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Does it not give you the evil farts? I make a Cauliflower thing by popping mustard seeds and toasted cumin seeds (i.e. dry frying them), adding oil and boiled cauliflower and wild garlic or other rough chopped leaf. I do like the cauli's (get loads in the veg box in cauli season), but they don't go ...

I went to the Cube Cinema in Bristol last night and they've got an 'exhibition' on self-sufficiency and the end of oil, although the website is mostly about the latter: http://www.stuffit.org . This got me thinking that perhaps a self-sufficiency 'event' at The Cube or The Here Shop on Stokes Croft ...

slice thinly, bit of salt and let water leak into kitchen roll I read that that salting thing was only necessary with old fashioned astringent variety of aubergine. The modern breed don't need this. Although salty flavours do go well, so l'll shut up. My current favourite is to tear them crudely fr...

Yeah, they do a great line in coffee beans, too. (NO dandelion root powder yet though).

I was shocked to discover they don't have a website, I should've asked if they wanted one.

Does this spellcheck button ever work?

My pack arrived Monday morning (although I'm opting for the rather easier 24-mile ride to Portishead). Will say, "Hello!" if I spot a long-haired man in a SS T-shirt.

I'm looking forward to them closing down the Portway and making it a cycle-only zone for the morning. Yay!

What are you talking about "unscrupulous fraudsters"? Credit card receipts and bank statements I quite agree you shouldn't recycle, but removing your name and address just seems a wee bit anal (as in massively, obsessively weird) to me. Any unscrupulous fraudster worth their salt will have...

If anyone hears of a Bristol mushroom foray, drop me a PM! My sister's oldest mates Polish parents know what they are doing, so I'm tempted to get back in touch, when autumn comes around. Andy - when you say Clifton Woods do you mean the area Cliftonwood or Leigh Woods over the suspension bridge? Th...

I made a lovely indian-ish cauliflower variant, by boiling cauli until it's just done, heating oil in a pan, and popping some mustard seeds. throwing in the cauli, when the seeds are done (and before they burn - damp cauli should help to lower the temperature quickly if you give the pan a shake), ta...

Hello, I started making my first wine yesterday. I picked up some elderflowers in Portishead on the weekend and got a recipe from a book my girlf got me a year ago or so. I'm wondering: what have I done wrong. I cleaned out the mop bucket with soapy water and chucked some boiling water around it. In...