Eddie

I started the spreadsheet (checks Excel) about 3 months ago. As well as the freezer boxes, I keep a record of packet sauces for quick and dirty meals (the Memsahib is in and out the kitchen in minutes whereas I live in there for hours), stir-fry sauces, herbs and spices, orders and deliveries etc. Each beer order goes in there (a master index links to the file containing the order), and I can then add tasting notes for future reference. It's a rudimentary stock control system for my beer.
Like I said, I have become rather anal - far too obsessive for my own good really, so it's no surprise I piss people off on here. The lockdown is now officially getting to me.

I started the spreadsheet (checks Excel) about 3 months ago. As well as the freezer boxes, I keep a record of packet sauces for quick and dirty meals (the Memsahib is in and out the kitchen in minutes whereas I live in there for hours), stir-fry sauces, herbs and spices, orders and deliveries etc. Each beer order goes in there (a master index links to the file containing the order), and I can then add tasting notes for future reference. It's a rudimentary stock control system for my beer.
Like I said, I have become rather anal - far too obsessive for my own good really, so it's no surprise I piss people off on here. The lockdown is now officially getting to me.

And there you have it, @Steve How Hard? - we both have big problems, you are sympathised with, and I am mocked by the same two people.

And there you have it, @Steve How Hard? - we both have big problems, you are sympathised with, and I am mocked by the same two people.

I started the spreadsheet (checks Excel) about 3 months ago. As well as the freezer boxes, I keep a record of packet sauces for quick and dirty meals (the Memsahib is in and out the kitchen in minutes whereas I live in there for hours), stir-fry sauces, herbs and spices, orders and deliveries etc. Each beer order goes in there (a master index links to the file containing the order), and I can then add tasting notes for future reference. It's a rudimentary stock control system for my beer.
Like I said, I have become rather anal - far too obsessive for my own good really, so it's no surprise I piss people off on here. The lockdown is now officially getting to me.

I started the spreadsheet (checks Excel) about 3 months ago. As well as the freezer boxes, I keep a record of packet sauces for quick and dirty meals (the Memsahib is in and out the kitchen in minutes whereas I live in there for hours), stir-fry sauces, herbs and spices, orders and deliveries etc. Each beer order goes in there (a master index links to the file containing the order), and I can then add tasting notes for future reference. It's a rudimentary stock control system for my beer.
Like I said, I have become rather anal - far too obsessive for my own good really, so it's no surprise I piss people off on here. The lockdown is now officially getting to me.

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.

We ate one third of them today. The rest are now in the freezer, in boxes 9 and 10. I keep a spreadsheet of what's in what box, when it was made etc. Yes, I am that anal.

Wicked.  So tender. 

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.

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.

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.

Well, I've just ordered 14 storage jars (8 x 200 ml and 6 x 100 ml) because I'm running out of places to keep my spices.

Public Service Announcement
Man cannot live by Belgian beer alone (well, this man cannot) - sometimes, my taste buds scream out for English beers (Robinsons Old Tom, Tynt Meadow, anything from Eyam Brewery etc), and rather frequently, German beer. So I was quite interested when a friend of mine (yes, I have at least one friend) told me about a website who specialise in beers from the Munich district. I love Doppelbocks, Maibocks and Oktoberfest beers, and the Memsahib loves Hellas/Hell, Pilseners together with the aforementioned Doppelbocks, Maibocks and Oktoberfest beers - especially when she doesn't realise that I've counted them into the crates.
The website is http://www.web-bier.de/shop/
Anyway, the first thing that you should know is that they only ship multiples of 24 bottles - but that can be any 24 bottles - 24 singles all different if you like. The second thing you should know is that the delivery cost is €16.90 to ship said box of 24 bottles to the UK. At this point, I had a look at what that looks like in real terms, adding on basically 70c to the price of each bottle, taking the exchange rate into account and comparing that price to my usual supplier of German beers, Beers of Europe.
The answer was - extremely favourable.
So I ordered the following:
6 x Paulaner Salvator 50 cl 6 x Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock 50 cl 6 x Augustiner Beer Munich Edelstoff Export 50 cl 2 x Spaten Muenchener Hell Lager Beer 50 cl 2 x Andechs Lager Beer 50 cl 2 x Augustiner Heller Mai Bock 33 cl Total cost, including shipping and allowing for the current very stingy exchange rate through Paypal - £51.33.
The same beers through Beers of Europe (which is based in Kings Lynn and offers free shipping for orders over £60) was a little over £75. So basically £1 a bottle cheaper - and it's coming around 800 Km.
It would have been rude not to.

The brisket is on... ?

No
its not half cut, it’s into quarters.
 
 
 
im here all week, try the Peroni 

If you'd have been shopping at Aldi, you would probably have received a Junior Doctor Make-It-Yourself Tourniquet and a trumpet.

Most of them can. Well, one or toucan.

Griddled dry aged Dorset rump steak, wedges, griddled tomatoes with a mushroom garlic and Stilton sauce, all washed down with a glass of vino rosso passito.
 

Fresh mussels delivered up from Cornwall direct to us this morning. 
 

Not eating it tonight - it was just a practice until my order of 5 kg of durum flour arrives later today, but I just made some Peshwari naans. We ate 1 and are freezing the other two to have with a curry I am making on Saturday.
Utterly exquisite - soft, spongy yet firm to the teeth, with a gorgeous gooey filling.

currently watching 'The Last Kingdom' on Netflix.
A bit naff - a bit like Vikings but nowhere near as good.

Not eating it tonight - it was just a practice until my order of 5 kg of durum flour arrives later today, but I just made some Peshwari naans. We ate 1 and are freezing the other two to have with a curry I am making on Saturday.
Utterly exquisite - soft, spongy yet firm to the teeth, with a gorgeous gooey filling.

There’s a second season. Not sure how new they are. 

Not eating it tonight - it was just a practice until my order of 5 kg of durum flour arrives later today, but I just made some Peshwari naans. We ate 1 and are freezing the other two to have with a curry I am making on Saturday.
Utterly exquisite - soft, spongy yet firm to the teeth, with a gorgeous gooey filling.