Hallooooooooo there.
This post today has absolutely nothing to do with food
I just want you to check out this band.
They are called Earthtone9 and they are the best band on the planet. I get goosebumps when I listen to the music. No joke.
You can have your Metallica, your Slayer, your Pantera. These guys are MY band of choice. I love them so much I might weep. Or maybe windmill hair? But I've only done that once and it hurt real bad.
Please check out their tunes and give them your support and buy stuff from them so they can keep going and make me happy.
It is all about me after all.
http://www.earthtone9.co.uk/free.php
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeey!
Monday, 27 June 2011
Sunday, 26 June 2011
HAMMERFEAST Part III - The final chapter.
So, Saturday night yeah? It's still going.
We saw loads of bands this night but by far the best was Entombed.
I was really excited about seeing them as I loved them when I was younger.
They played a great set but I was a wee bit disappointed that they didn't play Hollowman.
Hollowman video http://youtu.be/2EUl-MTftsg
Well me and Arlene sneaked off at one point to get some more "dancin juice" from the chalet.
On the way we met to young men who were giving us a bit of funny banter. We had a chat and a giggle then something happened.
Out of the thick Welsh mist there came a Man!
A hulking, Norse looking, Metal Man with long flowing blond hair, big broad shoulders and a Metal strut to die for. The two guys we had been talking to turned and fled. Myself and Arlene stood there clutching each other in fear.
The Metal Man approached.
He was Welsh by the way. We struck up a conversation, told him about my blog while he bellowed and laughed like Brian Blessed.
I decided to start filming him on my camera as he was crazy.
He sang a whole Alestorm http://youtu.be/ta-Z_psXODw song for us in Welsh, told me his favourite food is a type of Welsh that I cannot pronounce as I was a wee bit Merry by this point. He then picked me up (while I was still filming him) tried to dry hump me then run off with me. I screamed, my sister screamed, he put me down then disappeared back into the mist.
The video didn't work. Gutted.
We named him "Crazy Welsh Alestorm cheese guy".
We had a little tipple then headed back to the stage to get our friends.
We met Krusher from Raw Power and Noisy Mothers fame.
We cornered him in the puggy room, gave him some Rocky Road and had a nice little chat.
He was a very nice man and said he thought the blog was a great idea and wished me the best of luck with it. I nearly got all teary.
Oh, just for the record. women love free chocolate. Men? Not too receptive, unless your name is Krusher.
So I was going to do some sort of cheesy Welsh Tart type thing for this recipe but since I can't remember the name of the cheese Crazy Welsh Alestorm cheese guy was talking about, I'll just do a cocktail instead.
Dark and Stormy
1 shot dark rum (Krachen is very good)
1 bottle William's Brothers alcoholic ginger beer
100ml coke
Big wedge lime
Loads of ice
Put everything except the time into a tall glass, squeeze the lime juice in and pop in the lime.
Stir with a small leek.
This is very strong. Be warned.
We had a great last night and I will definitely be going back to Hammerfest next year. Whoot.
We saw loads of bands this night but by far the best was Entombed.
I was really excited about seeing them as I loved them when I was younger.
They played a great set but I was a wee bit disappointed that they didn't play Hollowman.
Hollowman video http://youtu.be/2EUl-MTftsg
Well me and Arlene sneaked off at one point to get some more "dancin juice" from the chalet.
On the way we met to young men who were giving us a bit of funny banter. We had a chat and a giggle then something happened.
Out of the thick Welsh mist there came a Man!
A hulking, Norse looking, Metal Man with long flowing blond hair, big broad shoulders and a Metal strut to die for. The two guys we had been talking to turned and fled. Myself and Arlene stood there clutching each other in fear.
The Metal Man approached.
He was Welsh by the way. We struck up a conversation, told him about my blog while he bellowed and laughed like Brian Blessed.
I decided to start filming him on my camera as he was crazy.
He sang a whole Alestorm http://youtu.be/ta-Z_psXODw song for us in Welsh, told me his favourite food is a type of Welsh that I cannot pronounce as I was a wee bit Merry by this point. He then picked me up (while I was still filming him) tried to dry hump me then run off with me. I screamed, my sister screamed, he put me down then disappeared back into the mist.
The video didn't work. Gutted.
We named him "Crazy Welsh Alestorm cheese guy".
We had a little tipple then headed back to the stage to get our friends.
We met Krusher from Raw Power and Noisy Mothers fame.
He was a very nice man and said he thought the blog was a great idea and wished me the best of luck with it. I nearly got all teary.
Oh, just for the record. women love free chocolate. Men? Not too receptive, unless your name is Krusher.
So I was going to do some sort of cheesy Welsh Tart type thing for this recipe but since I can't remember the name of the cheese Crazy Welsh Alestorm cheese guy was talking about, I'll just do a cocktail instead.
Dark and Stormy
1 shot dark rum (Krachen is very good)
1 bottle William's Brothers alcoholic ginger beer
100ml coke
Big wedge lime
Loads of ice
Put everything except the time into a tall glass, squeeze the lime juice in and pop in the lime.
Stir with a small leek.
This is very strong. Be warned.
We had a great last night and I will definitely be going back to Hammerfest next year. Whoot.
HAMMERFEAST Part II - A new Dawn
Day two at Hammerfest.
Woke up with a not too bad hangover and feeling quite refreshed regardless of the fact that i got woken up at 3am to the sound of people shagging on the grass at the back of the chalet.
All I can say is "GET SOME CLASS" and stop interupting my Pepper Kennan dreams.
Anyhoo, I made a batch of Rocky Road at home to take down and hand out to people to convince them to take my flyers. Bribery works by the way.
When we eventually left the Chalet we headed down to see some bands.
We were walking through the crowd and I looked over at the stage and it was like a magnet had just pulled me over. It was a band called Svart Crown http://www.myspace.com/svartcrown
The singer was a fine specimen of manly Metalness.
( For the record, I don't just listen to bands because I fancy someone. I like Death Before Dishonour for God's sake).
I looked over at Britta and we both had a little glint in our eyes.
We stayed to watch to watch to whole set. I circle pitted on my own which basically involved me spinning around in a circle with my arms up in the air and shouting "wheeeeeeeeeeee".
I also realised at this point that I was the only person in the building not wearing BLACK. Oops.
Svart Crown did lots of windmill hairing. I love watching people doing that.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/dNUTMq_fcO8
After watching a few more bands and mulling around for a bit we retired back to the chalet for some pre drink food.
Then we broke out "The HORN".
I love my Viking Drinking horn. I even drink tea out of it.
I shall not discuss what was in the "HORN" but let's just say Glaswegians call it "Dancin Juice".
So as you can imagine the second night was a bit more messy. Here is evidence of said messyness.
My sister knows the Drummer of Attica Rage from Glasgow who we were there to support.
Check em out.
http://en-gb.facebook.com/atticarage
Oh yeah, here's my recipe for Rocky Road. I gibber on so much that sometimes I forget what I'm supposed to be doing
Rocky Road for the Metal Masses
Makes a lot
Ingredients
500g good quality milk chocolate
100g crushed biscuits. I used hob nobs
100g mini marshmallows
200g dried morello cherries or glace cherries
100g toasted pecans chopped roughly
Sprinkles for the top
Put your crushed biscuits, marshmallows, cherries and pecans into a big mixing bowl.
Melt the chocolate in a heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water making sure the water does not touch the bottom of the bowl.
Alternatively, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl in the microwave on medium at 1 minute at a time then stirring, making sure not to burn the chocolate.
Pour the melted chocolate into the bowl with the other ingredients and mix well.
Pour into a foil or greased container. Flatten out so it's all even. Sprinkle your sprinkles on top and put in the fridge for a few hours to set.
Cut into bite sized chunks and serve.
Woke up with a not too bad hangover and feeling quite refreshed regardless of the fact that i got woken up at 3am to the sound of people shagging on the grass at the back of the chalet.
All I can say is "GET SOME CLASS" and stop interupting my Pepper Kennan dreams.
Anyhoo, I made a batch of Rocky Road at home to take down and hand out to people to convince them to take my flyers. Bribery works by the way.
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| Not much to look at but tastes great |
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| He liked the Rocky Road too much |
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| Little parcels of Joy |
We were walking through the crowd and I looked over at the stage and it was like a magnet had just pulled me over. It was a band called Svart Crown http://www.myspace.com/svartcrown
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| Shwing! |
I looked over at Britta and we both had a little glint in our eyes.
We stayed to watch to watch to whole set. I circle pitted on my own which basically involved me spinning around in a circle with my arms up in the air and shouting "wheeeeeeeeeeee".
I also realised at this point that I was the only person in the building not wearing BLACK. Oops.
Svart Crown did lots of windmill hairing. I love watching people doing that.
After watching a few more bands and mulling around for a bit we retired back to the chalet for some pre drink food.
Then we broke out "The HORN".
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| Toot. |
I shall not discuss what was in the "HORN" but let's just say Glaswegians call it "Dancin Juice".
So as you can imagine the second night was a bit more messy. Here is evidence of said messyness.
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| We like pulling the Horns |
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| More Horns |
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| Angry horns |
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| Horns, horns, horns |
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| I have no idea what happened here |
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| Lesley thinks Arlene is a giant ice cream |
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| I should probably ask permission before I put photos up of my friends???? |
Check em out.
http://en-gb.facebook.com/atticarage
Oh yeah, here's my recipe for Rocky Road. I gibber on so much that sometimes I forget what I'm supposed to be doing
Rocky Road for the Metal Masses
Makes a lot
Ingredients
500g good quality milk chocolate
100g crushed biscuits. I used hob nobs
100g mini marshmallows
200g dried morello cherries or glace cherries
100g toasted pecans chopped roughly
Sprinkles for the top
Put your crushed biscuits, marshmallows, cherries and pecans into a big mixing bowl.
Melt the chocolate in a heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water making sure the water does not touch the bottom of the bowl.
Alternatively, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl in the microwave on medium at 1 minute at a time then stirring, making sure not to burn the chocolate.
Pour the melted chocolate into the bowl with the other ingredients and mix well.
Pour into a foil or greased container. Flatten out so it's all even. Sprinkle your sprinkles on top and put in the fridge for a few hours to set.
Cut into bite sized chunks and serve.
HAMMERFEAST part I. The journey begins.
Hallo there everyone.
So, as I said quite a few blogs ago I went down with my sister, Torsten and Britta to the Hammerfest Metal music festival down in Wales on March 18th and 19th.
http://www.hammerfest.co.uk/
I had a jolly good time. I watched loads of bands and met lots of nice people.
Hammerfest is an annual Metal music festival which is held in a Pontins Holiday Park in Prestatyn down in Wales.
You get to stay in a chalet and all the gigs are held in the main building. Which is good for me as I am a festivalaphobe. I know, I know. What kind of true Metal fan doesn't like getting down and dirty camping at the big music festivals like Download, Waken, Bloodstock etc? Well, I'm sorry but I never have and never will CAMP. I'm not a vain person. I just like to be clean and I like my home comforts too much.
Back to the story.
Imagine being in a twee holiday camp surrounded by thousands of Metal fans all clad in black. It's great.
A weird thing happens though, and I guess it happens at most Metal festivals too.
Somewhere in the distance and at regular intervals, you will hear the roar of one or a few of the male of the species. Wether this is a gathering call, a mating call or just a call to warn the lesser males to flee the alpha males domain, who knows? It amuses me to no end though and I sometimes join in. Just for fun.
A few of the bands we saw were Man's Ruin, Turisas, Svart Crown, Satyricon, Attica Rage, Accept and Entombed. I love Entombed.
Check em out when you get the chance.
Before I headed down to Hammerfest I got myself some swanky, black, double sided flyers made to take down and hand out to the punters. (A big thank you to Arlene, Torsten, Nicola and Lesley for helping me hand them out. Love you guys).
What better place to advertise a Heavy Metal food blog than at a Heavy Metal festival full of hungry fans wanting to Gorge themselves in music.
"Good thinking Batman", as my Dad would say.
So me and Arlene were handing out some flyers at the second stage. People weren't taking much notice but a nice guy called Matt came over and asked if I would do a recipe for Shepard's pie.
"Of course", I said.
"Do you want it with Lamb or beef?" Duh! What a stupid question. The line does not go ...while a Shepard tends his flock of cows??? I was having a Glaikit moment.
Glaikit: Scottish word meaning: stupid, foolish, not very bright, thoughtless.
If you look in the dictionary at the word Glaikit you will see this picture of me beside it.
So, sorry it took so long to get this recipe up for you Matt. If you manage to read this, try it out and let me know what you think.
Matt's Shepard's Pie Not Made From Cow
Makes enough for 4 hungry Metal heads
You can make this with quorn mince too. Just Use a vegetable stock cube and 1 tablespoon of yeast extract, 1 teaspoon thick dark soy sauce and reduce cooking time to about 20 minutes.
Ingredients
1kg minced lamb
1 large onion diced finely
3 sticks celery diced finely
1 large carrot peeled and diced finely
3 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon plain flour
2 big hand fulls frozen or fresh peas
100ml red wine
1 beef jelly stock cube
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp gravy browning
Water
Salt and pepper
For the mash
3 large potatoes Maris Pipers are good
Big knob butter,
2 tablespoons milk
Salt and pepper
OK. Get yourself a big pot and add a splash of vegetable oil and put onto a medium heat.
Add the onions, carrot, garlic and celery and cook for about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring every now and then until softened.
Next add your mince to the pot and break it up with a wooden spoon and stir every now and then till browned.
Add the plain flour, stir and cook for two minutes.
Once the mince is browned add the tomato paste and stir and cook for two minutes.
Add the red wine, jelly stock cube, bay leaves, salt, pepper and water. Stir well then bring to a simmer.
Simmer the meaty mincey mix for about 40 minutes until thick and saucy. Put the peas in 5 minutes before mince is ready. Take out the bay leaves.
Next make the mash.
Peel your spuds and cut into big bite sized chunks.
Put into a pot and cover about an inch over with cold water.
Put onto a high heat, add a big pinch of salt. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until potatoes are tender but not breaking apart.
Drain well then place back into the pot.
Add the butter, milk, salt and pepper and mash. I left my mash quite chunky as I like the texture and crispy ness it gives you.
Heat your oven to 200 degrees or equivalent.
Place your mincey mix into and oven proof dish, top with the mash and spread evenly over the mince.
Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until potato is nice and crispy on top.
Munch away my friends. I ate about two portions before I was about to burst.
So, as I said quite a few blogs ago I went down with my sister, Torsten and Britta to the Hammerfest Metal music festival down in Wales on March 18th and 19th.
http://www.hammerfest.co.uk/
I had a jolly good time. I watched loads of bands and met lots of nice people.
Hammerfest is an annual Metal music festival which is held in a Pontins Holiday Park in Prestatyn down in Wales.
You get to stay in a chalet and all the gigs are held in the main building. Which is good for me as I am a festivalaphobe. I know, I know. What kind of true Metal fan doesn't like getting down and dirty camping at the big music festivals like Download, Waken, Bloodstock etc? Well, I'm sorry but I never have and never will CAMP. I'm not a vain person. I just like to be clean and I like my home comforts too much.
Back to the story.
Imagine being in a twee holiday camp surrounded by thousands of Metal fans all clad in black. It's great.
A weird thing happens though, and I guess it happens at most Metal festivals too.
Somewhere in the distance and at regular intervals, you will hear the roar of one or a few of the male of the species. Wether this is a gathering call, a mating call or just a call to warn the lesser males to flee the alpha males domain, who knows? It amuses me to no end though and I sometimes join in. Just for fun.
A few of the bands we saw were Man's Ruin, Turisas, Svart Crown, Satyricon, Attica Rage, Accept and Entombed. I love Entombed.
Check em out when you get the chance.
Before I headed down to Hammerfest I got myself some swanky, black, double sided flyers made to take down and hand out to the punters. (A big thank you to Arlene, Torsten, Nicola and Lesley for helping me hand them out. Love you guys).
What better place to advertise a Heavy Metal food blog than at a Heavy Metal festival full of hungry fans wanting to Gorge themselves in music.
"Good thinking Batman", as my Dad would say.
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| Drummer from Attica Rage |
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| Just you watch where you put your hands mate |
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| Awesome |
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| Go on, eat the chocolate |
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| Yes, they were sporting old school METAL double denim |
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| By far the best outfits of the whole weekend |
"Of course", I said.
"Do you want it with Lamb or beef?" Duh! What a stupid question. The line does not go ...while a Shepard tends his flock of cows??? I was having a Glaikit moment.
Glaikit: Scottish word meaning: stupid, foolish, not very bright, thoughtless.
If you look in the dictionary at the word Glaikit you will see this picture of me beside it.
 |
| I have no idea how I managed to pull this face. I have tried to recreate it many times to no avail. And yes, I am about to be hit on the head with an inflatable Metal Hammer.
|
Matt's Shepard's Pie Not Made From Cow
Makes enough for 4 hungry Metal heads
You can make this with quorn mince too. Just Use a vegetable stock cube and 1 tablespoon of yeast extract, 1 teaspoon thick dark soy sauce and reduce cooking time to about 20 minutes.
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| Mince in a pot, mince in a pot |
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| I do like those wonky angles |
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| Mmmmmmmmmmmmm |
Ingredients
1kg minced lamb
1 large onion diced finely
3 sticks celery diced finely
1 large carrot peeled and diced finely
3 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon plain flour
2 big hand fulls frozen or fresh peas
100ml red wine
1 beef jelly stock cube
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp gravy browning
Water
Salt and pepper
For the mash
3 large potatoes Maris Pipers are good
Big knob butter,
2 tablespoons milk
Salt and pepper
OK. Get yourself a big pot and add a splash of vegetable oil and put onto a medium heat.
Add the onions, carrot, garlic and celery and cook for about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring every now and then until softened.
Next add your mince to the pot and break it up with a wooden spoon and stir every now and then till browned.
Add the plain flour, stir and cook for two minutes.
Once the mince is browned add the tomato paste and stir and cook for two minutes.
Add the red wine, jelly stock cube, bay leaves, salt, pepper and water. Stir well then bring to a simmer.
Simmer the meaty mincey mix for about 40 minutes until thick and saucy. Put the peas in 5 minutes before mince is ready. Take out the bay leaves.
Next make the mash.
Peel your spuds and cut into big bite sized chunks.
Put into a pot and cover about an inch over with cold water.
Put onto a high heat, add a big pinch of salt. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until potatoes are tender but not breaking apart.
Drain well then place back into the pot.
Add the butter, milk, salt and pepper and mash. I left my mash quite chunky as I like the texture and crispy ness it gives you.
Heat your oven to 200 degrees or equivalent.
Place your mincey mix into and oven proof dish, top with the mash and spread evenly over the mince.
Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until potato is nice and crispy on top.
Munch away my friends. I ate about two portions before I was about to burst.
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