Recent content by Keith_Beef

I learnt to use one of these when I was about seven and found my granddad's box of them. Great things.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/11/tinned-mackerel-jack-substitution

I doubt that pop bottles would contain lead; that was added to more expensive tableware. If you really want to be sure, you can get lead testing swabs. I bought some for my daughter when she started buying old ceramics.

I searched that image, too. Poppy, haven't you already changed it every so slightly?

Lenny Henry used to talk about condensed milk sandwiches.

Some items from the Savotta sale, discontinued items. A couple of 12 litres pouches in tropical multicam, four 120cm straps, roll top stuff sack.

Deleted, curious double post.

I didn't try that...

We have a bottle of that in the bar, I'll take a look at the label a bit later. Ok, so the label describes Patxaran as "wild sloe liqueur"... The ingredients are listed as wild sloes, aniseed, sugar, water and alcohol. It's horribly sweet, 18% abv. The flavour of the aniseed is almost...

Go up to New England... There are lots of small producers, many of them with goats, making good cheeses. But the rules on transporting unpasteurised dairy produce mean that butter and cheese made from raw milk produced in one state cannot be sold in a neighbouring state without jumping...

I've seen them sold over here as "tisane" (herbal tea); supposedly relaxing and encouraging good, restful sleep. I've no idea of the amount that you'd use for a mug of water... I suppose start off with a little and increase it if the flavour or smell is too weak.

There's still a kidney to put into a frying pan...

Mosquitoes have been much more numerous this summer compared to previous summers. I suspect that we have both Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus; the two are very similar and the only time I get a good look at one is when I've managed to squash it. One squashed mozzie looks like any other...

It costs much more than a roast chicken. Would you let your cat jump on a roast chicken? How would you prevent that? Apply the same reasoning to any other object.

I have a couple of his from donkeys' years ago. I suppose you could describe them as "nail busters", but with a strong pinch and a bit of practice I can open them more or less one handed.