I recently did a check on my salary (soz - public sector leech) and found to just be equivalent to my ~2010 salary I'd need a 17.5% pay rise. Current offer is 1.4%. My 'big boss' was o… (View Post)

I picked up a jar of this to try the flavour combination out : https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/moulins-mahjoub-lemon-caper-harissa Works very well. So going to do a sort of lamb tagine 'thin… (View Post)

I remember being open to persuasion on brexit. Waiting to hear some conclusive arguments about things the EU was holding us back on. When nothing realistic was presented apart from hand waving, I loo… (View Post)

It's a long time since I read Kelman's novel so had to look up the quote that your comment brought to mind : “Funny how ye tell people a story to make a point and ye fail, ye fail, a total … (View Post)

I cook from scratch most of the time. If you allow for buying spice blends or pastes. I am going through a SE Asian food kick just now and I can't get the ingredients locally - so pastes it is. … (View Post)