Monthly Archives: January 2008

Had loads and loads of double cream left after making the cranachan on Friday, so we decided to make our own ice cream. Here’s how we did it. Step 1: Gather 4 egg yolks in a big bowl and mix … Continue reading →

Seems like it’s a common problem. The question is, what is the best way to poach an egg? I had a Burn’s Night Supper on Friday and the starter was a poached egg on toast with smoked salmon and a … Continue reading →

Nice quote in the comments section of this BBC politics blog…   “I have to confess that I may be veering towards Labour after today’s events. The SNP have pledged only 1000 police on our streets after 4 years. Labour … Continue reading →

Went out for dinner last night. We thought we would go to a well known restaurant on Kungsholmen which has two versions of everything on their menu, a half and a whole. At first we thought this was to do … Continue reading →

But plenty of snow here. I saw this picture on the BBC website (taken by Paul S.) of the Devils Point in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland. It reminded me of something that my family always tease me about. 15-ish … Continue reading →

Saw a TV report last night that was about how a Swedish singer is top of the UK charts. The song in English is called “Now you’re gone” and is about young love gone awry and has such touching lyrics … Continue reading →

Yesterday, the Swedish open source database provider MySQL got bought by Sun Microsystems for 1billion USD. (Amazing what being the database provider for Facebook can do). Seeing this on the news last night brought back a rather painful memory of … Continue reading →

At the weekend we were invited by friends of Maria’s to come over for some “julgransplundring”, which basically means to help them take down their Christmas tree and tidy up. “Would they like me to help clean the bathroom while … Continue reading →

On Friday I was at a graduation party for my two friends Irina and Jessica who had graduated from medical school earlier that day. There was a fine buffet of traditional Swedish and Romanian dishes and a well stocked bar … Continue reading →

Was looking through some old photos the other night and came across this one of me and my brother at Carrbridge in 1986… If you click on it, you will see two wee figures at the top of the bridge. … Continue reading →