I’m always very keen to be as authentic as possible in the kitchen. Sticking to the original recipe and traditional methods generally gets the best results, but it’s not always possible to do. Well what do you expect me to do, I don’t have a clay oven? Traditional spices, ghee butter and a traditional tandoori oven all help, but we can still manage to make something at home that’s close to authentic and very tasty. Like our butter chicken, this ideally needs at least a few hours marinating time, except overall this is even easier and quicker to make. Get the BBQ out if you think it’s not too late in the year, or you can use the grill in your oven. Just don’t forget the skewers. Chicken tikka (serves 4) What you’ll need 4 free range chicken breasts... Similar posts

All good men everywhere are no doubt celebrating the news that the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is planning to run for office again, which, if completed, should bring his tenure as head of state to around 30 years or so.... Similar posts

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I saw this shite on Dragon's Cock a few months back. "Whatever" I thought, "fools want to smear fake tan on their cracks, more power to you for making money out of it." I thought no more of it until I saw a link to the TV ad for the product on bigmentaldisease.com, but it was only when I saw the ad on TV during an ad-break did the stupidity of the advertising hit me.The use of the term "natural" has always irked me. Irked me in the same way that people think "drugs" are some kind of alien substance that bare no relation to anything else on the planet. Everything we see around us is "natural". Nothing is unnatural, for nature dictates it's own defintion of itself and the universe. Is it natural to mastrubate? What about sticking a finger up ones own bottom? Are mortgages natural? Heart... Similar posts

Where is My Fire Engine, Thieving Gypsy Lady?!I am can only give you a roundup of the impressive fascism-on-the-march news this week, since it have all been so busy, but you should all be inspire and motivate by seeing some of the most important people in Europe FINALLY doing some moves to promote the escape goating of foreingers, gypsises, Jews, and freemasons.The big noise in France this week was the diminutive Nicolas Sarkozy, who have had enough of the Roma encampments, with their ambiguous legality, aggressive marketing, bad news begging, cluttering the place up, making people uncomfortable in the street, and wearing burqas. Also for robbing from foreing tourists, thereby taking work from Paris's bars, bistros and hotels.After a young Roma was shot in the street in warm blood by a... Similar posts

It’s been a crazy few weeks de-cluttering and packing up our house but we made it: house cleared, storage unit locked and bags packed just in time for our flight to Miami and on to Quito. Let the fun begin! (If you’re concerned that BigB looks decidedly unhappy in that photo, don’t worry. He is still worried about how our year is going to work out, but only when he remembers to be worried – the rest of the time he’s fine.) Head on over to DeliciousBaby.com for more Photo Friday fun. Like what you’ve read? Subscribe for updates via RSS, Email, follow me on Twitter.... Similar posts

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It is Christmas in 1996. My first PC, a Pentium 133 16Mb RAM with 1.2GB HD was barely 90 days old and I had fervently played Duke Nukem 3D, Warcraft 2, Diablo, Quake and my favourites - X-Wing and Tie-Fighter since the day Mark set it up for me.In a newsagent, I my eyes were drawn to some flashy words emblazoned across the cover of a PC gaming magazine called PC Zone...EXCLUSIVE FIRST... Similar posts

One country that often gets mentioned in Ireland as being a rival in seeking foreign direct investment and promoting indigenous innovation is Singapore. Although like us an island state, and having a population of roughly the same size as ours, in terms of land mass it is one of the smallest countries in the world. To put that in perspective, it is about one-third of the size of County Westmeath. In terms of its pirorities and ambitions, there are however similarities with Ireland. Singapore has positioned itself as a global financial services centre, and has developed a strong performance in the biopharmaceutical area. It has prioritised the strategy for a knowledge society and economy, and has placed great emphasis on R&D. And now, most recently, it has taken steps to protect... Similar posts

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In the course of this month (September) two league tables will be published that, whatever we may think of them, will determine some people’s views of Irish higher education. They are the Times Higher Education world rankings (now compiled with Thomson Reuters), which will be issued on September 16, and the Sunday Times University Guide, which is typically published around September 20. Just to complicate the picture, Quacquarelli Symonds Limited  (QS), who until 2009 were the Times Higher partners for the world rankings, will continue to publish their own league table, expected to be out in October. What can we expect to see this year? The Sunday Times rankings are extremely unpredictable; the only university to have maintained the same position, as Ireland’s number 1, in... Similar posts

As the angle of light begins to change from late summer to a hint of autumn, the landscape at times calls for tunes such as Apples In Winter, and Hunter's Moon. In Ireland (and elsewere) the mist begins to come down the mountain a bit more, and the colors of sunset begin to shift. It seems right to mention, too, the very often covered jig Mist Covered Mountain. There’s an interesting version of it on the pipes by Stephen Megarity, and Grainne Hambly offers a lovely version on the harpHere is a set of songs well suited to this time of year, as well.The photographs are from Slieve Foye in the Republic of Ireland.you may also wish to seewhile you are thinking about Ireland, will you help my mini guidebook to Irish music festivals advance in a competition? to do so, give it a star rating... Similar posts

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The new Rathmines Leisure Centre, including gym and swimming pool, will be fully open to the public from Monday 27th September onwards. This is great news, and an excellent development for the village and the surrounding areas. For more information on the facilities and prices, please see this leaflet...... Similar posts

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A common refrain heard from representatives of the Government is that Anglo Irish Bank had to be saved in September 2008, else it would have brought the entire banking system down with it. Government ministers consistently and still come on air to tell us that Anglo was systemically important and that we had to save it. Just look at Lehman Brothers, they say, look at the disaster Lehman caused. Yes Lehman collapsed. Is the US better or worse off as a result, two years laters? Ben Beranke, the Fed chairman, has said something rather interesting in the context of Lehman: “I regret not being more straightforward there because clearly that has supported the mistaken impression that, in fact, we could have done something. We could not have done anything.” Bernanke told the... Similar posts

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