Category Archives: Cooking

Pog Berry returns

Posted on March 8, 2017 by thepogblog

OK, it’s getting slightly out of hand now.  I’ve moved on from toast in a big way and made another two meals.  One involved cheese sauce.  And I mean real cheese sauce that involves flour and whisking and things – not … Continue reading →

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Pog Berry!

Posted on February 19, 2017 by thepogblog

I did it! I bloody did it! I cooked a two course meal for seven and everyone has survived. (So far. I could be counting chickens as we only finished about an hour and a half ago, but I’ll take … Continue reading →

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Good bye Pog Towers. Hello….

Posted on February 14, 2017 by thepogblog

It’s finally happened. Pog Towers is no longer mine and Norman and I are staying at my parents until I buy Pog Towers 2.  It’s been a funny few days. Norman has spent most of it under my bed, but … Continue reading →

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This week in makingness…

Posted on January 13, 2017 by thepogblog

(Sorry, these things are all rather random and the day has been too long to wind them together in a better way, so in the style of ‘showing’ / ‘show and tell’ at primary school…) This week I’ve made: …Cherry Pie. … Continue reading →

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A note to Mary Berry

Posted on January 6, 2017 by thepogblog

Mary Berry, I think I might love you. Me, the Pog who mostly eats toast, actually cooked last night.  I mean, with all different ingredients that I had to buy separately and use more than one pot to combine.  I was … Continue reading →

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Christmasness

Posted on December 24, 2016 by thepogblog

For about five years I have tried making Brie and cranberry canapés for Christmas. Every year they have been a complete disaster.  I think I might have finally cracked it though! (You just have to ignore the fact that they … Continue reading →

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I made food!

Posted on July 26, 2016 by thepogblog

Tonight I made something that wasn’t toast! I roasted tomatoes – from my garden, with feta and rosemary – from my garden (not the feta, obviously) and had that with lettuce – from my garden and a jacket potato: It … Continue reading →

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Pudding club!

Posted on July 10, 2016 by thepogblog

My nearly neighbour friend is pretty much a genius. Last night a group of us decended on her house for pudding club. Nearly neighbour friend made nibbles bits of the tastiest variety and we all took a pudding. Yes, we … Continue reading →

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a healthy moment in a chocolate fuelled weekend…

Posted on March 28, 2016 by thepogblog

I may have overdone the chocolate this weekend. How could I not when my parents gave me a huge egg, and my Sisters turned into feeders by giving me these?! But I imagine I’m not the only one and I … Continue reading →

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A grown up Pog?

Posted on March 18, 2016 by thepogblog

Last week a colleague told me that reaching your 40s means you no longer have an excuse not to be a grown up, that everything starts to become more settled and sensible. I can’t think of anything worse, so even though … Continue reading →

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