Posted in August 2009

Guardian Double Standards Ohh Betty

Source: Kim Mutton
Wednesday 26th August 2009, 5:29pm

Climate Camps are being set up, The Guardian readership are up in arms...chatter about climate change

I appreciate why the Guardian hosts articles like Mr Monbiot's - they're selling eyeballs to advertisers - but why does Mr Monbiot writing an article for a newspaper and website that encourages global warming by advertising cars and air flights and foreign holidays?

Is the Guardian exempt from its climate change responsibilities?

My Actions for Climate Change

I've replaced the light bulbs with the low energy variety.

I now recycle everything (though have to undertake a 15 mile carbom emitting round trip to nearest recycling point - quite regularly as storage of my recycling is an issue).

I'm very proud of my 8"'s of insulation in the loft.

Everything is switched off at the wall when not in use.

Am working hard at using less oil for heating - have a blanket over back of the couch ready for use when shivering occurs (lord knows how we'll fair in winter).

Work dictates the amount of petrol we use so can do nothing to reduce that (no public transport available I'm afraid) -have to work, bills to pay.

If finances allow, hope to install a better wood burning stove to provide some of the heating - can't afford geothermal, sorry.

Can't afford a wind turbine or solar panels either.

I imagine my lifesyle is pretty representative of the majority so what more can we (joe public) do to save the planet?

Climate change

What use are the threats of climate change catastrophe to us? If you want to get us on board please offer some sensible workable solutions and stop blaming us, the public, the consumer. We're not to blame for this mess.

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In Cider Dealing - Van-tastic!

Source: Kim Mutton
Wednesday 12th August 2009, 3:52pm

Cider ideas....

The French are once again complaining.

This comment was made by a soap dodging associate of mine on a national newspaper which asked - "what's your best cider recipes?

Moules Marinières cooked in cider instead of white wine. Much much better!
When we used to visit my Granny in Dorset in the 70s (before it became Disneyland for City boys) we would drop in on a farm near Yetminster and buy a cubi of dry flat cider which we would drink with just about anything. This was my first introduction to alcoholic drink (age 13 or 14 I suppose) with meals. It was good stuff, even the cat drank it (out of a saucer) and it was in fact cheaper than milk - amazing what you can blame on the cat after a sip or two.

Importing Cider form the West Country to France

My associate continued...

I live in Paris where it is very hard to get good cider, most of tasting of nothing although with a pretty low alcohol content which isn't bad (it is deemed ok for chidren here).

By the way I notice Waitrose (Oh La La) own brand is highly perfumed and delicious tho at 7° quite strong. Getting out and about to the country where they make it is definitely the way to go.

Late in autumn we fly over to Exeter and hire a van. We combine a tour of the west country with sourcing the freshly made cider.

Van hire for profit

We can easily fill the van with a variety of ciders which we are legally able to take back over the channel on the ferry from Portsmouth.

Then here's the brillaint bit - return with a full van load.

Saint Malo to the South West - Gift Ideas

We know how crazy the English are on the run up to Christmas and for the return of the hire van we stuff it full of all the smoked meats, stale cheeses and mouldy garlic that are left over from our wonderful gastronomique boutiques and bring it to the UK for Continental Christmas markets where they are sanpped up as desperate last minute gift idea.

This year we hope to include a whole load of cheap but stylish lingerie - can't wait to see the looks of surprise when we explain that French women adore the musk of garlic and cured meats on their sexy lingerie - c'est bonne n'est-ce pas?

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