Tomato Sauce
What is it about tomato sauce? It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t like it. As a youngster, one of our grandsons would have quite happily splurted it over most meals. You guessed it:...
Monthly Archive: March 2021
Billy Goat Gruff
Graham R. Cooper He’s so much the opposite that June has named him ‘Chappie’. ‘Chappie’ with an ‘ie’ is a name that she feels really suits our good-tempered young billy goat. What’s more, it’s...
Chimney Sweep Boys
Flue sweep? Not many open fires around these days. And no chimney sweep boys spending their formative years coated in black soot as they climb inside them and destroy their lungs. They were true...
Pee, poo ‘n pasture
When I order ‘pea, pie and pud’, I get a pie topped with mashed potato and peas.* The Railway Cafe in Timaru serves it with a mountain of potato and a gravy moat: on...
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands Well, you get in that kitchen, Make some noise with the pots ‘n pans * Face...
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