nostalgia remember when

Many people can identify with certain memories or recollections , especially those of us who are now considered "pre interneters!" and reminisce about days gone by nostalgia -- things the way they used to be before the age of computers, iPods, iPads, and the Internet.

Do You Remember When...

• Monster munch and Wagon Wheels really were bigger years ago .

• A family picnic meant spreading a blanket at the side of a busy A road road and enjoying homemade sandwiches, curled up sausage rolls, and Mr Kipling's finest.

• The martians from the Smash adverts they really were cool.

• You wondered if you really would wrinkle up if you tipped in the bath too long!

• Jim will fix it. I so wanted to go on but never wrote in.

• Rentaghost was ulttmaley the best programe on television along with mr 'Ben' 'Jamie and the Magic torch'

'The Spy who loved Me' I loved the Underater car The Lotus Espirit S1 it was my favourite car. I love james Bond anyway but as everyone has a Doctor Who of their generation. This car is my car of the my James Bond era. And when Corgi bought a model of this car out I was there it was my heaven , while other little girls where playing with Sindy and that Barbie I was playing with cars, cap guns swords and Mr Potato head.

Meowgon Pawney cooks @Very Lazy food Chicken Chasseur.

I knew that you couldn't what to see the happy chef Meowgon Pawney again the temperamental chef that swear like a trooper.

Well those nice chaps and the lovely ladies over at Very Lazy food decided to send me their Chicken Chasseur concentrate to cook with.

Simple....

You require the concentrate of course and a willing assistant, well sort of willing and taking a break from world domination.

Rollie is smiling within honest.

Add the chicken and the onion and brown for 2 minutes.

Add the Lazy Food Chicken Chasseur concentrate.The recipe calls for tin mushrooms for some reason I much prefer fresh so that's is what I added.

Add a can of tin tomatoes cook for ten minutes.

Voila the chasseur served with potatoes as suggested.

I 'd like to see some posh easy suggestions of how to do potatoes apart from the obvious mash that you can do, all in all and enjoyable recipe to cook and only takes 5 minutes preparation and 15 minutes cooking.

Rollie says cook with Very Lazy Food or else he'll smile.

Don't worry all surface are wiped down if I ever invite you to dinner....

A Hampton Court review.

Here I am working at a school as a teaching assistant a world a away for what I am qualified for. You may indeed wonder what I am qualified for? NASA space scientist =No, Nobel peace prize winner= No, or maybe an angst poet= sadly No.

Well its heritage Conservation , "Whats that" I hear you cry? Well its the care of old buildings and artefact's . I have a qualification from Nottingham University it called an ordinary Certificate which equates to the first year of a degree.  I have further qualification from Derby University in American Studies which would add further to the completion of a full degree.

Why don't I go for it , I don't now really., I suppose its cost , it would cost be a fortune to pursue my dreams of being an archaeologist or museum curator.

So I am instilling my love of history and archaeology into my son who is loving it. We were all really impressed when we went to Hampton Court for the day a few weeks ago , J totally loved it. I love the way children from a young age are immersed into the history of Hampton court. Children and even adults can dress up as people from Tudor times. And it was great fun to see Henry the 8th wandering into the chapel, there was musicians playing,it was a joy there was something every corner you turn. The palace is larger than you think so you need a whole day there. However, we were there over 6 hours and didn't get to see all the palace, and not all of the the gardens as well. You can see the gardens from the palace and there are descriptions of them through the audio commentary when you walk around.

J enjoying looking at the highly intricate ceilings at Hampton Court.

Hampton Court Palace

The wine flows from this fountain on a Bank holiday!.

J loving the interactive features in abundance at Hampton Court Palace.

Tudor kitchen hands spit roasting chickens.

Hampton Court gardens.

A plethora of History here long may it reign!

New! Royal Beasts at the Tower of London
For 600 years animals were held in the Royal Menagerie.  And now they're back!  
See how the Tower would have looked, smelt and sounded before the animals left, 
with stunning life-size sculptures of lions, baboons, a polar bear and more.  To 
book visit http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon




Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that looks after the Tower of 
London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew 
Palace. Although the palaces are owned by The Queen on behalf of the nation, we 
receive no funding from the Government or the Crown, so we depend on the support 
of our visitors, members, donors, volunteers and sponsors.  Our aim is to help 
everyone explore the story of how monarchs and people have shaped society, in 
some of the greatest palaces ever built.

Nando's crisps, cashews and mixed nuts the review ... its hot

Nandi Peri-Peri Cashews

I never knew that Nando's did crisps and nuts, following on the wave of the Lee Evans jokes about Nando ( they were positive of course and the joke was that Nando's are everywhere). I discovered that there was more to this brand that just their restaurants. So I was sent some of there hot snacks for review.

There is a hotness gauge on the back so if you can't handle it , you really only have yourself to blame. the gauge ranges from "I like brown paper packages tied up with string" to " I like the taste of napalm in the morning"

PERi-PERi Chicken Crisps

PERi-PERi Chicken is what we do best at Nando’s, and so it would be criminal to launch our chips without including PERi-PERi Chicken as a variety.

With a medium heat, these chips are packed with flavour, combined with a healthy kick of PERi-PERi. Incredibly moreish and great for sharing, available in 150g and now 40g bags.

For me personally the medium had just the right level of spiciness without me having to permanently suck the cold water tap dry.

The first crisp we tried were the Peri- peri chicken groove cut these are very good as well if you are coeliac as they are gluten free, and I know it is hard to fin great tasting snacks if you are coeliac.


On the other hand I couldn't handle the hotness of the Hot peri- peri groove cut though my husband who can eat anything loved them and even my son who doesn't ever like spicy food enjoyed them.  I am hoping this will broaden his horizons into other foods as well.

The other products myself and I husband were unsure on were the Peri -Peri cashews and the mixed nus but that's just our personal taste.

Dishwasher Magic and Washer Magic review

LEAN ON THE INSIDE!
Give your dishwasher a thorough clean with Dishwasher Magic, £3.99 - it sits in your cutlery tray and will remove any build-up of food, grease or scum.

I had never used a product like this before and I was really pleased with the results. I have gone from a smelly dishwasher to a sparkling clean one .  I shall use this as often as my dishwasher tells me to my the way it smells and looks.

Dishwasher Magic disinfects which is a relief especially as you set your machine to clean your dishes while you are at work and they can often be left sitting in dishwasher for hours on end.

Its very simple to use, you just take the cap off leave the wax seal on, this melts in the hot water and pop upside down in the cutlery basket.

You just switch it on a wait for the cycle to run.

After running this through my dishwasher it was if I had bought a new machine it was all shiny and clean. This has increased my confidance in using my dishwasher as I know that using this product regularly will keep the nastiness away.

Now all I need is a magic husband at my beck and call...

Washer Magic, £3.99, can be poured into your washing machine dispenser drawer to remove bacteria and odour-causing residue that builds up. Both available at unifit.co.uk.

Designed to remove odour-causing residue from your washing machine.

Very easy to use just pour a little onto a cloth and wipe round the rubber seal and then rinse off with a damp cloth, that's the hard bit out of the way. Next pour 1/3 of the bottle where you'd normally put the powder. Then do a normal wash cycle with the hot water setting and that's all there was to it.

There was no residue left after using it and it defiantly freshened up my machine and shall be repeating the process again in a few months.

Washer Magic removes soap scum, iron and mineral stains which improves your washing
machine's ability to wash clothes. It will improve the lifespan of your washing machine and clothes! It is safe to use in any washing machine as it is non-corrosive.

If only it could do the ironing ....................