bigfoodiemama

I really want to have dinner with Barack and Michelle ! I am happy for them to come to mine, but would equally, be only too delighted to travel over to their place. I could bring dessert, or a starter and would of course bring a bottle. Which version of the previous three items would I bring though ? I suppose I should start withe the starter. For that I think I would go for Jamie Oliver's Christmas Salad, with clementines,prosciutto, rocket, mozzarella and a citrus dressing ( ie. fruit,meat, dairy and veg....very balanced !)It would travel well and I could just put it together in the White House Kitchen on Michelle's choice of nice plate ( seeing as they have a whole room devoted to them ). If she asks me to bring dessert, needless to day I will try to satisfy both myself and Michelle and the boys ie. Barack and GASP. GASP will want either Pavlova or Apple Crumble and I think I will go for the latter, as I doubt they ever get a proper " stick to your ribs" pudding. I

Luckily for GASP, the FA came round on Sunday morning.On Saturday I had taken the radical decision to make pastry, so that I could make use of the apple puree in the freezer, gained from the orchard next door of Uncle Slow Driver. Now , I consider myself a great woman to bake a cake but I am useless when it comes to pastry. Unfortunately GASP's favourite dessert is Apple Tart....spot the problem ! I have discovered that 1. frozen pastry does not do the same job but 2. a food processor is the best thing for pastry making, if like me, you suffer from "hot hands" ....among other things !I woke late on Sunday morning, due to a large consumption of Rose in BMM's over tea the evening before and, although happy with my food processor pastry, was in dread of rolling it out. FA to the rescue. Like a culinary superhero, she swooped in, clad in my Cully and Sully apron ( and a few other items of clothing....much to GASP's disappointment) . She grasped my rolling pin like it

So today I took on an interesting task. I volunteered to bring back a gift, a friend of mine ( who shall remain nameless) received for Christmas. This friend is somewhat incapacitated at present, so unable to make it to the poshest shop in Dublin with the trio of Jo Malone candles, her Cavan husband had bought for her. The fact that he is from Cavan is very relevant, as in my opinion , he is the only Cavan man EVER to spend 165 euro on 3 candles ! I kid you not. Now, many who know my friend, might consider her the type of woman who would be impressed by this, the fact that it came in a customised bag, box, tissue paper and had a branded box of matches ( honestly !)but I am proud to declare, in these recessionary times, that she thought it somewhat ridiculous, and decided she could do alot with 165 euro, alot more that is, than lighting, and subsequently blowing out , three candles.With great delight, I offered to carry the beautifully packaged gift down Grafton Street, to it's heig

OMG. I have just naively typed in "fetish picture latex" in order to get the above picture for tonights blog. I am in a state of shock. I am very liberally minded but NEVER thought I would see the images I did...another glass of Sancerre required. I was going to write about my new latex allergy and the rash I am suffering from....on my hands....from rubber gloves ! I was going to lament the fact that I would never get to don a latex suit for GASP in case the rash would affect other regions, and lament opportunities lost, but having seen that website....whew ! Mind you I was more likely to look like the Gimp than Catwoman, so maybe it's just as well. It reminds me of the time BMM googled Iarnrod Eireann and mistakenly opened a site called "Iron Rods" ....she's still on the medication !

I settled down this evening with the local paper and proceeded to read the "Songs of the Year Special". I aged 20 years in a matter of seconds as I recognised exactly 3 artists of the 15 mentioned !These were Eminem, Rihanna and Kanye West. I had never heard of Cee Lo Green, Tinie Tempah or MGMT. I know that I own a copy of "Now Thats What I Call Music 1" and a pink pressed vinyl Elvis Double Album. I have Thriller on vinyl and will admit to loving the Andrews Sisters but have I actually died ? There is a whole world of Music, Twitter, Drugs, Sex and iPads out there I know nothing about. I am a forty year old fossil. I think I'm trendy because I know who Miley Cyrus is, have seen Camp Rock with the Jonas Brothers and own Planet Jedward ,but I am,in fact, a nerd. Very soon I will embarass my 5 year old, teenagers will giggle at me in the street and my dancing at weddings will be on u tube. Mind you, I am cooler than GASP, who owns a few "tapes" and danc

Firstly apologies for taking so long to issue another blog. Decenber 2010 was a write off as I was sick, the kids were sick, the country froze and, to add insult to injury, Christmas was in December....honestly ! It is the second day of 2011,all are well, and today we gave out the last gift to GASP's godson..thank God !Apart from the fact that the tree is still twinkling in the corner, normal service has resumed, in that I am in my pyjamas ( new ones !), my heat holder socks ( genius) with a glass of Freeman's Bay Sauvignon Blanc in my hand, comtemplating if I should have a pizza or not....heaven ! For some normal service is suspended. The blonde is on crutches entirely due to the fact that she has rich friends. You see, she was in a house with marble floors, and slipped on exiting their facilities. Had she hung around with those of us with cheap carpet and wooden floors, her ankle would be intact , but that's the price you pay for posh friends. The FA is resting after a ve