Tag Archives: chicken

Distracted by a dishwasher, chicken liver pâté, and dusty After Eight mints (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I tried to help in the kitchen but I was doing everything wrong. TPR despaired when I added handwash detergent to the dishwasher. Instead I would try my luck at cooking, starting with homemade chicken liver pâté, assisted by GB … Continue reading →

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A menagerie and a monument (Rousse)

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My mother had done a great job with the garden. All the pets were happily installed in large runs, the chickens loved their coop, and the hedgehogs were so settled that they forgot their shyness. The only (very minor) problem … Continue reading →

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Dietary advice as the Pogues play Leith Walk (Rousse)

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Dreamaticus

When the bill arrived I could not understand why it only came to £10.50. Surely it cost more to see the Pogues in concert on Leith Walk? SE paid with his credit card. Then someone I barely knew gave him … Continue reading →

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Country kitchen chicken liver pâté: serving suggestion (Rousse)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I caught (supposed) vegetarian KT serving portions of home-made chicken liver pâté onto dinner plates in her huge country kitchen. The quantities were enormous. Here guests would never eat portions that big. My lecture on food waste was not welcomed.

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An afternoon with David Mitchell (Rousse)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The black banana that promised to contain a map inside was a grave disappointment. Now my sister J and I were lost with two Canadian cousins somewhere in the south of England with no idea of how to reach the … Continue reading →

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Good enough for Sting and Trudie, Jeremy and Sinéad, and even the Queen – but not good enough for Rousse

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Dreamaticus

When I signed up for a “small celebration” I didn’t expect a whole week away on a cruise ship. However, such was the excitement amongst the female colleagues who had organised it that I felt that I couldn’t back out. … Continue reading →

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Belle holidays with The Monkees

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The caravan was extremely small considering at least two of The Monkees had joined us for a holiday. To escape the cramped quarters, I went on a tiny train deep into the hillside for an “authentic taste of 19th century … Continue reading →

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Rousse makes her choice from the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets, Ruby Wax, and Clive Anderson

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Dreamaticus

At last a taxi stopped in Bruntsfield and three of us jumped into it to shelter from the pouring rain. LM, however, couldn’t face the mess of discarded chicken bones, cold chips and KFC wrappers on the taxi seats and … Continue reading →

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Kevin McCloud advises Rousse on housing law

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Kevin McCloud wandered into my Edinburgh flat just at the right moment. His knowledge of housing law would deal with the squatting Spaniards. I had never heard of this strange ancient tradition that, they claimed, gave them the right to … Continue reading →

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