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25th May 2013
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Personal thoughts from the Festival Director - not necessarily endorsed by the Festival Organisers. Notes for the Month - May, 2013 New Season Asparagus After months of imported, almost tasteless, asparagus, the season of english asparagus is upon us. I was scratching my head for an alternative to the inevitable poached egg accompaniment and came up with the idea of serving it with bubble and squeak. What to go with it? Well, try smoked salmon. (Hint: I found it easiest to control the degree of cooking the asparagus to blanch it first - 5 minutes should do it. You can reheat it for 60 seconds in a frying pan or griddle. Yes - I took the somewhat hard bit off the stalk, using a potato peeler). If you want to serve it as a starter, how about stir fried beef and mushrooms in oyster sauce as a main? The Bald Head Carol The following carol was sent to me by a former student. If you know me, you will understand why I thought it funny! (To the tune of ‘The Boar’s Head’) Verse 1 The bald head – as I understand Is the smoothest pate in all this land; Which thus bedeck’d with a single hair Is, otherwise, completely bare. Chorus Throw the shampoo in the bin, Get some beeswax: rub it in. Verse 2 The bald head it is shiny, too: Fetch my toupee and some glue To attach said hairpiece on Pray regard, my baldness: gone. Verse 3 The bald head is a woeful curse The which, no lotion will reverse; On salves you may well squander loot But you’ll still be a baldy-coot. Verse 4 Shampoo it do clean every hair: Normal, greasy, dark and fair. The baldy, he doth save some dough, In Reginensi Slapheado. |
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