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Philadelphia with garlic & herbs turns out to be a viable substitute for a distinct lack of parmesan to be had for my salad. Also, vinaigrette sans grainy mustard isn’t bad at all. It just needs a bit more pepper and a little less honey.

And having just seen a recipe for a vodka cocktail involving elderflower cordial, I have to say that I’m somewhat dubious because it makes me think of that dandelion & burdock malarkey. Vodka, pomegranate juice, sugar and a dash of lime cordial suits me fine anyway. When it doesn’t choose to wield my cocktail shaker shut that is.

Additionally, I’m not at all sure about this because it just sounds like some sort of variant on Bombay toast.

От Первого Лица and other things

Bush seeks to calm Russian fears BBC News
I have days when I’m torn on this. On one hand Putin is suitably sinister but on the other it’s a fairly constructivist argument of threat determination anyway, on both sides of the divide. This seems quite charming though. And I don’t care if it’s propaganda and in fact rather hope it will be instead of the absolute truth.

Queen opens stronger new assembly BBC News

Ministers proposing ‘Britain Day’ BBC News
Or we could, I don’t know, pay some fucking attention to St George’s Day perhaps. If they do introduce it, they’d better not stick it in anywhere from the Winter-Spring period anyway because I have three New Years to celebrate already, about two months apart each time.

English ‘booze culture’ targeted BBC News

( And a militant smoker's rant )

Trinity Blood double-drabble: Misfortune

Süleyman and what may have passed before.

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