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...drills for a few hours again then...?

Sunday Powerhouse 1300, polo for the persistent

1. Rob
   
2. Emma
   
3. Adam
   

Should try Red Dragon pie, use soaked cooked aduki beans in place of the mince... Tasty an super cheap...

Asda (in Hulme) have 3x cooking Chorizos (soft ones) for £2.90 i think, they go quite far when chopped up and added to sauces/pasta etc

Saw this in the morning;

Sausage and Bean Stew

It shall be made tomorrow after I have foraged ingredients today. Though 3 real chorizo sausages would be a bit pricey I may get one and sub some decent sausages for the rest.
Should last a good few days with mashed potato.

Embarrassingly generous Christmas present from my Dad... they are awesome though....

Le Creuset?!? No wonder you're on a budget, you cunt!
#alsohavecraploadsoflecreuset

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bit longer for the pork, but looking good...

Quick dash to the butchers & fruit n veg stalls and i've got 1kg+of pork belly roasting and a big pan full of tomatoey veggie, stewey goodness cooking, total cost £5 for the meat £2.50 for the veg... should keep me going for quite a while when eaten with pasta, as sandwiches etc...

now i just need to wait for the roasting to do its magic.....

Sofa @ Mine & Stes you're welcome too, but you might be able to get a bed somewhere mebbe..?

Right MCR poloistas, I think I might come to Manchester on December 10th. Who's gonna be around/who wants a day of polo n night out/ who wants to put me up for the weekend?

TBH with a face like that a couple of mallet blows might be a good thing......

Here's my new helmet setup.

Protec B2 Skate in XL

With Rawlings SBRWG softball batting helmet face guard

Result

Had to cut a bit out the cage and drill a hole for the fittings.

I've not played with it on yet. My only concern is falling on my face and the cage pushing my helmet back and choking on the strap. The gap at the nose area is 60mm at the widest, I suppose a ball could potentially get wedged in there.

^clearly

just so everyone knows, i have bright pink balls....

Thursday, start playing 6:30 prompt...

1. Ste
   
2. Emyr
   
3. Rob
   
4. Neil
   
5. Emma (dont finish work till 7ish)
   
6. Adam
   

Just to jump back to the toasty discussion, aeons ago i remember experimenting with tinned rice pudding and a peach slice.... i think it worked... But i guess an Apple sauce toasty would almost be like a McD's apple pie...

Soup-reme stickers FTW slain... non..?

Rasher or 2 or smoked bacon + Onion + Veg stock cube + Frozen peas = Super quick Pea & Ham Soup.....

Reckon investing in a decent-ish stick blender is worth the money, just make sure you get one with a metal stick part so you can blend hot soups without it melting like some cheap plastic ones do.....! This has happened to me!

I've just been informed that my company won't be offering any extended period, i was interested in joining the scheme until i got this email:

*I have had a look at the calculations for you . Your monthly Gross payment will be £60.70 based on a bike of a value of £650.00.

Your net payment ie the amount it will physically cost you per month is £41.28 , £495.36 annually .

The payment you would need to make at the end of the twelve month contract would be £162.50 (25%) therefore the total cost through the scheme = £657.86. unfortunately we cannot divert from this unless you wanted to return the bike, HMRC have clamped down on the rules!!

*Errr, so it's actually going to cost me £8 more than buying on 12 months interest free credit.... awesome scheme...

Fuck yeah... will be tastier after a night resting and being reheated tomorrow night....

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filling up on leftover cauli cheese & baked leeks with chilli pasta, serious comfort food... meanwhile breast of lamb slow cooks in the oven with carrots, onions, potatoes and stock for tomorrow night.... carbs x stewed food this time of year is what my body craves....

wishing i had a big freezer and not the pissy little icebox i have.....

This is my problem with the Freegan thing, everytime i see photos of people hauls i think it seems to be a load of processed crap i wouldn't want to/probably shouldn't eat....

I fondly remember sharing a yorkshire hot pot and cous cous with Max outside the Duke's Head freegan style...

it was tasty cos it was free...

then I thought WTF.

i remember baking bread in teracotta flower pots when i was a kid..... true story... you can, at a push, bake bread in lots of things in place of 'proper' loaf tins....

#newfavouritethread

oh another trick is to use the self checkout lane in supermarkets and choose 'loose onions' for any self weigh veg....!

I guess thats maybe theft and not just a money saving tip though...

oh & +1 to markets & cheap cuts of meat, pork belly, beef shin, breast of lamb, livers , kidney etc... full of flavour

Had a Winter warmer craving yesterday so made cauliflower cheese, was amazed at the size of the cauliflower i got for 70p, enough for 4 servings, some with (Green spinach) pasta, some as a side to a bit of gammon... etc etc

Cauli - 70p
Butter - 10p
Flour - 1p?
2/3rd pint milk - 30p
Cheese - 70p (could have used much cheaper cheese but went for something extra mature)

Something super comforting about baked cheesy/saucy goodness.....

Neil, just got to the powerhouse and there's no padlock on the gate... Not sure if there is any reason for this you know of? But it could cause problems for us if we turn up and find loads of kids playing football or whatever on the court on our night...

come on rob...! Em i'll see you there at 1pm....