Baby Pigeon Found

At last the answer to that age old question
“Why do you never see Baby Pigeon's”.
My Pigeon spotting posse have been searching for years and I am Proud to announce that Kimberly Hughes, head of the Thanet Baby Pigeon spotting association has not only finally found the elusive winged infant but has photographic evidence to prove it.

So please join me in congratulating Kimberly on her splendid find and I am proud to announce her new title Miss Kimberly Hughes BPSE (Baby Pigeon Spotter Excellence).

Well done Kim...

The Kaiser Keith Go Green Environmental World Saving Commute To Work On A Bike Fitness Drive.

The time has finally come, my moobs and belly have finally broken the camel’s back and Al Gore has scared the crap out of me with his "An Inconvenient Truth" carbon-neutral documentary, so I have decided to do something about it.

I have been a member or our local JJB Gym for some time now. However, as predicted by many of my close friends visits have dwindled off somewhat.

So as the sun has started to shine through what is left of our Ozone layer, I have decided to take some advice from my fellow Yomper SAS Steve. He suggested whilst passing my work place some 10 miles into the Thanet Yomp 2007, that if I cycled in every day I would be as “Fit as a fiddle”.

Well Steve! Yesterday I started the "Kaiser Keith, go green, environmental, world saving commute to work on a bike, fitness drive" and totally enjoyed it. It was quite windy and I must admit an old lady of about 86 years of age flew passed me whistling an old world war II tune, as I was gasping for breath up a long hill.

But it’s a start, so with Steve’s advice ringing in my ears, the help of men’s health motivational book “Banish your belly”, the lone of captain dog’s bike and a f**king great big climate crisis to solve, I hope to continue on, rain or shine.

Feel the Burn...
And the sore Arse Cheeks...

Devil Bird

We’ve been on a bit of a chicken buzz lately at Chez Silk. I recently bought a Moroccan Tagine and cooked up some lovely and very easy to prepare meals in it. One of which was Chicken Tagine with preserved lemons and olives. The preserved lemons were a bit tricky to get but we found them in Waitrose, they gave the dish as promised on the label a pleasant sharpness and added a zest and sweet and sour aroma.

Also on the menu was some jerk Chicken that I devoured late one night after a few beers, they were marinated in Reggae reggae sauce which I still highly recommend.

Last night we had Polla Alla Diavola or Devil chicken done on the BBQ. The dish gets its name from its look. You have to spatchcock the chicken which involves slicing out the backbone of the chicken and flattening it out prior to cooking time. The result looks like the head of the devil. Rock...

Next week we move on to Ostrich. If anyone has some good recipes, please add a comment, although spatchcocking an ostrich could pose a bit of a problem!

Fathers Day

I had a great Fathers day this year Georgia and Jed invaded our bedroom with cards and presents after I had woken from a well deserved lye-in.
Of course they had both made their cards as we have drummed into them thriftiness from an early age. They also gave me a new dressing gown, a chocolate orange and a bottle of wine from Italy with a Piaggio Vespa scooter on it. Splendid!
We then headed off to see Poppa and Nanny had laid out a fantastic feast for us all. On the way home we popped in to see Nicole’s daddy and then wizzed back to Ramsgate for baths and a quick game of snap before bedtime.