http://blade.cream.org Remigo Ergo Sum Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:21:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Obviously one cannot detail every day’s lunch. Today, I give the following as a quotidian example: Celery, pear and Cashel blue cheese soup ***** Beer battered cod fillet with accompaniments Baked individual provencale vegetable, chickpea and tofu hot pot Chipped potatoes and garden peas Or Cold Buffet Selection Or Guinea fowl supreme Vegetable and polenta tart ***** Baked glazed coffee mocha creme ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=126 I have since been to Valencia, Denver, Minneapolis St. Paul, Minnesota, Osceola Iowa, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Mishicot Wisconsin, NYC, and Belfast. Tonight the menu was: Bacon and eggs with colcannon * ***** Roast Squab (Baby Pigeon) with chard and figs Forestiere potatoes and glazed carrots ***** Pedro Ximenez Jelly with acacia honey granita, baked quince and creme ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=125 I have since last writing, been with the Little Zionist (The Blonde) to Scotland (in the snow with the pup), and to Murren Switzerland, (eating Chinese food overlooking the spectacular mountains of the Swiss Alps). I have also been to Berlin (as a guest of the German Foreign Ministry to ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=124 LENT BUMPS 2007 REPORT Much has happened in the last months, including my Lent Bumps triumphs. Here is an account of the four days which were filled with much intrigue, bravery, and excitement. DAY 1 Starting behind St. Edmunds 1st VIII on what was, for most of the crew, their first Bumps, was ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=123 Today I went on a double outing, fuelled by some dry Fruit Loops and the Blonde’s half eaten cheese sandwich. We have power. We have good catches. Our draw-through needs work, however, as the hand heights are not in unison. There is a nice mix in the boat, including, in ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=122 I have just spent five very enjoyable days on Cambridge Limmud 2006, with The Blonde. The streets were completely empty, and we befriended the Porters in the College of St. John the Evangelist, who were grateful for the company on these last few festive days. Below I have attached the ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=121 This Sabbath evening I attended the black-tie dinner for Peterhouse Boat Club, after today’s Fairbairns Regatta, which my Men’s IV has been training for the entire term. But before I detail the menu for this evening, I must of course give an account of the events on the water. After ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=120 This sabbath evening I attended a black tie dinner for Members of the Foundation of The College of St. John The Evangelist. I have transcribed the menu below, with detailed descriptions of what I personally ate and drank. Grand Prebois Marsanne- Viognierm Vin de Pays des Portes, 2005 *** Beetroot Bavarois with Smoked ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=119 I am a piece of English scum. So said an irate elderly gentleman in Borders on Friday. I was leafing through a copy of The Tablet, a Catholic magazine devoted to religion in public life, when he poked me and started screaming that I was not allowing his access to the ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=118 This term I am training in a Senior IV with the Beanpole, Ziggy and a new ex-schoolboy rower who hails from an ultra-conservative hamlet near Henley. I have taken to motivational speech CDs, and have been listening to ‘Freedom’s Finest Hour’ which narrates the genesis of American liberty, and is ... http://blade.cream.org/?p=117