
Since discovering no waste collection service in the area I just moved to collects glass, I’ve been forced, FORCED, I tells you, to buy boxed wine.
Well, if it’s good for the environment…..
Cheers!

Since discovering no waste collection service in the area I just moved to collects glass, I’ve been forced, FORCED, I tells you, to buy boxed wine.
Well, if it’s good for the environment…..
Cheers!

Sharknado 2: The Second One. That’s the actual title. Just soak that up for a second. Oh, it turns out they asked fans to name the sequel, hah! I like these people.

The good news is Ian Ziering and Tara ‘prima Jedward hag (yes, I’m jealous)’ Reid have signed back on to battle the storm of pissed off sharks again….in New York!
They missed a casting opportunity by not getting Mark Wahlberg in on it. Surely he could stop them. Yo, shark…YA MATHA! But, then that would be a very short movie altogether, and we can’t have that.
I hope for more scripted gems such as-
Nova: They took my grandfather. That’s why I really hate sharks.
Matt: Now I really hate sharks, too.
and
George: [upon being overcome by a wave of sharks] OW!
not forgetting
Robbie the Bus Driver: My mom always told me Hollywood would kill me!
[just before Hollywood sign crushes him]
and OUR FAVOURITE
Nova: [having just been rescued after falling out of a helicopter and being swallowed whole by a shark in midair] I really hate sharks.

Now, all we can do is wait for July when it’s due to release. We’re gonna need a bigger drinking game.
A couple months ago, Munroe’s Jerk Marinade officially launched upstairs in Damson Diner. ‘Twas a fun night with a great crowd, all of us equally excited to see this gorgeous product getting the attention it deserves. It’s such a family, past and present, venture you couldn’t help but be swept up in it all.
We were served tasty Jerk marinated bites, alongside a Jerk Bloody Mary that was ridicolos. I’m not a traditional Bloody Mary fan at all…a waste of vodka in my eyes and liver, but this was super refreshing and moreish. Sold. It would be a perfect compliment for a Sunday recovery Brunch. And whaddyaknow?! Damson Diner’s neighbour across the street, Bagots Hutton, obviously had similar thoughts, and now has an incredible Sunday menu to offer using the delicious marinades.
If you fancy yourself as a Jerk connoisseur or your only experience of Jerk so far has been of the Steve Martin variety, get yourselves down there for a real treat!
I’m not a regular lasagna fan, mostly because I find pasta sheets chewy and pointless. Since this uses tortilla wraps instead I figured it might make a lasagna believer out of me. Also, I had the ingredients (or close enough) in the press and I was not venturing out into the manky rain to hunt and gather for something else to eat.
Possibly the easiest thing I’ve ever made, and it takes no time at all.
For the original recipe and method, click here
The filling-
8 tortilla wraps (depending on your dish, you may use less)
1 x 400gm (approx) tin of mixed beans
1 x 300-400 gm tin of butter beans
300gm tin of sweetcorn
250gm grated white cheddar cheese
The sauce-
A bit of olive oil to fry the onion/ leek and so on
1 teasp garlic paste
1 teasp chili paste
1 leek, halved lengthways and then chopped
1 red pepper diced small, plus half a green pepper left lying around needing to be used up
A few grinds of sea salt
1 x 80g bag of fresh coriander chopped
2 x 400-ish gram tins of chopped tomatoes
400ml water, used from the empty tomato can
A good squeeze of tomato sauce
I used a deep paella pan that’s about 10 in wide at the top, and 8 in at the bottom
Preheat your oven to 200 deg C, Gas 6, 400 deg F.At the same time, put a big ol’ tray in for your dish to sit on because it does bubble over and make a mess. I’m yet to clean mine, slattern that I am.
Pour a turn or two of olive oil into a medium sized pot. Over a medium high heat, add your leek/ onion, pepper/s, garlic and chillies. Add more oil if needed. Add a few grinds of salt. Twerk, bitch.
Leave to cook gently for 10-15 mins until the peppers are softened but not coloured.
Chop up your coriander and mix it in.
Add the canned tomatoes and pour in some water from rinsing out the cans. I used about one full can of water. Squeeze in about a tablespoon worth of tomato ketchup, stir and leave to cook on a low/ medium heat for about 10 minutes.
Drain your beans and sweetcorn into a colander. Rinse if you need to. Drain off, pour into a biggish mixing bowl and add nearly all the cheese, keeping some back for sprinkling on top. Mix up the beans and cheese.
Have your dish close to the oven before starting to assemble the layers.
Turn off the heat under the tomato sauce. Ladle out about a third of the sauce into the bottom of your lasagne dish. Cover with a single large tortilla if it’ll cover it, or use two, overlapping so it covers as much as it can. Pour on some of bean cheese mix, enough to cover the tortilla/s, ladle some sauce, cover with tortillas the same again, repeat until you have three layers of bean and cheese topped with salsa. You’ll have enough, I promise!
Top with one large tortilla/ two overlapping wraps and ladle the last of the salsa. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top, and tah dah, you’re done!
Put into the oven on the tray to catch anything that spills over.
The original method said it takes 30 mins in the oven. Not in mine! 10-15 was puh-lenty. It would have burned to a crisp if left for any longer. Do leave it for about ten minutes once out of the oven, however, as the inside is piping hot and it’s easier to dish up when slightly cooler.
Ruddy delicious. What I wasn’t expecting is how filling it would be, and how far it would go. It would easily feed six people. I rate it a screaming Jazz Hands FABULOUS.

Boyz & Tequila.

I credit my staunch cat lady ways to minding too many kids and babies as a young teen. You hold enough crying babies and hose off infant nappy squits gone up to their neck and you make some life choices.
This, however, is delightful. I hope the film is as entertaining…