Ed Vogue's World

Redcurrant jelly is usually a condiment that finds its way to the dining table when Roast Lamb is on the menu. I think it is delicious when served with moist pink lamb and mint sauce. But today I made a chance discovery. The pot of the redcurrant jelly sitting on the table had a label that clearly stated that this particular jelly was perfect on chicken. Now chicken was what was being served so I decided to give it a go. http://0.tqn.com/d/frenchfood/1/I/5/A/-/-/redcurrantjelly2.jpg I took a teaspoon on the clear red coloured jelly and smeared it on to the meat. I then took a bite to savour the flavour. Wow. I discovered that the flavour was transformed. The chicken now tasted like duck. Duck. The chicken had taken on a more gamey flavour and even the texture appeared to have changed. This is something everyone should try. Posted with Blogsy

Today, May 2nd is the date of the local government elections. It is the day when many people, but not all, get to vote for their councillors who will ate the decisions on their local services for the next four years. The local elections are interesting for a couple of reasons. Firstly the election of these officials probably has more importance to our day to day lives than the election of MPs. It is these officials who will run services such as household waste removal, it is they who will decide how the local roads are maintained and make planning decisions to decide whether new homes are built or new shops open. These council officials will also determine how the council tax is spent and whether it can be frozen or the cost increased. http://www.tamworthconservatives.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vote.jpg The other interesting thing about these council elections is that most of us won't even know the name of the person we might be voting for. If we don't know w

I first used a word processor during my third year at university. I had to write my extended research project and to do that I decided that I would use a computer program. This was 1993 so the PC was in its infancy. An early version of Windows was loaded on to the big clunky machines sporting just 256 colours and residing within that operating system was the ancestor of Microsoft Office; Word 2.0c. I battled through with the technology learning how to use it, and having to save my work to flimsy floppy disks but it was this early introduction and the use of the fledging help menu that enabled me to become a proficient end user of these types of programmes. I also learnt that treating a PC well helps it perform. Stroking a PC in a loving, soothing way as it performs its calculations helps it to speed through them sooner; of this I am sure. http://metadiary.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/vintage-computer1.jpg As I have used Windows based computers for 20 years they feel comfortab