Category Archives: food

A New World Superfood

I have been taking advantage of a few days break to film a new video series entitled “The Old Blokes Kitchen”. The concept is in every video I take an everyday food and by breaking it down into components which … Continue reading

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Cooking With Physics

We all have  little things that make us happy, for me its getting to make something from scratch, sometimes from wood, sometimes from steel or leather, when I cant do those I am equally at home in the kitchen, so … Continue reading

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An ingredient too far. We try it.

 A couple of weeks ago a colleague of my daughters mentioned that she had been served at a hotel Smoked Butter, and how she had enjoyed it. When I first heard about it I was sceptical and I could see … Continue reading

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Is this an ingredient too far?

This weekend is a holiday weekend when I get an extra day to play and I think its time to fire up the smoker. If you have never read my blog before I built a smoker in the back garden … Continue reading

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Now that’s so good

Last summer I built myself a wood fired bread oven in the garden, which is probably the best thing I have ever made, but the down side is that it’s in the garden, so we are dependant upon fine weather. … Continue reading

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Time is under rated

There is an old saying “that if you won’t something done then ask a busy man”. Well I think I qualify for the description of being a busy man, more so than usual recently and as a consequence the fun … Continue reading

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The Final Piece

For sometime now I have been trying to make the perfect Bacon Sandwich, and the way to do this as I see it,is to control as many of the ingredients as you can. Get that right and it has to work. … Continue reading

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Birthday up in smoke

  Someone once told me that you reach a certain age and you suddenly discover you have every thing you want. You have a Family, a Job, a Mortgage, and with it comes grown up responsibilities, the one thing you don’t … Continue reading

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Finally the video

Sometimes real life just gets in the way of having fun and that’s certainly been the case here. The oven was built and tested August, and I am delighted to say its been well used since. The downside of it is to fire … Continue reading

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Counting Down to Christmas

Christmas is fast approaching and every family has its own traditions in preparation . In the Green household we have our own food milestones pointing the way. Starting in late summer picking and drying plums, which are then incorporated into a traditional Plum … Continue reading

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