Ok I know its been ages, and I’ve been having photo upload problems lately, but in the meantime I am going to give you a lovely simple recipe that everybody will request. I picked this up working in a restaurant and it was always a hit. I kinda jazzed it up with a few choice … Continue reading
So as usual I’m horribly busy trying to get College and big bad evil monies organised (bane of my existence, I suggest regressing to barter. I make a mean damson muffin). So, in this era where every Saturday evening my sister’s social life revolves around the X Factor, I wanted to just let ye all … Continue reading
I have spent quite a few hours of the last few days wandering around my garden and the fields, as one would expect. In doing so I have managed to collect a whopping amount of damsons, blackberries, and a large quantity of smallish (so far) cooking apples. Damsons damsons everywhere 🙂 So yesterday I had … Continue reading
So you may be wondering where on earth I have been over the last 3-4 weeks. Well, as frightfully lazy as I am lately, I come furnished with an excuse: I have been losing my sanity in Italy! Along with some of the nicest people ever, I have spent 3 weeks singing camp songs involving … Continue reading
Just when you thought you had heard it all.. Part 2 of the best sounding medical terms/jargon comes your way. Well I never! Julie supplied a few of these, a muse she is. Ependymoma Sounds like: Something you should be saying in a southern country accent (Well that’s just an ependyyyyyyymoma of a problem there … Continue reading
Sometimes you just feel like something super tasty. And there was a delivery of local fish in the butchers this morning. This got me thinking… Cod. Cod would be lovely. So I picked out a few choice pieces and off home I went.Well it was only fabulous. So here is the recipe I used! Ingredients: … Continue reading
Well it was a Friday evening. The first Friday of August. What else would we be doing but an (now regularly scheduled) irish foodies cookalong session. The theme: Seafood. Anything and everything that one could think of on a seafood theme. This is what becomes of discussing mussels on twitter! Well, being a recent sushi … Continue reading
A brown paper package tied up with string. For real. So no.3 of my favourite things: Parcels. I still look out for the postman every day in the hopes that he’ll bring me some parcel from afar. Lately he has been due to the blog and my online shopping problem. And today I hobbled downstairs … Continue reading
Drumroll please: This is a rather historic moment. The winner of the very first giveaway on Musings of a med student (and what a prize it is) is no. 29 – Sine! I used random.org to pick the winner so it was all fair and all that shebang, with farmer richie supervising, although I fear … Continue reading
2 ways. Like these guys: As all you Irish peoples know, we grew up with one savoury potato snack – the legendary Taytos. But the days have gone where the choice is so sorely limited, and tasty as the old Tayto are, it’s nice to see a bit of variety in the siopas. In saying … Continue reading
Cake in the country 