Roll up, roll up. Come see the greatest shop in the world

We now have a shop for your perusal and delectation.
Within you will find utensils for the kitchen, that have never before been seen outside the orient. Well, amazon actually.

Have a look on the shopping page on World Wide Kitchen for all things culinary.

New features

We've added lots of improvements to the World Wide Kitchen Lately.
It is now possible to request to be added to another users' friends list.
Members can recommend a recipe to anyone who is on their friends list.
Members are now alerted if recipes are added that match their preferred Style or Region.
Members are also alerted when comments are made on their recipes, or Forum discussions, and if users want to be part of their friends network.

Users now have to be logged in to see members profiles, and we think it may be useful to prevent users from seeing recipes unless they are logged in. After all, users who are registered are more likely to actually add a new recipe.
Oh yeah, and we've added a ranking system, so Members get recognised for their efforts in adding recipes, adding comments, and adding forum discussions.
So, get busy people. I'm working on giving real prizes once a month for the highest ranked members - probably World Wide Kitchen Chef hats, aprons, mugs etc.

Good eating !

Abergavenny Food Festival a roaring success

Abergavenny food festival was really good this year. There was a lot of food stalls to try and see, and the local producers were out in force. There was a great section dedicated to cheese and wine producers, and me and my chums attempted, valiantly, to taste each of the cheeses, and a few of the wines. I especially liked a certain cumin flavoured cheese. Moving on to the area at the back of the market we found some delicious chutneys and dipping sauces. I bought a really good chili dip from a company called 'Essential Dressings' , from Worcestershire, and an amazing Aubergine and Garlic chutney from 'Avrils' country Kitchen of Newport.
I didnt get to go to festival on Sunday, which was dissapointing (the crow point festival in Newport took over the rest of my weekend), as I wanted to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall conjuring some of his magic. Never mind - it looked like his temporary River cottage could have done with a new roof.
I had to buy a bottle of the Apple and Blackcurrant Brandy made by Black Mountain Distillers. Top stuff, this.
This festival is top class, and I'm sure it could grow and grow, but Abergavenny probably couldnt take the strain of many more people on the Saturday. Next year, I'm going for both days, and I'm going to enjoy the evening hog roast at the castle.

Great Scottish Food - Not a Deep Fried Mars Bar in sight

If any of you guys over the ocean wonder what we eat in Britain, or more specifically, Scotland, then have a look at this : NoodlePie
Wonderful stuff.

Giant Clams

Well, I've just spent the weekend in west wales, on the beaches at Manorbier, Fresh Water West, and Saundersfoot. It's got to be the best way to relax.
On Saturday, we went to Saundersfoot beach at low tide to look for Razor clams. Me, and my buddy Chris had heard that you can get them by pouring salt on them. weird. Anyway, the beach was full of clam hunters, with tubs of salt, and bottles of very strong saline. Amazingly, you just need to look for a little hole in the sand, that is either bubbling up with water, or squirting water and ram a load of salt into it. If you are lucky, and not too heavy footed, the razor clam will rise up out of its hole just like the titanic coming back up. Then, you grab the shell firmly, and pull it very slowly out of the sand. Great - fresh razor clam. We got about 8 of these before the tide came back in (very quickly) .

There was a guy on the beach digging up lug worm for bait with his two sons (thanks mate), and he showed us how to get the biggest clams I have ever seen (not razors). Look for one of the little holes that squirt water, and instead of using salt, just dig down as fast as possible, about 18 inches, and grab the shell that should be there. They really fight, so you better hold on. Dig around it with your other hand, and hopefully pull it out. These clams look like giant flat mussels (6 inches long, 4 inches wide). We only got one of these, cause the guy who got it for us was covered in crud up to his shoulder (the sand turns into grey mud about 6 inches down at low tide).

Anyway, we got half a bucket of cockles too, and later that night we cooked all of the shellfish up with garlic and white wine and ate it with Pasta. Lovely stuff, and would have cost an arm and a leg in any restaurant.
All in all, a nice weekend. If you haven't been to west Wales, you should go - the beaches are gorgeous - great for surfing, fishing, or just lounging about. Unfortunately, the water comes in off the Atlantic, so you better be tough if you intend to swim.

btw - The tides around south wales have the second highest tidal range in the world, and as a result, the tide can come in really fast.

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Ghetto Muffins

You just don' see tasty food like this evy day. Hay Jimbob, make me some of these before I open up a can of whoop ass ...

Ghetto McMuffins

1 english muffin — $0.25
1-2 eggs — $0.15
1/2 - 1 hotdog — $0.12
1 slice cheese, optional — $0.10
pepper, optional

Total: $0.62

Cut the english muffin in half and put it in the toaster set for extra crispy. Meanwhile, beat the egg(s) lightly in a small bowl. Throw in pepper if you like. Cut up the hotdog into chunks. Get a medium fire under a small (8-9 inch is fine) non stick omelette pan going. At some point you might want to put a bit of oil in the pan but I find I can avoid it for non-stick.

Cook the hot dogs until slightly browned. Distribute them across the bottom of the pan and pour in the egg(s). Lower the fire. Stir a bit with a spatula. Let it set up a bit, a few minutes. You can cover it to speed it along.

When the top is nearly cooked, get a rubber spatula and cut the scramble down the middle. Here, you can insert a slice of cheese or whatever you want on each semi-circle. Fold the egg semi-circle over so it’s a quarter-circle.

Put each quarter-circle on a toasted english muffin half. This makes 2 open face McMuffins, or close it up for a gigantic McMuffin.

Great Food Blog

I really like this food blog. It's all about the bay area in San Fransisco, and I aint been there, but what the hell. I've never even been to the States for that matter, but it sure looks might perty on the tello vision.
This blog has a feature on Sake, which I grew a liking for when my Aikido Sensei gave it to us at the Dojo once (it was a long time ago, cause I havent practiced aikido for 15 years). Anyway, I liked it, and I've bought a few bottles, and even made the effort of warming it to blood temperature before drinking it. Bonkers.

World Wide Kitchen - Find the recipe you want!

World Wide Kitchen is a site for those of us who love trying food from different regions. You can chat to members from all over the world about food and recipes. You might even make some new cooking buddies!

World Wide Kitchen is up and running

At last, after years of thought, months of design, and weeks of building, World Wide Kitchen
is finally up and running. It is fully featured, apart from restaurant reviews, but it looks good, and works well.

So, please have a look at WorldWideKitchen.com

Google My Arse

Google seem to be buying up any domain with the word 'google' in them.
So, I thought it would be nice to grab one for myself.
It's www.googlemyarse.com . Bet they didnt think of that one.

Anyone want it? lol

I also bought whatsagoogle.com, and whoisgoogle.com . Christ knows why.

Domain name change

Well, the first name of the cookery site had to go. It sounded too much like some kind of kinky porn site with vegetables and kitchen implements. So, cookerylovers is now WorldWideKitchen.com.
Some pages are up for all my readers to view. Dont overload the servers, will you? ;-)

Cookery Lovers is up (ish)

We now have a (very ) Beta version of Cookery Lovers on the web.
Functionality is seriously limited at the moment, but it does allow you to create a user account, and search for recipes. The recipe listing functions look great. I'm Chuffed to bits, said the fat controller as Thomas steamed over him.

Simple Pimps

Jim, my mate just emailed me a link for Pimp that snack

The Revolution will be televised

Bush does U2. This musta taken a shit load of time to do

This kid is made out of plastic

I bet that you look good on the Dance floor, dancing like a robot like its 1984

You shouldn't laugh at other peoples' misfortune

On the other hand - this is really fucking funny.

Another logo!!!!!!

Working on a logo

JIm, what's that active trader blog all about?????????? It's not you !!!!!!

Chewing Crusts For Gummy Chickens

Jim, I got a new web log. It has no purpose. It's called....

"Chewing Crusts For Gummy Chickens" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MP3s - I'm gonna put the playtagger script in the template. This means we can post MP3s and play them in the browser window like my other blogs... or should I set up an MP3 blog within our blogs??

Light can go backwards. And Steven Hawkins can disappear up his own ass.

It has generally been assumed for many years that given enough time and energy the average scientist could disappear up his own ass, thereby creating a super massive black hole. Now, through the use of the large hadron collider at CERN, this thoery has been shown to be true. By proving that the speed of light is inversely proportional to mass at the event horizon (Hawkins Ring), we can see that the head can easily be made to slip into said passage.

Scientists have been overjoyed at this discovery and are currently working to see what other objects can be made to behave in such a strange manner. One suggestion has been to see if Mariah Carey can actually live in the real world.

Cookery Lovers - Its lully

Just thought I better write something about the original purpose for this blog.
CookeryLovers is coming along very slowly. Dont have enough spare time or energy to
work on it in the evenings, and I'm too busy having fun on the weekends. Gonna give it another shot this week though, and hope to make some progress.
If I get this new job, then I will be surrounded by geezers with web skills, so that might inspire me a bit. Gotta get this project on its feet !

At Last - A light you can throw.

How have we ever survived without this?
Its the best idea since ketchup sandwiches.

Whoah! Check this guy out. I guess he thinks he can drum.

Via: VideoSift

A warning on Internet Dating

Angel Chaser

Have a look at some of the stuff this guys come up with, especially the Fractal chandalier.

Dasani didn't sell very well in the UK

Can you see why the advertising campaing for Dasani mineral water wasnt used in the UK?

Stress has a bad effect

That's nothing
look what its done to my pets

I'm looking tired...

Mate, all this web design stuff is taking it's toll...
I mean.... look at me.

Toni Loves Tofu has arrived...

Re-updated again 17.3.6

Nuts. I didn't think of the food link!!

Perhaps you should call the cookery site that

Toni Loves Tofu

"Toni Loves Tofu" is an anagram of evolutionsoft

The RSS feed for this blog!

http://2kooks.blogspot.com/atom.xml is the site feed for this blog so if I check my rss feeds on bloglines it will work like email and tell me if the site has been updated at all. I've marked the feed as private so no-one else looking at my bloglines blog will see it.

Safe.

Mate, I'm gonna email you today. What is the best email to get you on these days????

Steve.

How ya diddlin' ?

Have a look at my T-shirt shop. I made $1.20 so far. I now live like a king in a South American tax haven. a shaven haven . Tidy

By the way, I have done some coolish things with the site. Got the log-ins , and New user Creation stuff working, and a page for submitting a new recipe. It's starting to take a little shape. Will soon be thinking about getting a testing site up and running so people can see it and make comments.


It's a labour of love, but i hate it.
Love, beans a drugs.

mmmexchange

Looks similar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Found this on http://xrrf.blogspot.com/ . Down the side like.

Progress

Been busy creating the Data Access code, and the user profile creation pages.
In need of new images to put on the site. Any ideas where we can get some?
How are we going to sell ad space on this thing? We need some blurb we can use for selling ad space to restaurants, Deli's etc.
We also need to get together again (maybe with a couple of other people who have ideas and decide on the content that we want). What ya sayin' ? ¦-)

Good thinkin

Sounds good.

Net Label

Jim, I 'm going to set up a Net Record Label using .Net.

Definitely need your training!!!

Day 2

Whats the plan ?
Well, making a paper layout of all of the pages that are needed to be built for a version 0.1 release.
And trying to build a list of all of the features that we would like to be incorporated, in order of priority. So, something like user being able to rate each others submissions will be a high priority (1), but the wine matching feature will be lower (3 or 4).
Once we have this stuff on paper, we can work out who should do what, and get cracking.

Exciting isn't it

yo yo yo

Here we are then, kicking off the Cookery Lovers. com website development