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Join me on my quest to help spread the word of Metalness. Let's start up our little community and build it till it grows to Gargantuan proportions and Metal takes over the world. Or something like that.
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Only kidding. This was when i worked at Delizique. That's Kath you can hear laughing in the background. I think it's Kath's laughing that makes the video so funny.
Just so you know. We didn't sell the cakes to customers but I did leave them at the side while I washed the icing out of my eye balls. I forgot about them then when I came back from lunch I realised that Stevie had taken them home for his Dad. Oops. If only he knew that my eye balls had been in the cakes first. Oh well, he will now.
I'm celebrating the fact that I've now hit a whopping 27 followers. Wooooooooooooooooo Hooooooooooooooooooo. Whoop whoop. Yeeeeee Haaaaaawww, come on. Join in.Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey.
Ah, a first on my little blog.
A recipe has kindly been donated by my beautiful friend Lynne.
Here is said email which I have put in full so as to prove how well she knows me.
So here's to you Lynetta. Thanks for getting into the Heavy Metal food and frolics spirit with me. XXX
Lynnetta likes Big Hunks
Pantera-tone pudding. It looks lovely and sticky sweet. Yum yum.
Here is said email.............
Hello mysterious blogging chefette,
I thought I would send you the Pantera-tone Pudding I made today to use up leftover Panettone from Christmas. I know I should have listened to Pantera when I made this, but the Columbo with Johnny Cash in it was on telly at the time so I had that as my soundtrack in honour of your love of the genius cop man. Photo evidence attached.
Lynetta x
Nigel Slayer's Pantera-tone Pudding
panettone – 325g
marmalade - 5 heaped tablespoons (I used Mackie's Vintage Champagne Marmalade as Champagne goes with every meal in my house)
eggs – 4 large
milk - 500ml
a few drops of vanilla extract
Set the oven at 180˚c/Gas 5.
You will also need a deep ovenproof dish, very lightly buttered.
Slice the panettone thinly.
Melt the marmalade in a small saucepan. Put half of the panettone slices in a dish. Spoon over half of the marmalade.
Break the eggs into a bowl and beat them lightly, then beat in the milk and two or three drops of vanilla extract. Pour half the egg and milk mixture over the panettone.
Add the remaining slices, the rest of the marmalade and the rest of egg and milk. Push the bread down so its soaked through.
Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes until it is puffed and golden. Shake it gently, it should wobble but show no sign of uncooked custard. Serve warm, with a pouring of cream.
Hello there my fine friends.
I forgot to ask you all what you got for Christmas? Wooly jumper? Bath smellies? Sweeties?
Well, Santa was good to me. I got a wooly jumper. It was made for me by my Mum. It is black with a giant skull and cross bones on it. I haven't taken it off since Christmas. In fact, I'm wearing it right now as I write this blog.
Thanks Mum. Love yoooooooooooooooou.XXX
I also got a Manowar CD from my sister.
I've never really given Manowar more than a few minutes mild amusement. Until the past few months that is,when every Friday morning at 9am sharp, Rock Radio ceremoniously plays "Warriors of the World". It's a tradition apparently.
Damn, It's just so catchy. I'm usually in work and elbow deep in butter icing by this time. Yes, I know my job is girly and twee but I make up for it by wearing a rockin bandanna and big spiky arm bands . OK, I lied about that last part. That would just be silly. I'd be trying to work with cupcakes stuck all over my arms.
Anyhoo, Even Lisa is singing along to it now. We raise our hands up in the air because we are sugary, butter creamed, warriors of the world.
You would naturally assume that these leather clad, greased up, loin clothed metal warriors eat raw meat served upon the naked bodies of beautiful wenches? Well no!Have you seen those guys? The singer alone must have to jump of a mountain to slip into those teeny tiny leather trousers.
No! A metal warrior has to keep his strength and stamina up by eating "super whole foods".
What are super whole foods I hear you say? Well, they are foods which are rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals and packed full of energy to keep you going through the day and to stop you needing to take sneaky little snack attacks.
These foods are so super that they should be wearing tiny little capes and fly around helping the hungry and the weak. Or maybe tiny little loin cloths, swinging tiny little axes and riding tiny little horses of steel.
So if you want to look like Manowar ,grease yourself up, fight your enemies and don a loin cloth, then tuck into this.
The God's made me this salad from the girth of the earth
serves 2 hungry warriors
Small pack tender stem broccoli
100g Quinoa (It's kinda like cous cous and you can get it from most supermarkets)
1 small raw beetroot
Big hand full pumpkin seeds
Big hand full walnuts
Seeds from 1 pomegranite
Small hand full blueberries
Small pack baby spinach, washed
Big glug olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
Pinch of salt and pepper
So first you want to cook the quinoa.
Rinse and drain the quinoa then put into a pan with enough water the cover about an inch above the quinoa. Add a pinch of salt and put onto a high heat until water just starts to boil, turn down to a simmer and cook, stirring every now and then for about 5 to 8 minutes until tender. Drain and put into a big mixing bowl and add a little drizzle of olive oil and mix, so the grains don't stick together.
Next, put the broccoli into a microwaveable dish, sprinkle over a little water and seal completely with cling film. Cook on high for 2 minutes. you want the broccoli to still have a bit of bite. Alternatively, stem the broccoli for a few minutes until just tender. Cut into bite sized pieces.
Put the pumpkin seeds and walnuts into a dry frying pan and put on the hob at a medium heat and toast stirring every now and then till lightly toasted all over. Leave to cool.
Next ( and you might want to use gloves for this), grate the beetroot finely into your big bowl that has the quinoa in it. Add the pomegranite seeds and blueberries, spinach, pumpkin seeds, walnuts and broccoli. Squeeze over the juice of the lemon, add a glug of olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix lightly and serve.
Can you feel it making you like Manowar?
I like Vikings.They look all rugged and manly. I've never actually met one. But I own a Viking drinking horn (http://www.thevikingstore.co.uk/large-drinking-horn-35-p.asp) which i make everyone drink out of at parties.And I have lots of Viking DVDs. I've even been to Vikingar in Largs. I got to dress up. I was in my twenties.
Come to think of it, I probably wouldn't have liked to meet one. Not much up for the whole raping and pillaging malarky.
Regardless. If you would like to know what Vikings eat for breakfast (No, not the flesh of their enemies) then read on.
This is not a representation of me. My boobs are way bigger. Hee hee.
It's great what you can find on the Internet and i don't pass off other peoples recipes as my own.
Makes about 4 to 6 servings.
10-15 cups of water
salt
Two cups of chopped barley kernels, soaked overnight in cold water
A handful whole grain wheat flour
A handful crushed hazelnuts
3-4 tablespoons of honey
Instead of chopped barley (which to date I haven't been able to get in Texas) I have had very good luck using John McCann Oatmeal, which is not that flat rolled stuff, but rather whole grains which have been steel-cut. I've used the pearl barley that can be obtained for soups and stews with good results as well. I've also gone to my local brewing supply and gotten various types of malted whole grain, including various roasts of barley and wheat, had them run it through the crusher, and used that -- this results in a much sweeter, darker flavor because of the malt and the roasting.
Put the ingredients in a large pot. Pour 10 cups of water in the kettle and heat to a rolling boil. Stir regularly, reducing heat if needed to maintain a low boil. Add water if needed if the mixture starts getting too thick. Cook until done. This takes me about an hour, but I've had it vary.
There are two ways to serve porridge. The first is what Americans would consider "hot breakfast cereal" style. For this type of porridge, about 15 to 20 minutes before the porridge is done, add a cup of chopped fruit, such as apples, pears, rose hips, etc., then serve with fresh cream and some butter on top. Any left-overs may be pressed into a buttered mold and chilled for storage a day or two, then sliced, fried in butter, and served with either a hot fruit compote, or with butter and jam.
Another way to serve porridge is to make it a savory dish. The Poetic Edda mentions the god Þórr eating porridge with herring in it. I've had good results adding chopped chicken, veal, or pork. The meat should be added to the porridge early enough in the cooking process so that it is cooked thoroughly. For fish, this will be closer to the end than it will be for the various meats. You can also add garlic, onion, and other herbs and spices. This makes a hearty, filling dish.
In celebration of not making any New Years resolutions here is a BIG FAT recipe for you.
Oh and my camera is broken so you're just gonna have to imagine what this should look like.
BIG FAT EVIL ELVIS (Or Glenn Danzig to you andme)
I base this round a recipe for a snack which used to be a favourite of the actual Elvis and was served for a time at Nice 'n Sleazy in Glasgow. http://nicensleazy.com/
Glen Danzig from the band" Danzig" funnily enough, got the nickname Evil Elvis from Kerrang magazine in the 90's. I think it suits him well.
Serves one very greedy person
2 slices thick white bread
peanut butter
raspberry jam
half a banana
1 egg
splash full fat milk
sugar for sprinkling
pinch cinnamon
drop vanilla essence
Big knob unsalted butter
OK, so spread the peanut butter on one slice of the bread and the raspberry jam on the other. Mash your banana slightly and mush it on top of the peanut butter. Sandwich together.
Next, in a shallow dish whisk the egg, milk, cinnamon and vanilla together.
Place a frying pan onto a medium heat and just melt the knob of butter.
Dip the sandwich in the eggy mix to coat all over, let the excess drip off and place into the pan.
Cook on each side for a few minutes till golden brown.
Drain on some kitchen paper, sprinkle with sugar and serve.
If you wanna be even more of a big fatty then serve it with some ice cream or thick clotted cream.
Yeah Right.
Wha ha ha ha ha. You must be kidding.
My New Years resolution is to get Fat! Fat! Fat!
I once did some PR work for Steel Panther. I had to hand out free Steel Panther condoms to the fans to get them to join the mailing list. You would be surprised how many propositions you get from guys just because you are handing out free condoms. I'm just trying to promote safe sex guys.
