Category Archives: cookery

Victoria Wood on vegetables

Posted on October 29, 2025 by odeboyz

“My children won’t even eat chips because some know-all bastard at school told them a potato was a vegetable.”

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Cooking for Slackers: When parents come to tea

Posted on September 17, 2025 by odeboyz

Debris in the kitchen/living room must be removed. Not doing so is sub-optimal. To business. Offering a cup of coffee1 is standard unless they’re hard-core and want tea. But you will spring a surprise. There will be wonderful plates of … Continue reading →

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Cooking for Slackers: A bacon sandwich

Posted on September 3, 2025 by odeboyz

The ‘Mission Statement’ of Cooking for Slackers says food should be cheap, quick and cheerful. A bacon sandwich is a multi-purpose meal. It cures hangovers, it’s one in the eye for food fascists, it’s incredibly tasty, minimalist, fast, cheap, and cheerful. No Slacker … Continue reading →

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Cooking for Slackers: The Photo

Posted on August 15, 2025 by odeboyz
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Cooking for Slackers: Cheerful scrambled eggs

Posted on June 11, 2025 by odeboyz

The ‘Mission Statement’ of Cooking for Slackers says food should be cheap, quick and cheerful. It’s the ‘cheerful’ bit that often goes missing. Good food? Yes. Cheerful? Possibly not. So, cheerfulness is now included in this recipe. The basic Slacker … Continue reading →

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The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Designer Chocolate

Posted on January 15, 2025 by odeboyz

“My current favourite is Rozsavolgyl Csokolade – Sur Del Largo, £9:95/70gr, Venezuelan beans, made in Hungary; this bar is ‘beautifully balanced’ – the notes say so and I agree. Very classy, so tasty and elegantly wrapped.” Annalisa Barbieri Observer Magazine … Continue reading →

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Capitalism Hard At Work

Posted on November 16, 2024 by odeboyz
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Cooking for Slackers: Convenience food

Posted on November 6, 2024 by odeboyz

People think Slackers love convenience food. They’re wrong. (1) they’re expensive and (2) they’re inconvenient. Inconvenient? Slackers are addicted to cheap, quick food. Cheap doesn’t mean unhealthy. It means good food that’s cheap. A look at the cooking instructions and … Continue reading →

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Cooking for Slackers: Barista Coffee

Posted on September 11, 2024 by odeboyz

Everyone hates being ripped off by coffee shops and their inferior drinks. Their drinks are carefully concealed behind infantile flavours. Flavours masking tasteless buckets of coffee to try to make them drinkable. However, coffee shops also provide a space for … Continue reading →

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A non-gentrified pub

Posted on August 24, 2024 by odeboyz
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