Sainsbury’s smoked haddock – is it really smoked?

I’ve written here before about the absurd wetness of Sainsbury’s smoked haddock, a fish that has supposedly gone through two processes – brining, then smoking – which would naturally reduce the moisture content, not increase it (fish, despite its environment, is not actually waterlogged). Then, today, for reasons which still elude me, I

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So is Cameron’s problem simply that he’s a snob? I don’t think so…

There is an article, The curse of Cameron dating back to the middle of last year, discussing Cameron’s execrable behaviour and concluding that his problem is that he’s a snob.  It’s doing the rounds of Twitter right now. Sorry, I’m not buying that for one moment. Well, of course,  he is a snob, but he’s [...]

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Getting a new powerchair…

Having just had a windfall from the tax man, I’ve decided I’ll treat myself to a new powerchair. Well, not so much treat – if I’m to break my housebound cycle, pretty much essential. I spent a large part of yesterday, online, looking at chairs that (a) fit my budget (under 2 grand) and (b) [...]

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Home-made Pork Sausages…

Yesterday, Saturday, I worked my nuts off, making a batch of sausage meat with meat sourced online, from Steadman’s of Sedbergh, instead of my usual Sainsbury’s pork. The same cuts, boned pork shoulder and sliced pork belly, and broadly the same price – but vastly superior. I’ve complained before, here, about the wetness of Sainsbury’s [...]

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