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 brulee with a blueberry compote
Or
Fresh […]
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 *
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Roast Squab (Baby Pigeon) with chard and figs
Forestiere potatoes and glazed carrots
*****
Pedro Ximenez Jelly with acacia honey granita, baked quince and creme catalan.
*****
Canape Ivanhoe **
*****
Chateau Beauregard- Ducourt […]
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 discuss the nexus between security […]
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 a daunting prospect. Our fears […]
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 a strange twist of fate, […]
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 timetable for the Limmud, but […]
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 some porridge and honey, I […]
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
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Beetroot Bavarois with Smoked Eel and Mache Salad.
(I did […]
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 magazine rack. I was doing […]
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 read by Ronald Reagan. I […]
I am currently sailing between Cuba and Haiti, towards Ocho Rios, Jamaica, where I will arrive in a day or so. I am using a wireless internet capacity, in an exclusive wooden library with Caribbean water lapping at the window. I flew first class to the New World, using New York City as my […]
It is summer now, and I have been up to much, including being accepted into the upper classes of England, on a trip to the Henley Regatta with the Sabra. I wore a colonial beige suit, borrowed, with a club tie. One of my rowing coaches gave me the two V.I.P stewards’ enclosure tickets, which […]
Day 3 - May Bumps 2006
Today we were to be chasing a Downing boat who have not been doing too well, and chased by a Jesus boat who had bumped every day, and were on for blades. Well we were to DENY them, we thought, and go for the bump. The row down was in […]
May Bumps 2006- Day 2
Today we were to be chasing our perennial rivals, Fitz II. We are both strong and organised, and always slog it out against each stroke for stroke, where other lesser boats bump quickly after a few seconds of froth and fury. I went shopping at the Grafton Centre with The Sabra […]
Day 1 of May Bumps 2006
Today was the first day of May Bumps. Before I update in the next few days on trips to Paris with felons on a bus and ferry to watch Arsenal in the European Cup, meetings with the Prime Minister, blisteringly hot days on the water and grass, World […]
It is hot and I just did some ergos in the gym of the College of St. John The Evangelist. Rowing has been very technical in terms of coaching, as of late. This does not particularly float my boat, as it were, but I am sure it is necessary. There are some big blue-boat […]
Here is an update on many matters of state in the last weeks:
I am currently in the middle of an intense training camp with the rowing club, which has already consisted of video footage analysis of my stroke, and timed ergo competitions, akin to the manner in which the British Olympic boat is picked. Indeed, […]
The bog-dweller sent me the following ebullient recommendations, in the last days:
I have fallen in love with the French socialist Segolene Royal. She is waging a one-woman revolution to capture the Socialist nomination for President and with it the Elysee Palace. She tops all the opinion polls and has high praise for Tony Blair stating […]
Last two days of Bumps were gallant rows, only to be bumped by crews who gained blades in the end. We pushed them both further than any other crew had on previous days. Mays should be a different kettle of fish, as, in my opinion, we are far better placed in our division. Watch this […]
Having listened to Adieamus and some Negro Spirituals to motivate me, I made my way to the boathouse yesterday, carbed up, and with non-porkine wine-gums in pocket, and Lucazade in hand. It was the first day of Lent Bumps 2006. It was cold, and snowing at times. We had to remember the tears, blood […]