Itisi

The nebulous ramblings; grammatical & punctuational experiments of a girl born on the fifth of November

Month: August, 2007

Not so much a meme, more of a me me.

I have a headache, and a real post is somewhat beyond my mental capacities at the moment. Some may say it is beyond me at any time, but those people are mean. Anyhoo, for a change, and because it’s easier, I thought we could play a little game. The following is a list of facts about me (yes, it’s all me, me, me), four are true, one is a fib.

1) As a teenager I wanted to become a fire-fighter, but didn’t because of opposition from my mother – she thought I would be sexually harassed, by whom I don’t know, most of the staff at our local fire station were friends of my father.

2) Even though I am left handed, I can ‘draw’ with a mouse using my right hand.

3) When I first moved to this village, I spent a year living opposite an undertakers which was incredibly depressing.

4) I can speak Russian, but have never needed to.

5) I know how to lay bricks, but have never needed to.



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A brief foray into food blogging

I have tried to keep quiet about this. To bite my tongue and say nothing. But, it’s happening so often I must speak up.

Over the last few months, I have noticed a growing number of American bloggers discussing shepherd’s pie. Nothing wrong with that, I like shepherd’s pie, it is the epitome of fine food in my book. No, the problem is, for some unknown reason, the bloggers in question seem to think shepherd’s pie is Irish. It’s not. Dublin Bay Prawns = Irish. Soda bread = Irish. Shepherds pie = jolly good food for our climate.

I admit, it is eaten in Ireland – my Irish grandmother made a first class shepherd’s pie. However, it is also eaten in England, Scotland and Wales. Trust me, the people of the north-western archipelago are very fond of the stuff. Furthermore, it does not contain tomatoes and under no circumstances should you ever use instant mashed potato. In fact, anyone guilty of the latter thoroughly deserves whatever cruel and unusual punishment the comfort food gods throw at them.

BTW, there is a variation, cottage pie, which is made from beef, not cottages. Shepherd’s pie, in case anyone wondered, is made with lamb, not shepherds – we stopped using them because the buggers are really hard to catch.

One final thing. I wonder if shepherd’s pie is being wrongly described because of the snobbery against British food. Hmm.

Oh well, off to boil some tripe . . .


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