Good quality coffee is worth paying that little extra for. Unfortunately most Irish supermarkets don’t stock much beyond the mass produced coffees from the big brands, so I usually pick up “nice” coffee when I’m travelling. Luckily there are a growing number of specialised shops popping up in Irish towns and Carlow is no different. [...]
I grew up on cheddar. If you’re Irish and over 30(ish) you probably know what I mean. It’s not as if other cheeses were readily available in Irish shops back in the 1970s when I was growing up. So you had cheddar or you had some other bland cheeses that weren’t exactly “exciting”. More exotic cheeses [...]
I am not a vegetarian. I was a vegetarian briefly back in 1991 when I was sharing a house with a few vegetarians and my girlfriend at the time was vegetarian. I like meat. I love eating pretty much every type of meat imaginable, so the idea of me becoming vegetarian or vegan just wouldn’t [...]
I am a coffee addict. The only time I’ve ever been without coffee for any extended period of time was back in the mid 90s when I ended up being stuck in the middle of Extremadura without access to coffee for a few weeks. Weird experience when you consider how important coffee is to Spanish [...]
While cooking this evening I came across a packet of table salt that was in one of the cupboards. It’s odd. I haven’t used it in months. I completely removed salt from my diet back in January and haven’t had any reason to use salt since. Instead of salt I either use nothing or freshly [...]
I am a self-proclaimed coffee addict. In order to feed my addiction I have several coffee making devices at home, including the plunger style cafetière from Bodum. Unfortunately one of them met with an accident in the last week or so. The “beaker” was glass and it appears to have been dropped (not by me oddly [...]
If you’re watching your weight then you probably pay quite a bit of attention to what you eat. When you’re shopping you might tend towards the “light” or “fat free” or “sugar free” products that adorn so many supermarkets’ shelves. Unfortunately some of the labelling is more than a little misleading. An example I came [...]
