Sounds suspiciously like Gypsy Tart , a Kentish Treat from the Isle of Sheppey. 

Back in the day, Fleetway/IPC had a weekly comic called Once Upon A Time that featured an Aladdin serial painted by Ron Embleton. Top notch stuff. An early installment has Aladdin and his mum being wooed by the villain. A treat in this feast was melon sprinkled with ginger. This seemed marvelous, I had to try it, so…

Too true.

It says 6-8 years and you finished it in five hours.

Oi oi savaloy!

Historically, miners in these parts had a thing about cheese and jam sandwiches, probably cheddar and strawberry jam in white bread. A colleague is quite evangelical about the combination, though I lean towards cheese on toast with marmalade.

Rose’s, the leading brand of grenadine

There was a chap from one of the antique shows on yesterday’s episode and he was unable to answer a few questions I expected to be his bread and butter.

Candice Brown just won Celebrity Mastermind. Took me a moment to twig who she is. Rather gorgeous.

The film was released as Belleville Rendez-vous over here. For a moment I thought there was a sequel when Triplets came out. As a follow up, can I recommend The Illusionist, based on an unproduced Jacques Tati script.

June 22nd.

“you can win one of 57"

Are you suggesting that cheese isn’t a basic necessity?

Side step from bison, the hornets might not kill you but the water buffalo will.

Thanx Snax,

Looks like they have a lot of meat on them. I’ve eaten other insects, so I guess yes.