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The Rocky Road To Love!

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:14 +0000

Not everyone loves Valentine’s Day. In fact when I talk to some people about Valentines Day their reaction is to sneer at it and talk about “crass commercialism.” I’m not sure what to answer to that because of course it is quite true and I can only offer “But this is a day to eat more chocolate! [...]

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Watermelon Rind Jam (I’m totally serious here)

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:00:33 +0000

Someone once left a karaoke microphone behind at our place (if I were to hazard a guess when it was probably one of our theme nights) but since it doesn’t connect to anything I use it to annoy Mr NQN by pretending to interview him and sing to him. I think he has hearing like [...]

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Sticky Marmalade Ribs

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:38 +0000

Although my parents are usually quiet and relatively well behaved there are times when their eccentricities come out. Like when my father first interacted with Aura, Mr NQN’s new 14 month old niece. Whenever small children are around he generally pays them no attention (sometimes he does this with adults too) but he was faced [...]

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Cross Stitch Cupcakes

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:42 +0000

There are certain things that you remember from childhood. Seeing your friend’s mother naked is one of them. I should explain. My parents were and are very conservative. Particularly on some topics although on others, they don’t really care. But getting naked was not something that we as a family did (unlike Mr NQN’s family [...]

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Vegan Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:32 +0000

When Mr NQN turned two years old, his authority as the head boy and one and only child was threatened by the addition of two sisters. To add insult to injury, one was a baby and garnered more attention while the other one was an adopted older sister who snatched place as the eldest sibling [...]

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No Knead Cheese & Onion Beer Bread for Australia Day!

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

“Honey do you mind vaccuming today?” I asked Mr NQN last Saturday. “Errr okaaay….later” he said looking at me with a measure of suspicion. I’m sure he wondered how a perfectly lovely weekend day had suddenly turned hideous. About twenty minutes later, I heard some expletives from the lounge room. “&*(&(&(!!” he yelled and then [...]

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Red Cooked Pork Belly For Chinese New Year!

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:00:20 +0000

On the whole, Chinese people are considered to be quite superstitious No better evidence can be found than with Chinese New Year and the symbolism food plays at a Chinese New Year banquet. There are noodles which are served as they are long and signify a long life. Then there are a slew of round [...]

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Korean Spicy Saucy Fried Chicken

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:00:53 +0000

We were watching Hugh Hefner on television one night and I turned to Mr NQN. “Would you like two or three girlfriends or wives?” He looked at me, slightly horrified I might add. “No thanks, you’re a lot of trouble as it is” he said. I on the other hand could do with a few [...]

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Cornflake Milk Ice Cream

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:00:19 +0000

I felt like a slight fraud writing about ice cream. You see I make plenty of it but I have never been able to eat a whole scoop of the stuff. In fact like the child that plays with the box rather than the toy (that was me, I love boxes) I prefer to eat [...]

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Make Your Own Microwave Buttered Popcorn in 2 Minutes!

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:16 +0000

I’m pretty sure Steve Jobs was sitting behind me one summer’s day at the beach. I should explain. Many years ago I sat on the beach with Mr NQN and said to him “I want a phone that can play music, take photos and access the internet.” Mr NQN is a glass half empty [...]

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