Yesterday I went to the Rheincentre in Germany with my friend to load up on supplies in spite of the crippling heat and humidity. When we got into my car the thermometer read 41°C.  Thank goodness for air conditioning!!!

Marktkauf wasn’t too busy but it was pretty hot, the sensible people stayed at home where it was cooler I guess.

I didn’t think we’d been in there all that long but we must have been walking around for a couple of hours.

I started to come down with a condition that I usually describe as “verbal dyslexia” (my very own definition) – where you see an object but the wrong word comes out, this usually means I’m loosing the plot..

I was struggling with words and ended up calling a “sewing maching” a “washing manchine” – no difference, eh? and referred to “tic-tacs” as “kit kats”…  Oh dear, time to go home and get that poor brain under some cold water. Continue reading →

I got this meme from Linda over at Kayaksoup, a great blog I just discovered. Thought it looked like fun so here goes..

GRUB-OLOGY

• What is your salad dressing of choice? Balsamic vinegar and olive oil.

• What is your favorite fast food restaurant? It has to be Burger King!

• What is your favorite sit down restaurant? It’s impossible to choose one! One of my favourites here in Basel is Sakura, their Teppanyaki section is great. In Glasgow it has to be Ichiban in Queen Street, their Chilli Chicken Udon is amazing!

• On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant? 10-20% depending on service.

• What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Appunto’s tuna salad, I have it almost every day for lunch.

• Name three foods you detest above all others. Münster cheese, it’s way too smelly! Raw fish of any description, it’s the texture – nasty. Butter on sandwiches, it makes me gag!

• What is your favorite dish to order in a Chinese restaurant? Depends on the restaurant, I love noodles so adore chow mein but I do like a good sweet and sour or curry. It really depends on my mood.
• What are your pizza toppings of choice? Ham and sweetcorn, I know purists will shriek in horror but it’s my pizza and I get to choose.

• What do you like to put on your toast? It has to be peanut butter or cheddar cheese.

• What is your favorite type of gum? I don’t really chew gum but if I had to choose it would be strawberry or cinnamon flavoured.
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All this good weather has really put me in the mood for grilled food and with that in mind I have dug out the cookbook which I consider my very own barbeque bible. I have written up a recipe from this book once before, the book I speak of is The Great Big Burger Book by Jane Murphy and Liz Yeh Singh.

Check back later to find out which of the great recipes in this book I have been sampling..