course, with student forgetting and leaving the taps on this could prevent a big mess. However our overflow doesn’t work and the sink fills up and then floods, no I haven’t managed to flood the kitchen before! Just thought that was a bit stupid really, well anyway. I have also emptied the fridge of all the stuff that was left in there that will go off, I think otherwise some of the stuff may have smelt and looked interesting on our return in two weeks!
Had a busy day doing student ambassador work at Drayton Manor today unfortunately we did not get to go on the rides though! However there was lush buffet lunch, which rather filled me up.
However I was still of course hungry when I got back, so had smoked salmon with cheesy mash potato and some seasonable vegetables, well Tesco frozen mix veg really but that sounds better!
So I am now sitting here writing this feeling stuffed and tired from a long day however I should pack and also do some uni work really!
I did all the washing up that was left in the kitchen, as anything that is left dirty gets chucked out. However it occurred to me whilst I was washing up; what is the one thing on a sink that is probably even more important it is there in a student flat! A overflow drain of course, with student forgetting and leaving the taps on this could prevent a big mess. However our overflow doesn’t work and the sink fills up and then floods, no I haven’t managed to flood the kitchen before! Just thought that was a bit stupid really, well anyway. I have also emptied the fridge of all the stuff that was left in there that will go off, I think otherwise some of the stuff may have smelt and looked interesting on our return in two weeks!
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Easter Nearly here ....
WELL IT APPEARS Easter is pretty much here!
Ben and Nathan have gone home today for the holiday leaving just me and Simon here for a couple of days until we will both be gone too!
I finally helped Nathan pop his balloons today, as he had quite a lot left! Apparently he does not like popping them because of the noise and that a couple of them had flour in still! His room was stinking of rubber though so it would have been awful if he left them over Easter as they continued to slowly deflate. However with a knife I quickly popped all of the balloons. Then he set off home with his Mum who had come to pick him up!
I am very pleased with my Thirteen package as it has had well over 2,000 views in just twenty four hours!
We had fun last night however I will wait to tell you about it until the video I filmed is ready, so keep an eye here! However it has something to do with Nathan attempting to cook!
Ben and Nathan have gone home today for the holiday leaving just me and Simon here for a couple of days until we will both be gone too!
I finally helped Nathan pop his balloons today, as he had quite a lot left! Apparently he does not like popping them because of the noise and that a couple of them had flour in still! His room was stinking of rubber though so it would have been awful if he left them over Easter as they continued to slowly deflate. However with a knife I quickly popped all of the balloons. Then he set off home with his Mum who had come to pick him up!
I am very pleased with my Thirteen package as it has had well over 2,000 views in just twenty four hours!
We had fun last night however I will wait to tell you about it until the video I filmed is ready, so keep an eye here! However it has something to do with Nathan attempting to cook!
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Work, work work!
A FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL weekend with just work, work, work! However only a week until Easter holiday now!
Made a surprise discovery yesterday evening after trying to contact Australia to arrange a trip I want to do out there! I battled with my landline and the extension for dialing a different country. I then decided to use the other option the tour operator gave me to contact them! I downloaded and installed Skype and dialed through with it. First time no answer, second time I was forwarded and somebody answered! I was already to use instant messenger however to my shock my computer had a microphone, which I had never known about and they could hear me and before I knew it I was having a conversation. On further investigation I found out my webcam which I have never really used has the microphone within. Anyway that was my first Skype Experience!
Was not impressed with Bens cooking technique last night, he microwaved a piece of delicious salmon and then splashed it with water after he cooked it to had some moisture! Not how I would cook salmon!
Made a surprise discovery yesterday evening after trying to contact Australia to arrange a trip I want to do out there! I battled with my landline and the extension for dialing a different country. I then decided to use the other option the tour operator gave me to contact them! I downloaded and installed Skype and dialed through with it. First time no answer, second time I was forwarded and somebody answered! I was already to use instant messenger however to my shock my computer had a microphone, which I had never known about and they could hear me and before I knew it I was having a conversation. On further investigation I found out my webcam which I have never really used has the microphone within. Anyway that was my first Skype Experience!
Was not impressed with Bens cooking technique last night, he microwaved a piece of delicious salmon and then splashed it with water after he cooked it to had some moisture! Not how I would cook salmon!
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Another day done ...
PRETTY STRESSFUL DAY today with one of the modules deadline suddenly changing, anyway it is better now! ...Enjoyed a nice wrestling match between Ben and Simon yesterday, was interesting though I think I did the wise thing and kept out the way. Eventually though Simon wrestled Ben out of his room and managed to lock it, before strolling out to his party! At least that was Ben knackered for the night.
Had a really nice Chinese all you can eat this evening, which was lush! Feeling bit stuffed now though to be completely honest, I do have the old problem of having eyes bigger than my belly! I had some lychees as I love them, but we kind of convinced Nathan they where kangaroo testicals. Perhaps unsurprisingly he turned down us trying to persuade him to try them and looked rather confused as I gobbled a load down!
Ben ate a stupid amount of cake, he took three big pieces of cake, one with profiteroles on and another was gateau and the last was chocolate cake, needless to say they where rather rich. It made us feel sick just sat there watching him eat them, swallowing big chunks in a go. The cake did beat him, he did leave a little tiny bit! I think though we all safely got our money’s worth!
Had a really nice Chinese all you can eat this evening, which was lush! Feeling bit stuffed now though to be completely honest, I do have the old problem of having eyes bigger than my belly! I had some lychees as I love them, but we kind of convinced Nathan they where kangaroo testicals. Perhaps unsurprisingly he turned down us trying to persuade him to try them and looked rather confused as I gobbled a load down!
Ben ate a stupid amount of cake, he took three big pieces of cake, one with profiteroles on and another was gateau and the last was chocolate cake, needless to say they where rather rich. It made us feel sick just sat there watching him eat them, swallowing big chunks in a go. The cake did beat him, he did leave a little tiny bit! I think though we all safely got our money’s worth!
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Busy Day!
WELL ANOTHER REALLY busy day but just time to squeeze a quick blog post in before I finish my work and then bed! Had a Newsday today, didn’t go the best but still was good effort from everyone, the first two bulletins went really well though! Got to pick our options for next year now too, just brings home how close we are to being in our third and final year! But for now there are essays and assignments to be worked upon!
Somebody managed to leave the cooker on all night in the flat last night! Consequently on getting up this morning bright and early and stumbling into the kitchen it was rather shall we say on the warm side! The heat made me want to just back to sleep! Now we have some nice heat marks up the cupboard as well.
Ben also decided to try and put his mouldy bread in the hallway ceiling tiles, instead of throwing it away. Nathan tried to retrieve it however was too short but with Simons backup they managed to retrieve it and put it in the bin!
At dinner Ben some how got Chilli Con Carnie delivered to his door, I didn’t get any though!! Nathan came in and quickly warmed up another tin curry. I somehow managed to shoot part of his dinner across him, with the balloon pump, oops! Anyway after Ben had finished eating his food he quickly started hurling insults at Nathan. After he eventually got bored with that he set about trying to soft boil and egg. With asking a few people for advice he set about cooking his egg. We don’t have any egg cups, so instead he used a Shot Glass to sit the egg in. After all the effort apparently it was slightly “hard”. He also managed to tip salt in Nathans and then Simon’s hair, Simon wasn’t too amused when it was his salt he was wasting!
Somebody managed to leave the cooker on all night in the flat last night! Consequently on getting up this morning bright and early and stumbling into the kitchen it was rather shall we say on the warm side! The heat made me want to just back to sleep! Now we have some nice heat marks up the cupboard as well.
Ben also decided to try and put his mouldy bread in the hallway ceiling tiles, instead of throwing it away. Nathan tried to retrieve it however was too short but with Simons backup they managed to retrieve it and put it in the bin!
At dinner Ben some how got Chilli Con Carnie delivered to his door, I didn’t get any though!! Nathan came in and quickly warmed up another tin curry. I somehow managed to shoot part of his dinner across him, with the balloon pump, oops! Anyway after Ben had finished eating his food he quickly started hurling insults at Nathan. After he eventually got bored with that he set about trying to soft boil and egg. With asking a few people for advice he set about cooking his egg. We don’t have any egg cups, so instead he used a Shot Glass to sit the egg in. After all the effort apparently it was slightly “hard”. He also managed to tip salt in Nathans and then Simon’s hair, Simon wasn’t too amused when it was his salt he was wasting!
Friday, 12 March 2010
Busy Day ...
BUSY DAY AT work today but now a weekend to look forward to ish. Well sorting out my room and uni work stuff tomorrow but then Milton Keynes skiing on Sunday! :-) Surprisingly Nathan has not gone home this weekend and is staying here, but Simon went home today so it is still not a full flat this weekend!
Nice bit of wrestling in kitchen between Ben and Nathan earlier, as we were trying to tie Nathan up outside, we did eventually manage to do it however it wasn’t too successful as he resisted too much and it was rather loose! Ben has previously managed to nick half of Nathans dinner, eating half of his chips! ... However being the big and strong man I am I fiercely protected my tuna pasta bake that I had made, he wernt getting any of that!
Nathan still has quite a lot of balloons left in his room from the other day! This is what it looks like now!
Nice bit of wrestling in kitchen between Ben and Nathan earlier, as we were trying to tie Nathan up outside, we did eventually manage to do it however it wasn’t too successful as he resisted too much and it was rather loose! Ben has previously managed to nick half of Nathans dinner, eating half of his chips! ... However being the big and strong man I am I fiercely protected my tuna pasta bake that I had made, he wernt getting any of that!
Nathan still has quite a lot of balloons left in his room from the other day! This is what it looks like now!
I went to see the Youth Political Hustings last night, at the Victoria Hall it was pretty good and of course Mick was on top form, battering the Labour representative! Was interesting evening, though did kind of make you feel Stoke-on-Trent has no future.
Well nice lay in tomorrow hopefully if my body clock isn’t too set on getting up early and then I will get all the jobs done I need too!
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Happy!
CURSING AND SWEARING noises seeping through my thin walls! Can mean only mean one thing, Nathan has work to do or has yet again missed another deadline. It is quite amusing really him talking to himself and swearing at his computer! ... Put a smile on my face, not that I needed it today as I was already happy!
Had a good news day today and I was presenter so loved it! We had a story about eggs today so of course all the eggtastic puns came out! I enjoyed it though and everyone did well!
Ben ate his huge melon earlier, shame really as I had drawn up the top 5 things I could have done with it. At five was play a game of football with it at 4 smash it and make pretty pictures with the juice at 3 draw a happy face on it 2 Was microwave it and see what happened and at one freeze it! Might have done this last one but couldn’t fit it in the freezer!
Had a good news day today and I was presenter so loved it! We had a story about eggs today so of course all the eggtastic puns came out! I enjoyed it though and everyone did well!
Ben ate his huge melon earlier, shame really as I had drawn up the top 5 things I could have done with it. At five was play a game of football with it at 4 smash it and make pretty pictures with the juice at 3 draw a happy face on it 2 Was microwave it and see what happened and at one freeze it! Might have done this last one but couldn’t fit it in the freezer!
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Weekend is over ...
POOR NATHAN! ... He has had to get the train home again today. He usually always gets his driver (his dad) to give him a comfy door to door service. That’s the way he likes it but I suppose he will just now start to have to get the train like millions of others! ... He has to change at Manchester Piccadilly but if 20million other passengers can manage to use it I am sure he can! :)
Done my washing today exciting as that seems and considered tiding my room, that didn’t get to far. So drifted into Simon’s room and tried to pinch his arm with his nail clippers, didn’t get too far with that either to be honest! I will have to say though I am getting a bit worried about his cooking ability? .... Is he losing his touch last night’s meal he made himself wasn’t great and today he was reduced to a fish finger sandwich for his main meal!
Now I am ready for a busy week ahead!
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Work then Food!
BUSY DAY WORKING, good though! Back and forth, back and forth around campus taking and directing students to different places. Just successfully cooked a better meal than Simon, rare as he is the resident chef! Nice Chicken and Mushroom Pasta I made, yum yum!
On the subject of food Nathan whilst he is at home has apparently successfully cooked Chilli Con Carne and he says it tastes really good! So who knows, who says Nathan can’t cook! Maybe when he cooks it for us all next week we are going to be proved wrong!
Does look like a lot of my posts have revolved around food, but hay its an important part of flat life. Also with students cooking, or attempting to cook in some peoples cases, there is always something amusing happening!
On the subject of food Nathan whilst he is at home has apparently successfully cooked Chilli Con Carne and he says it tastes really good! So who knows, who says Nathan can’t cook! Maybe when he cooks it for us all next week we are going to be proved wrong!
Does look like a lot of my posts have revolved around food, but hay its an important part of flat life. Also with students cooking, or attempting to cook in some peoples cases, there is always something amusing happening!
Friday, 5 March 2010
Weekend is Here
THE WEEKEND IS here and both Ben and Nathan have retreated home, so maybe a quiet weekend! So probably not much excitement around the flat! Nathan is practicing cooking chilli con carnie whilst he is at home to cook it for us all next week. So sure that will be interesting, especially if you bear in mind the culinary skills he has previously demonstrated! :) Look forward to it though, hopefully it’s tasty.
Anyway I have had a busy day and am knackered so am leaving it at a short post for now!
Anyway I have had a busy day and am knackered so am leaving it at a short post for now!
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Settled back to week of work
AFTER AN EXCITING weekend the week has settled back down to work and lectures. Nathan enjoyed another tinned meal last night! .... The only problem with Nathan’s tins are that they all have somehow had their labels taken off, wouldn’t like to say who had anything to do with that! .... Well it makes it quite interesting with half a dozen or so unlabeled cans, it is always good seeing what he is going to get to eat! He shakes them and feels the weight of all of them all in an attempt to work out what is what, all very amusing. Disappointingly, or luckily for him, he has always managed to open the one which he is after! There are still a few unlabeled cans left though, still waiting to be opened!
Ben has finally with a few words from Simon eventually decided to clean the blood off from the bottom of the fridge at last, nice! ... Well it is lucky he decided to clean up as he went back to his home today and is not back until next week so I didn’t really fancy it being left there or having to clean it myself.
It will be quiet in the flat this weekend, with just me and Simon as Nathan is going home too! Well surprise, surprise Nathan always goes home. We say this is his third home, after his parent’s house and the library! He says he has moved out from home however consider this; he goes home every weekend, pretty much, leaving Friday coming back late Sunday. He also goes to his aunts at least one evening a week to be fed and also his gran’s once a week. So all in all he cooks his main meal, well heats a tin up, twice a week! Of course he also has no need to do his laundry as he always takes it home with him. Most of the time he doesn’t even have to get the train home, dad’s taxi picks him up!! So do you really think he has moved out from home?
Ben has finally with a few words from Simon eventually decided to clean the blood off from the bottom of the fridge at last, nice! ... Well it is lucky he decided to clean up as he went back to his home today and is not back until next week so I didn’t really fancy it being left there or having to clean it myself.
It will be quiet in the flat this weekend, with just me and Simon as Nathan is going home too! Well surprise, surprise Nathan always goes home. We say this is his third home, after his parent’s house and the library! He says he has moved out from home however consider this; he goes home every weekend, pretty much, leaving Friday coming back late Sunday. He also goes to his aunts at least one evening a week to be fed and also his gran’s once a week. So all in all he cooks his main meal, well heats a tin up, twice a week! Of course he also has no need to do his laundry as he always takes it home with him. Most of the time he doesn’t even have to get the train home, dad’s taxi picks him up!! So do you really think he has moved out from home?
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Shopping and other fun!
HAD ANOTHER GOOD evening last night, went to see the Circus of Horrors at the Victoria Hall, was good show! My flat mate Ben flooded the kitchen too, he defrosted the freezer by switching it off and putting boiling pans of water in it. Consequently the kitchen became a “wellie only zone”.
Not the only thing Ben did today, he also managed to just shove his beef joint in the fridge to defrost without putting it in a bowl. Consequently we had a nice dribble of blood all inside the fridge with a nice pond at the bottom. He vaguely wiped it up however the bottom of the fridge is really in need of a good clean now! .... When we asked Ben to clean it up properly and said it was disgusting he said “It’s only blood and what should I know about food hygiene, I work at Mc. Donolds!
Today we also set about re-filling the freezer with another mammoth Tesco’s trip! As often happens we brought too much so the discussion turned to who should make the long walk home. After a bit of bustling however we managed to jam my little car full of the four of us and all our shopping!
One of my other flat mates, Simon, also made a nice Banana cake today. It wasn’t a shock as Simon is very clearly the “cook” in the flat! We had a problem though as with a badly equipped student kitchen we did not have a cake tin to cook it in! Well this left us to have to use one of the cheap pans the University gave us, which the handle had now broken off of as our cake tin. Needless to say it was very interesting getting it out of the pan!
Not the only thing Ben did today, he also managed to just shove his beef joint in the fridge to defrost without putting it in a bowl. Consequently we had a nice dribble of blood all inside the fridge with a nice pond at the bottom. He vaguely wiped it up however the bottom of the fridge is really in need of a good clean now! .... When we asked Ben to clean it up properly and said it was disgusting he said “It’s only blood and what should I know about food hygiene, I work at Mc. Donolds!
Today we also set about re-filling the freezer with another mammoth Tesco’s trip! As often happens we brought too much so the discussion turned to who should make the long walk home. After a bit of bustling however we managed to jam my little car full of the four of us and all our shopping!
One of my other flat mates, Simon, also made a nice Banana cake today. It wasn’t a shock as Simon is very clearly the “cook” in the flat! We had a problem though as with a badly equipped student kitchen we did not have a cake tin to cook it in! Well this left us to have to use one of the cheap pans the University gave us, which the handle had now broken off of as our cake tin. Needless to say it was very interesting getting it out of the pan!
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Dinner!
WELL TONIGHT'S DINNER, contrasted nicely between the four of us who live in the flat. I decided in my wisdom I would make a nice fish pie for everyone. Naturally two of my flatmates, Simon and Ben were keen to accept this offer, the idea of not needing to cook but still getting a nice meal would please any of us. My third flat mate, Nathan was not in at the time but anyway it is not like him to eat much that doesn’t come out of a tin or with lots of plastic packaging!
Anyway I eagerly started cooking my fish pie, reasonably successfully until I got distracted by Facebook! On returning to the kitchen I had manage to over boil fishy milk across the hobs, which had burnt on so consequently rather smelt! Apart from that slight hitch however the fish pie turned out to go pretty well and I was feeling pretty pleased as I loaded my creation into the oven.
At that time Nathan returned and after asking what was in the oven I told him. Naturally I had made too much so kindly offered him some “proper food” and to have some of my fish pie. He swiftly rejected preferring his delightful feast he had brought with him.
The four of us sat down to eat, three of us with a nice fish pie and Nathan with a polystyrene box filled with fat filled chips and greasy donner meat! Also his £3 odd for his delightful meal was almost as much as the fish pie cost for all of us! And I had some left over for lunch the following day!
Anyway I eagerly started cooking my fish pie, reasonably successfully until I got distracted by Facebook! On returning to the kitchen I had manage to over boil fishy milk across the hobs, which had burnt on so consequently rather smelt! Apart from that slight hitch however the fish pie turned out to go pretty well and I was feeling pretty pleased as I loaded my creation into the oven.
At that time Nathan returned and after asking what was in the oven I told him. Naturally I had made too much so kindly offered him some “proper food” and to have some of my fish pie. He swiftly rejected preferring his delightful feast he had brought with him.
The four of us sat down to eat, three of us with a nice fish pie and Nathan with a polystyrene box filled with fat filled chips and greasy donner meat! Also his £3 odd for his delightful meal was almost as much as the fish pie cost for all of us! And I had some left over for lunch the following day!
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