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Food: Southern (Wales) fried turkey

Fancied some comfort food for lunch.

as I needed to eat some turkey from the fridge, and I had breadcrumbs I thought fried turkey..

Just cut the turkey into odd strips and then dipped in egg, and the breadcrumbs and spice mix, fried for 3 minutes (olive oil & butter) then finished in the oven… and it turned out well… Yum… with some potatoes and spinach warmed though….

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FYI the spices included BBQ seasoning, Ras al Hanout and something else which Iam not going to divulge as it’s the sheddies secret wossname.

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Beer Notes: Brew Dog – Punk IPA

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Of course this caught my eye due to the punk overtones(or is that undertones!) in the name & label.

I found it to be a bit too bitter but after a few tastes you got used to it and it was lovely and I can see myself quaffing a few of these, plus it was only 99p a bottle in my giant Tesco..

This is what the brewery say about it

A beer of inherent contradiction. This heavy weight of the beer world is strikingly delicate with a white gold appearance. The light fruity aroma dominates the initial confrontation; lychee, kiwi and passionfruit all prevail with subtle nuances of cherry and strawberry.

Don’t be fooled however by this smooth medium bodied ale. As it trickles down your throat as this wolf in sheep’s clothing begins to grow teeth. The bite comes as the bitterness builds and endures no matter how hard the malty sweetness of the alcohol tries to tame this ferocious beast. An exciting beer that will captivate with a whole body drinking experience.

I have heard of BrewDog before (i had their stout somewhere but can’t remember) and they sell the Beer online this one in particular is £12 for a case of 12 a good investment if you can’t get it locally..

Now I wonder if they would give some of this Fine beer away for Shed Week as we now have an official Punk band who Iam sure would love a few pints.

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A date for your diary – Cider open day

Arthur Daley sent me an invite to my local cider mill’s open day, I went the last few years, and as its about a 15 minute walk from my house will be going again but with sprout in tow, as he likes the walk and we love the cider.

Cider based shenanigans at Llest Farm… from the Gwynt y Ddraig Cider lot, here’s the info….

Start Time:
25 April 2009 at 11:00
End Time:
26 April 2009 at 19:00
Location:
Llest Farm
Town/City:
Llantwit Fardre, United Kingdom
Come and Taste our Full range of Draught Farmhouse Ciders Licensed Bar:
Sat: 11:00 – 21:00
Sun: 11:00 – 19:00

Freshly cooked burgers and sausages by Cegin Crincae
Vegetarian food available by Cegin Crincae

Apple Pressing Demonstrations (subject to fruit availability)

Rural Craft Demonstrations

Welsh Produce Market: Cheese, Olives, Preserves, and Bread.

Mosmar Liquers and Spirits

Some Light Music from Welsh Pipers and Local Band

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So are you a fool on the 1st of April

of course with this worldwide wossname, some parts of the world started the 1st of April many hours ago…

But here are some of the better jokes so far (I did not say they were great)

Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink
Consolidating its position at the cutting edge of new media technology, the Guardian today announces that it will become the first newspaper in the world to be published exclusively via Twitter, the sensationally popular social networking service that has transformed online communication.

Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay
After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros.

Google with their Mobile Brain Search
Is it on the tip of your tongue? Google Brain Search (BETA) uses CADIE technology to index your brain to make your thoughts and memories searchable. Get Google Brain Search in the Google Mobile App to recall:

* the name of that guy across the room
* where you put your car keys
* why you started dating this woman in the first place

My favourite so far is

SatNav Shoes
Want to walk around crowded city centres and not look like a tourist? You need a pair of nifty Sat Nav Shoes! Using good old GPS technology to guide you from postcode to postcode these shoes really do talk the talk and walk the walk! , they are also doing a iREMember Dream Recorder, Powdered Beer and A piss up in a brewery!!

Youtubes upside down player
At YouTube, we’re always looking to improve the way you watch videos online. As part of that, today we’re excited to introduce our new page layout. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your new YouTube viewing experience:
1 Turn your monitor upside-down

of course you can follow lots of other ones over at twitter of course most are not big or clever

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Well done Ireland – what a scorcer

I was at home (due to that bug) watching the game and trying to cook tea (got my appetite back so that’s good) at the same time, but also managed to follow the buzz on twitter but next year I will be in the pub!

What was interesting was what people were saying twitter you could see it live so using a website a bit like the googlefight ,tweetfu.com said Ireland would win before the end… based on the tagwords and general searchyness(!) Ireland was mentioned every 1 second, Wales was mentioned every 7 seconds.

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John Martyn at the BBC

I have sky+ these two shows about the late great John Martyn that were on BBC Four last night and will catch up with them soon.

I think I have seen them before, but always worth a watch as he was a nutter but a wonderful guitarist and of the course the voice at the start was sublime.

I went to see John a  few years ago in Cardiff, after his leg amputation, he was playing Solid Air in full, due to all his problems it was a good show as he could still play great guitar, I even wrote a review.

A friednofafriend of mine Taif, played bass with him a few years ago on tour and here he talks about John..

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Daily Digest for 2009-03-20

3:22am andrewwilcox bookmarked a link on Delicious.com.

BBC uses Adobe AIR to install a list of swear words to users machines. | Psyked
5:48am andrewwilcox posted 5 items. (Show Details)
6:38am andrewwilcox scrobbled 10 songs on Last.fm. (Show Details)
6:30pm andrewwilcox posted 10 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details)

  • http://www.wilcox.me also works! but don’t expect some great insights…
  • does anyone know any "shed" builders who would make a Special Dog kennel for Chairty? cheap or for publicity?
  • Shedblog: Shed Lawyer on the case http://tinyurl.com/d58ewz
  • Shedblog: Allotment sheds on Google street map/view http://tinyurl.com/cdf495
  • Shedblog: Beach huts sell for £40,000 each http://tinyurl.com/dkjydo
  • feeling a lot better – even got round the last hour to starting a personal blog…. andrewwilcox.net (no idea who he is!) only 9 years late
  • Shedblog: Two great competitions to win Stuff on readersheds http://tinyurl.com/dxvft2
  • @ricodaniels remember to take photos of the barns/sheds they are in! we may have use for them!
  • Shedblog: This is one of the reasons I started readersheds http://tinyurl.com/cd79zv
  • Just Sheds: Katie – Allotments: vicki roach has added a photo to the pool:

    Model – Katie Amies L.. http://tinyurl.com/c8szl3
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Welcome

I thought it was time I set up my own personal blog.. away from the sheds and my alter ego of Uncle Wilco!

not been too well the last 24 hours (just a bug and feel better but you know what us blokes are like)

So got me thinking I need to spend time on things that make me happy, and hopefully I will put them on this blog…

at the moment my other social stuff will be landing in the Lifestream column and it should make daily updates, but I hope to add other ramblings to this as well.

Cheers