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And T is for Three months since our last post!

I can’t believe it’s over three months since we last posted on here, but we have done a lot in those three months, so we have got a good excuse! I’ve now been in Columbus, GA, over fifty days and … Continue reading

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Andtisfor cross the English Channel

So it’s Sunday morning and we’re in Bruges, on our first full day of our vacation. We arrived here late yesterday morning, after taking the Eurostar from London to Lille and then driving from Lille to Bruges. The journey from … Continue reading

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Tony’s Tart Marmalade….a little booze, a little citrus

Hey ya’ll.  A while since I posted so I thought I would share a latest recipe with you.  I have been cooking non-stop lately after taking a cookery class in fish that Tony had bought me as a Christmas gift. … Continue reading

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The Ale Trail hits the capital!

Three more beers from the 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die book (The Beer Bible) were crossed off the list earlier this week. On Friday Tara had to call at the Brazilian Embassy to drop off her documentation … Continue reading

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Peanut Brittle – nutty, crunchy goodness

So, peanut brittle…little known facts. Most of my British friends have never heard of it It is very difficult to find corn syrup in the UK (meaning I basically couldn’t find it) All of the recipes you find for peanut … Continue reading

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What’s the matter Lagerboy,afraid you might taste something?

I have to say Tara picked a fine location for renting a house in York, five minutes walk away from the site of the York Beer & Cider Festival! And As it is my duty to introduce Tara to all … Continue reading

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

As the two previous posts have about grits and hot dogs, I thought I’d continue the food theme by recalling Sean‘s encounter with a rather hot pepper at the Music City Festival & BBQ Championship. The festival took place at … Continue reading

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What’ll Ya Have…What’ll Ya Have…

Following our last post about the Grits, I thought I’d carry on the Georgia theme. During the last week of our vacation Tara took us to The Varsity in Atlanta, the world’s largest drive-in! Although I was impressed by it’s … Continue reading

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Grits – Girls Raised in the South

Well it’s now over a week since we returned from Georgia and we’re back into the swing of things, but still missing Georgia, so we decided to have a southern breakfast which, by popular demand, included Grits. Grits, I’m reliably … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Create

Re-joining the Weekly Photo Challenge after a couple of weeks, here’s our contribution to this week’s topic – Create. Devon made these cupcakes and finished them off using some “Scrumptious Stencils” we bought from cakecrafting last week at the BBC … Continue reading

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