A camping cuppa

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This is not going to be a very interesting post. It is, however, going to be a step-by-step guide on how I made a cup of tea this morning. Again, I did warn you it wasn’t going to be interesting.

First, you need to assemble, fill, and light the stove.

Then fill the pan with just enough water to fill your mug.

Lid on the pan to help it boil faster.

Now just to clarify, I have not been bleeding on my teabags. On my camp last week, I had brought with me normal teabags and decaffeinated teabags but realised that you cannot tell the difference between the two, so this week I have put red food colouring on the leaded and green food colouring on the unleaded.

While the water is boiling, I use some milk powder and water to make a small bottle of milk. This works slightly better than just putting the milk powder directly in the tea. 

The water is boiled, apply water to mug.

Apply milk to mug, grab biscuits, and enjoy. This concludes my TED talk.

Elderflower Champagne

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I have to admit, even though I say it myself, so far, home brewing has gone pretty well. So while I wait for payday, and the money to afford new ingredients, I thought it was time for some hedgerow wine. Locally the council have very thoughtfully planted a copse of Elder trees, so I wandered down there a week or so ago to pick some of the heads for some elderflower champagne. It is one of the simplest recipes, so I didn’t think there would be much I could fuck up, but it seems that whatever I have done, it comes under the heading ‘WRONG’.

On the bright side, all I have wasted is a little time and some sugar, but I am very disappointed that I own a bucket of sugary water with twigs and shit floating in it, rather than six or so bottles of delicious elderflower champagne.

I would’ve settled for ok tasting stuff if I’m honest.

The First Tasting of the Home-brew Beer

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I know this happened a long time ago, but I forgot to post it on here, possibly because after a couple of bottles, you tend to lose track of what you were doing or planning to do. It turned out exceedingly acceptable, if a little sweet. It is supposed to be a lager with hints of lime and tequila, so I am very happy with the results. Pop in and try one 😀