Posted in July 2007

Tight as a Gnat's Chuff

Source: Kim Mutton
Friday 27th July 2007, 12:21pm

Neither lender nor borrower be - blag it!

Credit Card Freebies

I'm still waiting to see my free £100 courtesy of First Direct but another temptation has come my way.

It seems that if yu sigh up for the BMI Classic Mastercard credit card www.flybmi.com you will be given enough air miles to fly to Moscow and back - vladivartastic!

The requirement this time is make a single purchase - any value, anywhere I recommend a party pack of pasties from Marks and Sparks and you'll get this heap of air miles.

But pay attention to the repayment - just because its a paultry amount if you miss the payement you'll be clobbered with whopping charges.

Munch on.

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Local Food for Local People

Source: Kim Mutton
Tuesday 24th July 2007, 12:31pm

Traditional Westcountry delicacies are facing oblivion as teenagers turn up their noses at regional dishes.

Millions of teenagers have never even tasted a range of local culinary delights.

Cornish pasties have fallen out of favour, fewer than one in five teenagers have tasted this rich delight. Instead, they're feasting on chips, pizza and burgers.

It gets worse! As these youngsters grow up, many will not consider serving up pasties to their own families, consigning the pasty to the history books.

As you know I loves munching Cornish pasties - but fear that traditional Westcountry dishes are losing popularity.

The Muncher believes that The food industry is partly to blame for not promoting local food. saying: "An example of that is with pasties, everyone thinks all the worst cuts of meat are used when it's quite the reverse."

Three years ago, Hartnell Fresh Foods made a concerted effort to attract younger customers and Mr Hartnell believes their success lies in educating them about the food they buy. "We take a lot of time talking to people and letting them know what's going in the food."

It is once again noted that for all the crowing about kids eating healthy food and supporting local communities the restaurants of well known chefs have yet to introduce the pasty to their menus.

Rick Stein has dabbled with the Pilchard Pie and can rustle up a mean tuna sandwich however Mr Oliver continues to steer clear of the Pasty at his Fifteen Cornwall beach cafe.

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Cor Blimey! What a load of old rubbish

Source: Kim Mutton
Tuesday 17th July 2007, 9:43am

My old man's a dustman, he wears a dustmans cap....

Gain and Declutter for free.

Freecycle - find a group

With the current hot debate about local authorities collection or not of waste and recyleables I felt it important to remember what "bin day" used to be. They came each week, found your bin (no leaving it out on the road) and emptied it into the dustcart. Job done. With the proliferation of recyling points most folk can take care of that themselves so PLEASE empty my bins weekly - Pasty maggots are an unpleasant newcomer to the Munchers new wheelies.

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How cool is this?

Source: Kim Mutton
Thursday 5th July 2007, 12:10pm

How the other half live.

Visited some old pals who have recently returned from doing some business in China - as you might guess they're rolling in it - in fact it was there "cast off" bentley that I now have the good fortune to drive.

So what Muncher? I hear you ask.

Well not only are they planning to begin a business importing bogus Chinese Antique Furniture but they also imported a whole load of stuff within their relocation package. I was blown away when I caught a glimps of this american style fridge freezer with a built in LCD TV!

Double door, water cooling, ice-making chilltastic!

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£100 FREE

Source: Kim Mutton
Tuesday 3rd July 2007, 12:14pm

Possibly the easiest hundred pounds you'll earn this month

First Direct www.firstdirect.com HSBC online banking is handing out £100 to anyone who signs up for a current account and pays in over

£1500 in the first month. 28 days after you pop in the £1500 they bung you a hundered smakeroonies AND you are free to close the account.

Take the money and run. A chap from First Direct said:"Yeah, there's nothing to stop you doing that"

Serve em right for re-naming Midland Bank the Hong Kong Phoey and Shaghai Bank Corp.

Bring back the Griffin.

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