Who put the "Posh" in Heavy Metal?

Who put the "Posh" in Heavy Metal?

Well, oneself and Ainsley Rubert Haversham III have just returned from a most delightful hiatus in Southern France where we toured the vineyards and ate sumptuous Bouillabaisse while basking in the glorious springtime sun.

Aye right!

I live in London and have to brace the rain and eat 50p noodles because all my bleedin wages go on renting a shoebox. 

And I remember when noodles cost 18p. Scandalous.

So? Who put the Posh in Heavy Metal?

This man!

Mr Brucie, Bruce Dickinson

The man, the legend that is Bruce Dickinson. 

Posh boy come Heavy Metal Vocalist extrordiner. 

I love Iron Maiden and I love Bruce Dickinson. Hes a great entertainer.

What stage presence this guy has, opposed to all the self loving singers who just stand behind a mic and expect to be adored. 

Entertain me twat. 

The bubbles in my warm pint are more fucking interesting than you. 

So, Brucie McBrucester, as I like to call him, is a boarding school lad (poor guy, bet he never got to experience the joy that was State school free warm milk?), trained fencer, Jumbo jet pilot as well as being the vocalist of one of the best Heavy Metal bands to ever grace this earth. 

What a guy. 

Here's one of my favorite Iron Maiden videos. 

It even has posh school kids in it painting an old ruined Abbey in England. Class!

So what do Posh Englishmen drink?

Apart from their OWN GOD DAMN BREWED BEER? 

Well, Pimms of course.

Now I love a bit of sunny weather Pimms Punch in the park as much as the next person but I have to hide it in A Buckfast bottle so as not to let my fellow Scottish country men down. 

Need to keep up appearances like!

(I'm only kidding. I hide it in my boot).

So I've devised a little sunny weather Pimms ice lolly recipe that you can take to the Park for your posh picnics. 

Enjoy, I'll be the one in the park drinking from my boot and peeing in the bushes, like every true Glaswegian should. 

Pimms Ice Lollies

 

 

You will need ice lolly moulds, obviously. 

ml Pimms

ml lemonade

Strawberries

1 orange

small portion cucumber

Small handful fresh mint

Slice the strawberries, cucumber and orange and rip up the mint. Divide between the lolly moulds.

Divide the Pimms and Lemonade between the moulds, give it a wee stir then put the sticks on and freeze overnight ready to take to the park. 

Seriously, what the fuck? 

A Very English Treat.

A very English treat for a very English Metal band.
Iron Maiden. One of the Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Now what dare you say, might a quaint English Heavy Metal fan have as a little treat in between sipping tea and headbanging?

Tiffin.

It sounds kinda naughty doesn't it?
Well it is!
Gooey, crunchy and sweet all at the same time.

Tiffin is what Americans would call " chocolate refrigerator cake".
There's lots of versions but typically it has chocolate, digestive biscuits, Golden syrup, butter and dried fruit.

I threw a whole loada other crap in it too. but hey, that's just me.

You probably expected me to put up one of the classic videos. Fear of the Dark maybe? Number of The Beast etc.
But no. I like The Wicker Man. It makes me wanna punch the air and rejoice in the fact that no matter how time passes, Iron maiden are still the dogs bollocks,
Maiden, Maiden, Maiden, Maiden....................





Tiffin

Makes 16 squares

Ingredients:

500g milk chocolate
200g digestive biscuits
150g glace cherries
100g unsalted butter
4 tablespoons golden syrup
100g mini marshmallows (optional)
50g dessicated coconut (optional)


Grease a shallow square tin about 8" x 8".

Put your digestives into a big bowl and bash them up a little with a rolling pin. You want the pieces to be quite chunky.
Add the glace cherries, marshmallows and coconut and mix together.

Break up 250g of the milk chocolate and place into a heat proof bowl. Add the butter and golden syrup.

Microwave on medium for about 3 to 4 minutes, stirring and checking regularly until melted.

Mix till smooth then pour over the rest of the ingredients. Mix thoroughly and put into your square tin and level out.

Melt the remainder of the chocolate in a heatproof bowl as above for a few minutes and then pour over the tiffin. Spread out then place tiffin in fridge for a few hours to set.

Cut into 16 squares and serve. Goes nice with a good cuppa.

Quite!

Heavy Metal Cooooooookieeeeeeees

Hallo there,
How are things with you guys?
I was selling some Jack n Coke cupcakes and Heavy Metal cookies yesterday at "Rumble in the Jumble" At 13th Note in Glasgow.
Went down pretty well I think. I was particularly fond of the Iron Maiden cookies. I made Pantera ones too but the picture was a wee bit too small. Boo. I still ate about 4 of them.
Thanks to everyone who came along and bought my stuff. And thanks for the people at my Mum's work for helping support cancer care.

There were also , clothes, crafts and nick knacks for sale and I bought myself a lovely scarf from my friend Pauline. She knitted it by hand. Well done Mrs. It shall see me through the cold Glasgow winter.

Here are some photos from the day.

Me modeling Pauline's lovely blue scarf.

                                        Jack n Coke cupcakes and Heavy Metal cookies.

                                             Iron Maiden cookie. You know you want one.

                                                        Lars and the Giant cookie.

                         Me and sis with her special cookie. It says "Arlene and me". Cos I rock.