By my calculations, which might not be accurate, on Monday we will reach the 1500th post.
Therefore, I was wondering if any of my readers, sorry, either of my readers. Ho ho, might have questions they might like to ask. Or not.
Maybe there are more stuff you would like to see, less stuff. Less football says Tony from New Zealand. Yes, I suppose so.
Anyway, over to you. You have until midday here on Sunday (GMT) with any questions, requests. Maybe even a plea to stop!
Please ask questions via the comments in the link below!
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Ian, I feel like I am world famous! I am feeling quite proud of myself at the moment, as I have doubled your readership here in NZ, a fellow workmate. We read the blog and then have "in depth" conversations from your writings. We were both mightily impressed with your £200 pound bottle of whiskey recently mentioned,and I know he is almost excited about your Japan trip as you are! In fact I think he may have left a comment for you recently which you replied to.
You know me, I love reading your holiday blogs, and yes you are correct, I do skip over the football entries, but it's your blog, so keep writing them: "it's your blog your way."
Best of luck for the next 1500 blogs!
Tony
P.S. I reckon I could just about do your walk from your house down past where the pigs and horses hang out and down the path and up the other side of it just from seeing your photos over the years.
Tony: many thanks for the reply and those fine words of encouragement. £200 for a bottle of whisky is quite modest, as I have seen bottles for sale up to ten grand, probably more for something really rare. Of course, a £200 whisky is really just for special occasions, at least for me.
Well, all I can really offer for the next 1500 is more of the same, but I am in the process of arranging a photo-challenge day in August, I have little idea what I am letting myself in for there.
Well, there will be more travel with work, beer festivals, a trip to Japan and lots of orchids in the next few months!
I am always surprised at who is reading them, as according to the dashboard, there are just four followers. More than that it seems!
I'd like more recipes, thanks. Every time you post about aubergine (and you are a veritable Ambassador of the Aubergine), and chorizo hash, and pasta salad, and various homemade buns and tarts, I want a more in-depth explanation of how that aubergine got that way. Your reader #3 demands to know!
Chorizo hash (for 2 people)
four or five white potaoes (depending on how hungry you are)
2 medium white onions
3 sweet peppers
olive oil
smoked or picante Spanish paprika
Method
Peel and cut potatoes into half inch cubes, boil until soft. Drain and put to one side. The softer and fluffier the better.
Peel and dice a couple on onions, dice a couple of peppers, shallow fry until soft.
Put onions and peppers to one side, keeping warm. I put them in a wok, on a low heat, just keeping the pan warm.
Peel and dice chorizo sausage, fry in oil with two tsp of paprika, smoked if possible, cook until golden brown.
Put drained potatoes in the oil that you cooked the chorizo in, mabe add more paprika, cook until golden brown and crunchy.
Add to peppers, onion and chorizo; stir together; serve and enjoy.
The aubergine is a very under-rated vegetable. Unless its a fruit of course. I have to thank my first wife for her Balkan-themed cooking. The aubergine and pasta salad recipe is one of hers, and I do still make it.
Thanks so much, faithful author. I have some lovely merguez sausages that are getting the hash treatment tonight for dinner, with leftovers for lunch to make my workmates jealous.
You may have noticed I missed out the chorizo sausage out of the ingredients list; silly me. Two chorizo rings should be used, but to taste of course.
I hope the hash you had yesterday was good
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