Eddie

I'm going to try my hand at a Chinese-style curry. No frills, no recipe to work from. Chuck it and chance it.
Currently have a pound of chicken marinating in a mix of dark soy sauce, Tesco own-brand dry cider, chilli flakes, Chinese five-spice and hot curry powder.

Been out for brunch this morning. Probably best if @David looks away now!
 

You'll have @DarkFruitsRam7 in a lather!

Not at all. Down to 13 stone 7 pounds now. The secret is, no bitting and bobbing, no snacks, only 1 meal a day. My BMI is around 24 now, which is still a little high, so I could still do with losing a few pounds, but there's no rush.

Pizza. First time using my new disc.

It's got alcohol, so close enough. 

New to me anyway...

Love it, but I'm two-timing it. I love its little sister, Schneider Weisse Aventinus Eisbock, even more.

Deutsche Bier for me too.

Times are hard.

Pizza. First time using my new disc.

Aventinus - A classic

Wash it, you.

Times are hard.

A couple of dishcloths? 

We finished binge-watching 'Lost' last night.
I think over the last three series, we were both just going through the motions, wanting to see if it could get any sillier.
(Narrator: it did).
Half an hour ago, we started watching 'Breaking Bad' - probably the pilot episode.
So far so good - I'm still watching it. In fact, I'm loving it.

What we have here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.

Gets better and better, literally the only drama I've seen that requires a conscious effort to breathe in places.

I am addicted to Ikea meatballs, and I've been getting a bit twitchy of late, being unable to get any.  A few weeks ago, they released the recipe, so today I had a go.

Tonight's first little snifter...

Steak salad with caper and mint dressing.

Tonight's first little snifter...

Tonight's second little snifter...

Samichlaus Schwarzes (and South Park on the tv).
This black monster is 14% abv, and it is a lager. And it's black, and very, very awesome. Sorry about the glassphemy (it's in the Gulden Draak 'dragon egg' glass - I don't have a Samichlaus glass, but I'm hoping that Samichlaus might bring me one.

Prediction - you will post on here next week that Rochefort 10 is the best beer you have ever tasted in your life (or not far off it).
Saisons have a sour edge to them, but they are nowhere near as sour as some styles (gueuzes, lambics and Flemish red beers and Oude Brunes). It's a bit like a mild drinker having his first taste of bitter - you just don't see how anyone could ever like that muck. Dupont is considered to be the marker against which all other saisons are judged, but it would be a dull world if we all liked the same thing.
So, recommendations. 6 dark, 6 blond/light, 6 oddments...
Dark beers: Achel 8 Brune, St Bernardus Abt 12, Chimay Blue, Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel, Corsendonk Pater, Malheur 12
Lighter beers: Brugse Zot Blond, Triple Karmeleit, LeFort Tripel, Tongerlo Triple Prior, Kappitel Watou Tripel 10, La Chouffe Blond
Oddments: Kwak (an amber beer, usually served in a glass that looks like a yard of ale, but smaller); Barbar (best honey beer I've ever tasted); Barista Chocolate Quad (the clue is in the name - all 3 bits of it, coffee, chocolate and strong); Peche Mel (a fusion of peach juice and Bush Tripel - either magnificent or awful, and sometimes both at the same time); Bush de Noel (utterly fabulous spiced seasonal beer); Troubadour Magma (it's sort-of a blond, sort-of a tripel, sort-of an amber beer and sort-of a fruity, hoppy IPA all at the same time).