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I always associate the word “bodega” with understocked fronts for drug dealers. Maybe I have watched too much of The Wire? Now in a better world, you would be asking for Peanut Treets.

Steak and kidney most likely.

Some years back I had a burger and chips from Byron, which obviously didn’t cost as much as the Ramsey burger but cost more than your average Wimpy. Around the same time I had an Honest Burger which also sits in the gourmet end of the market. When it comes to Byron I really don’t know what I was paying for? It wasn’t

Hang on, while we are worrying about the US force feeding us with chlorine chicken post-Brexit, does this mean turkeys don’t get hosed down the same way? Is it a chicken only thing?

Newcastle Brown is no longer brewed in Newcastle, period. Which did allow another brewery to market their own beer as “a Newcastle Brown”.

The show always belonged to the production house. When the Beeb dragged their heels over signing for the next series it opened a window that let Channel 4 sweep in and grab Bake Off.

Auntie Beeb hesitated in signing up for the next series which allowed Channel 4 to sweep in with a higher offer. It caused a bit of a kerfuffle and Mary, Mel and Sue decided they wouldn’t make the move to the new channel.

Talking of Scotch Eggs ...

Haven’t had a savoury pancake in yonks.

George “Useless” Eustace occupies a strange space. He gets to go out and tell people they will get wet when it floods. A little while back, dispatched to talk to workers who were on the verge of losing their jobs, he started into a monologue about advances in automation and how all these tasks could be carried out by

The finale pulled in 9.2million viewers on the home turf. I think that’s before All4 and reruns get factored in. Keep wondering how many of those viewers hung around for the sweetcorn finding tips on Naked Attraction?

Not that I recall, though it was over 40 years ago.

With a certain shop in mind, it was when they started crawling.

Nada! Not her thing?

It was a sponsored event, though I don’t remember the cause?

Possibly a combination of the two. I remember feeling very bloated very quickly even though the volume of what I had eaten was low.

Thank you. In the end I doubt what I ate would have covered two slices of toast. Eating them one bean, two bean, three bean ... is ultimate tedium. 

Where are the turkey rissoles?