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No, I have not lost all reason, but yes , this weekend I cooked the Cambodian National Dish, Samlor Korko. You see, the Mad One had sent me a text some days ago, boasting about teh fact that she ahd just served Samlor Korko to the Spud farmer, and that he had been so delighted by it, he remained silent throughout it's consumption. Not to be outdone, I asked her for the recipe which I received from her on Saturday morning, having already picked up the pork fillet, aubergine and butternut squash I remembered from our previous conversation. She handed me the recipe and there were 24 ingredients ! Before you could start, you had to make a "Kroeung" a curry paste, involving Ginger, Turmeric, Garlic, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, shallots, green chili, lime zest and Fish Paste...ah yes the Fish paste. I advised the Mad One, that I would go buy it but she had a full jar, so offerred me the two teaspoons required. She insisted however, that I smell the Fish Paste....OMG ! I was...

One year after the tremendous celebrations which marked my 40th birthday, I hit 41, (or should I say, slid into it).To say it is an anti-climax is somewhat of an understatement, as it bears no resemblance to the fuss and attention lavished on me aged 40, but hey ho, on with life we go ! Having whinged a bit, I did have a lovely weekend. On Staurday night we went round to Victor and the blondes and enjoyed a great dinner of Parma wrapped pork fillet, wiht all the trimmings, in the company of Newly Single and the lovely Skinny Mallink ( the only person I know who owns the book "Strategies for Gaining Weight".....I kid you not !)Bubbly moved on to White wine and the nutters at the table( I was not one of them!) moved further onto the deadly Black Sambucca.....nuts !I did spend some time however swinging ( no, not that type of s party ) on Victors magnificent ( no, not that type of party either) HAMMOCK ! I was wearing my new GOK Style wrap dress wiht a killer pair of scarlet hee...