Eat Out to Help Out

The Eat Out to Help Out portal is finally working.   I am surprised to see some restaurants are not signing up for it.  I cannot wait for all the half price food!

Fire Pit Pork Knuckle

I was going to cook the pork knuckle in the oven,  then it occured to me to utilise the amber from my barbeque,  so I did.

Result:  burnt ends on every ends,  not in a good way.   Fire pit flame is so much harder to control than the trusted oven and slow cooker.

No.1 Ecuador Dark Chocolate 90%

Tucking into my Christmas chocolate and got the Waitrose No 1 Ecuador chocolate.   It is a 90% dark bar.   It is very nice and smooth,  the flavour is nice and complex,  but it does not linger.

Kite Fight

There is a family of three red kites where I work,  I saw them often.   The other day,  another two turned up.   There were a lot of squawking and some funny flying,  one bird fell out of the sky and made a thud noise onto a building,  moments later,  it was back in flight.

The whole time,  a kit of pigeons just stood and watched,  only too flight when one of the kite fell in their direction,  thinking,  we are just some innocent bystanders.

There is no need to fight,  there is enough pigeons for a few family of kites,  just start eating them!

Bluebird Bakery

We have been meaning to try some Bluebird sourdough from the Post Box Deli but never had the chance.   So when we went to York,  made a trip to their shop to get their seeded sourdough,  their best seller.

It tastes nice,  but I think we like Leeds Coop more.

Ripley Ice-cream

We finally stopped for the "World Famous" ice-cream in Ripley,  as claimed on the brown sign.  We were surprise to find the town being so busy.

To be fair,  the ice-cream was very average,  enhanced by the Sun to become better than average.

Sad Lavender

The lavender we bought a couple months ago now looks very sad in the garden,  I hope it can be strong enough for its first winter.