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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-Jfh6ADH0

They do indeed call your concoctions "".

I served up some salmon yesterday with a side dish of roughly mashed potato, swede, carrot and savoy cabbage. It was likened to baby food and vomit almost as soon as it hit the table. The meal did not recover.

Aye, I'm considering giving them a try anyway, even the full salt ones - it's not as if they cost that much more really. Plus I suppose with the low-salt ones, there are some dishes where you're adding other salty ingredients and it doesn't matter as much if the stock is a bit blander, whereas something like a veggie soup it makes sense you'd really notice the difference.

Anyone know if this range is any cop? http://www.goodnessd...Cubes__66g.html The amount of salt in regular stock cubes is frightening, and these are loads better for you in that respect. But I'd be worried they'd have far less flavour in them as a result.

Love a bit of pearl barley, adds easy substance to so many dishes, especially wintertime grub. It's one of my killer ingredients along with the likes of green lentils.

Aaaand there we go. Not particularly pretty to look at, but a perfect winter warmer. Was still a bit thin as serving time approached, so I added a tin of adzuki beans near the end.

6 minutes?!

Having a bit of a "let's cobble something together from what's in the freezer/cupboard" meal tonight, which is turning out to be a spiced chicken, borlotti bean and spinach stew. Not remotely aesthetically pleasing, but the smell as it's bubbling away - somewhere between a curry and a chilli - is pleasing enough.

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Worked for Pardew at Brighton...

And waste a perfectly good toastie? As if!

This has made me cry with laughter and I have no idea why

That's everyone in the world nowadays like. The number of people walking down the street who seem entirely unaware they're taking up the whole pavement and walking at a snail's pace. (Very #middleclassproblems I know, but still)

What'd he say like?

Back in from the Save Lewisham Hospital march and demonstration. Frankly baffling situation whereby a successful and profitable A&E and maternity unit are being punished because the neighbouring trusts are loss-making. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21196758 Good to see so many people out on the march, anyway - I was worried it'd be co-opted by the usual socialist niche groups, but their banners were largely outnumbered by regular folks' (although there was one fella with a megaphone who seemed to think he was the figurehead of a new "Occupy" movement).

A matter of two seconds on Google. Formatting the post, on the other hand...

Don't give him ideas.....