Reasons to be careful with a knife, 1

OK this is what happens when you loose concentration when chopping with a very sharp knife...

The years I spent trying to persuade my mum to buy really sharp cooking knives are a little wasted now.

If only there had been a little voice just before I picked up the knife... "Be careful with that, its sharp" and I may have not lost a very small part of my thumb.

On the bright side there was no blood and I only had more importantly minimal food waste.

Ice Cream

As our Italian food (The Italian Cheese Diaries) and drink blogers are currently without connection to great electric anorak that is the internet I will place my tongue back in my cheek and step in for now.

I offer you The Arctic Roll

A classic combination creamy vanilla ice cream wrapped soft sponge with a layer of jam between.

Colour: See the picture...

Tasting notes: Start with the ice cream and work your way out to the jam and sponge, mmmmmmm

Bounce test: more of a splat at a guess, wont be attempting this one

Score: 10/10

Cheese

Well, as my sister and her other half are not posting about cheese (or any other continental food product) today on their Italian jaunt I feel I have take up the mantle and provide a daily dairy hit for anyone (if there is anyone who reads my blog).

This is more in homage to our American neighbours who bless them are not really good with cheese, although they do seem to add it to as many dishes as possible.

Name:

Colour: Atomic orange

Texture: Rubbery

Smell: Unknown

Tasting Notes: this has a very plastic taste and tends to stick to the roof of our mouth when eating, it is much better when melting over a burger.

Score: 2/10 (Good for burgers and drunken eating challenges)

The Italian Cheese Diaries is a little better...

Caio for now...

Tent

After much research I have finally invested in a tent.

I was initially looking for lightweight backpacking tent to travel around Europe with, that is still in my sights, until then I have invested in tent I can throw in t0 my car. One with a little more space, in short more of a beginners tent.

Drum roll please for my brand new Eurohike Dart 3 (and thanks to a Millets closing down sale for a bargain price). Shown in all its glory to the right.

Admit idly I don't expect my first pitching attempt to look quite that good so there will be a few practice runs in my living room first.

I'm guessing the sunny Lake District will be one of my first stops to give this a good trial run, before then I have a pretty long list of other things I need, something to sleep on and in, cooking gear and some form of light... the list goes on and on...

Chance Sighting

Wandering round Hull Marina today to see Hull & Humber and some of the other clippers in the Round The World Race I saw a very familiar face, didn't occur tome until he had passed it was the legand Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.

What a nice little bonus that was.

The image is of the Hull & Humber Clipper with the

Princess Quay shoping centre in the background.

Black and White Wash

Carnegie Floodlit Nines 2009

HULL FC - CHAMPIONS

Hull Daily Mail Report

(Not had much to celebrate this year)

The important match

Celebrations & Highlights

Race Driver Grid: Drift III

This was a little bit of drifint with the actual game...

The combo is nealry 2 laps of multipliers, 12x....