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MEN AT WORK…
In an effort to work out why I bother writing this blog (yes I am struggling a bit with the apparent futility of writing a blog for my own amusement) I decided to do an in-depth piece of research of existing blogs written by men. When I finally finished Googling for “male blogs” and “men who write blogs” and “blogs for men” I began to wonder if I was the only one interested in blogging for the sake of it rather than sponsorship. Most blogs written by men relate to single subjects such as sex, gadgets, sport, sex, making money, sex and fashion. In fact, fashion blogs written for men by men are by far the most prevalent. Everything from high fashion to off-the-peg suits are covered and sometimes in a very creative way (yawn!). Maybe it…
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FISH & CHIPS – FRENCH STYLE
Fish and chips are, well, fish and chips, but if you’re in France and cooking an evening meal why not put a spin on the traditional and try them with La Difference. We used Ray for the fish, bought frozen and quite inexpensive in the local Auchan supermarket. The chips were in fact chunky cut from locally grown potatoes – scrubbed and the skin left on – and of course green ‘French’ beans instead of the baked beans normally provided by Heinz &Co. The fish was, as I said, the ‘wings’ of the ray baked slowly in the oven in olive oil and a little butter. Butter and oil is the only way to bake or fry fish properly. The chunky chips were cooked in the same oil and butter mix and were coated in garlic salt…
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THE BLARNEY STONE – BORDEAUX!
Something we don't do on holiday is frequent Irish Pubs, mostly because we can do that at home and frankly the "Irish Pubs" abroad are often dark and scruffy places that don't reflect actual pubs in Ireland (not since the early 20th century anyway).
