I'm perfectly happy eating alone - people shouldn't be shy of doing it, and it can be quite liberating.

I've got a lovely can of Golden Spike IPA from @thornbridgedom.bsky.social - settled in front of the highlights of today's cycling, the Tour of the Alps.

Happy Birthday 🎂🍻☀️

I'm a BIG fan of Track, and it's a nice tap room. Last time I was there, the weather was more typically Manchester, so no sitting outside 🌧️

Haha, looks like fun 😂

Again, I'm not having it, lol. Tripe is cheap, versatile and tasty, and from Spain to Sechuan appears in some of my favourite dishes. Definitely won't be sending it to culinary Room 101 😋

That sounds good! I have some delicious organic Scottish rapeseed oil, the colour of liquid gold, so I'll give that try.

We call it Geordie hummus here in Newcastle 😆
Ham and pease pudding with hot English mustard is one of the finest sandwich fillings on earth!

But blancmange can definitely get in the bin.

It was for a while the best football blog on the internet!

It being written by a guy who calls it "soccer" was quite discombobulating 😆

I know what you mean. I can't actually drink many pints at all these days, and when there's a lot of good beers on the bar, halves makes more sense. Thirds if the pub serve that measure!

Such a lovely pub! And was there ever a beer that was better suited to drinking in pints than Pint?

I'm quite surprised that nobody has painted a big U in that gap between C and NT 😂

Not a pub I've ever been in, and I don't think wild horses would be able to drag me to! (Although I have been in a couple of very seedy bars in Wallsend in the past...)

It's Feria week, so it's bound to rain. It always does here when the fair is on 😂

Book on a wooden table. Tim Anderson Japaneasy, illustrated with cartoons of common Japanese ingredients.

Just picked up this delightful book. Tim writes well and has some really interesting ideas, and seemed like a nice bloke when I met him very briefly too. I'll be getting stuck into some of these recipes over the coming weeks 🤤

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I know a lot of people use Canva for this sort, although I don't particularly like it myself.
Adobe Express strikes a nice balance between ease of use and professional looking results. And there's also Microsoft Designer designer.microsoft.com which might be the easiest transition from Publisher.

I hope you enjoyed your night out, cos the football certainly wasn't worth coming home for!

Yes, 2Knives is great, probably a better beer selection, but Burts do really good vermouth which I love. They're different but equally good IMHO.

My best friend Viv lives five minutes from the country park, she's often up there rambling about. On a fine day it's a beautiful place to be.

It's only my second match of the season, and I can see SJP from my bedroom window!

I'm not entirely looking forward to it, in view of our recent form, but I'll be fully behind the lads and Eddie.

2 sticks rhubarb 2 tsp dark brown sugar Juice of 1 small orange Splash of sherry vinegar (or cider vinegar) A few crushed rose buds A couple of slice of ginger Put everything in a small pan on a low heat, and let the rhubarb break down to a mush - you might need to add a tiny splash of water to prevent it sticking. Remove and discard the ginger before serving. Great with oily fish like herring mackerel or salmon.

Well, I couldn't post again last night due to the BSky outage, but I left it rough and it was very tasty. Fishmonger didn't have any mackerel by the time I got to the shops, but a couple of local herring were just as tasty. Rhubarb sauce recipe in Alt Text.

Error loading post, lol 😆
It's still intermittent.

Yeah, I like it rough, lol 😆
I'm not cooking for a fancy restaurant, where they'd probably sieve it and add a fuckton of butter. Which would make it a very different sauce.

I have it ordered, from Waterstones. Will report back shortly :-)

Small white bowl with a rough textured rhubarb sauce. Sticks of rhubarb on the chopping board and a sharp Damascus knife behind it.

I'm making a rhubarb sauce to go with some mackerel for supper. Should leave it fairly rough, or blend and/or sieve it? What do you keen cooks reckon?

Proper chips 😍

Toasted sourdough with golden bubbling cheese, topped with anchovies, green chilli, black pepper and oregano. Bloody delicious!

Well that was a delicious cheesy mess!

#bskyfood

That looks excellent again, I think I'm going to have to get this book 😋

Smoke and Sear have always been great, since they had the food truck outside Free Trade years ago. Burt's (also on Heaton Rd) does great burgers, if you like a burger.

The Spanish place in the market is good, but a bit on the pricy side. I guess I'm too used to paying Sevilla prices for my tapas 😆

Your secret is safe with me 😉

Hamtastic 😂😂😂