Music, Moonshine and Pancakes

Just back from my Nashville to Washington DC road trip. I had my fill of Music, Moonshine and Pancakes.

There is no better way to spend breakfast eating crispy bacon listening to blue grass music with a local tap dancing away to the beat. Ohhh did I say it was sunny?

Bit on the side by Nigella Dawson

You guys from Hate Cuisine are always after tips or something sweet from me.

But no chocolate cake or something creamy from me today. I thought I would offer you a bit on the side.

Maybe not what your after but this spicy apple chutney is sweet with a kick and goes well on the side of a plate of cheese and biscuits. It takes about an hour and a half of simmering and makes the kitchen hot but smells wonderful. There is nothing wrong with heat in the kitchen, in food or importantly in life.

A nice use of the fallen apples in the garden. What was that you said about preferring my pears? Naughty.

Amy Winehouse to Ronnie Scott's

I didn't know what to call this post. I could have called it beer to hot dog, but like my Hate Cuisine colleague said today was about "Culture"

So Culture it was. We made the trip to Camden Lock and tasted some of the street food being served. We decided to go for Chinese from a tin foil container propped up against a dustbin. Life and the food is good and the sun is out on this Friday in London but what about the culture?

Chinese gives you a thirst so we called at the Hawley Arms for a nice beer. You know that saying about that hitting the spot. Well this beer and the others that followed certainly hit the spot. The culture bit is that the Hawley Arms has links with music and Amy Winehouse treated it as her local. So it wasn't just about soaking up the beer it was also soaking up the atmosphere.

Culture waits for no man and the Chinese was now a distant dream. Into London and my first compliment of the day.

I take my complements where I can get them. And I take my Chicago hotdogs where I can get them to. This came from a nice shop near Soho.

Time to step things up in the culture department and finish the night at the world famous Ronnie Scott's jazz club. Cocktails and funky music. Class. 

Hate Cuisine does culture. Now that should have been my title for this page!

Salad and Eton Mess

Salad followed by Eton Mess

Waffle and hot rods

Hot rods followed by waffle in Chatham. Extreme cars followed by an extreme pudding

Proof is in the Pudding

"The proof is in the pudding" another one of the sayings that does not make sense. It should be the proof is in the eating.

I made these offerings on Saturday. A kebab and a cornflake apple and blackberry crumble. They may look like a dogs dinner ......... another saying, but as I have already said the proof is in the eating.

I think they hit the spot

Fish Curry and Wing Walking

My dearest and nearest always had an ambition to wing walk. Why? Mad I would say but then she is putting up with me.

The flight was on Saturday and I thought I would cook this fish curry on the Wednesday before. Not has a last supper. I wasn't scared. I mean to say fortunately due to good eating I was not able to make the weight limit. Come on 12 stone. Really! Who can make that that weight and claim to be a full grown red blooded man?

Well the fish curry went down well. Nice and light and hopefully no danger to the weight limits.

Ohhhhhhh Saturday went well. I survived her wing walking and she survived my fish curry.