In a Jam!
It’s the end of August and the plums are getting ripe. The problem is, as usual, that all the plums are becoming ripe at the same time! I’ve just picked 16lb (7.2kg) off a single tree, and there are still…
BPA – Not Fantastic Plastic!
Ever since I watched a documentary called ‘The Disappearing Male’ a few months ago whilst flying from Perth to London I’ve been meaning to write about this subject. I only saw this Canadian programme by accident – there was not…
Amazing Mayo
I have been lazy recently and buying mayonnaise from my local supermarket. To my credit it was organic mayonnaise, however it is still made with sunflower oil. But now the shop has stopped stocking it, so I was looking at…
The Greatest Show on Earth!
It’s the week of the Great Yorkshire Show, so we went along on Tuesday. It’s THE annual agricultural show in the country and it covers a huge area covering animal barns for horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas, rabbits &…
Soy to be scared of…
As I’m now back in the UK that means The Sunday Times again and this week the Style magazine had an article about Soy – ‘The Truth About Soya’. It’s a good article which mentions that the forests of South…
Too Corny!
I arrived back in the UK a couple of days ago and happened to have the TV on yesterday. On came an ad for Sainsbury’s featuring Jamie Oliver. His message during the short 30 second advert was how delicious the…