American Football explained

Far too busy to do a proper post but a few things in the pipeline - Weed of the Week No.3, Frobishers Country Kitchen (new recipe), cold frame planting plus "the town where I live", which basically is a few photos of the town i live in, not where I was born, but I've been here a few years now so as good as - taken by yours truely. Toodle Pip!

Frobishers Country Kitchen - Brown Rice Salad

Been feeling like eating healthy recently - had a great lunch today at the Salad Centre. It was Gnocchi & Squash Bake with sage/three bean & chickpea salad with sesame seeds. Takes me back to my veggie days. So thought I'd eat healthy tonight and this is one of my favourites - Brown Rice Salad!

8oz brown rice (if you don't use brown rice don't bother, it's the only good one)
4 spring onions, chopped (or scallions - why do our colonial cousins call them this?)
1 red peoper, seeded and chopped
2oz raisins
2oz salted cashews (the plain ones taste like nothing)
2 tbsp chopped parsley
2 tablespoon of soy sauce
4 tablespoons olive oil
handful of pumpkin seeds, dry toasted in wok with no oil

Cook rice, mix in soy sauce and olive oil, allow to cool a little, mix in parsley/raisins/cashews. Do pumpkin seeds just before serving and sprinkle on top. The great thing about this dish is you can add/substitute stuff - add sunflower seeds, peanuts instead of cashews. Goes with meat, fish, veggie stuff or by itself in a pitta bread. Try it your colon will thank you.

Spring has sprung

20th March the official 1st day of spring. Was thinking of going to Stonehenge to celebrate the Spring Equinox - but it was far too cold to be hanging about with a load of smelly old hippies & druids. I always think Stonehenge is a great disappointment it's just a circle of large-ish stones in a circle stuck next to a busy A-road. When I lived in Wiltshire we used to go to the free festival held in a field opposite every year which was far more fun. It's a shame that people come from all over the world to see it, it must be so disappointing. I find Avebury circles far more interesting and spiritual.

Also today is the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, hardly anything to celebrate - an illegal war which has bought misery and despair to the Iraqi population in the name of "democracy". A survey today reveals that over 60% of the British population think it was a bad idea. 60%+?? - I'm surprised the figure wasn't higher, just goes to show that there are plenty of idiots still about. And why are Bush & Blair still in power? they should be tried as War Criminals as they forced us into this unholy (no pun intended) mess.

Do you like the picture above? It was sent to me by the lads of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment! for some reason they seem to think I'm a single, 18-year-old blonde called Debbie! Whatever gave them that idea? still if it keeps up their morale who am I to argue?

Health matters - done my knee in on St Patricks Night, fell in a ditch - I was crying with pain, MrCuntt was also crying, with laughter. Still it seems to be ok, just swollen and heavily bruised.

Wigstock!

Well, goaded into action by the terrible MJ - I've dug into the family album and pulled out a couple of photo's of me in my favourite wig!

It was always at the end of the evening, and with trusted friends the "wig" came out. It was stolen after a party one night and never seen again, I have had various reports about it's whereabouts, and have my own conspiracy theories.

God I loved that wig.

Was Jesus a pot head?

I've been doing some research and found out that it's well documented that Cannabis was used as an incense by the ancient Jews in the temples of Assyria and Babylon because its aroma was pleasing. Tens of thounsands would gather for Friday night worship within a fragrant cloud of Kanabosom (marijuana) smoke, and then return home to the feast of the week with inspired appetites (munchies).

So begs the question - was Jesus a stoner? cannabis was also used in an anointing oil in some religions, notably Christianity, and possibly even by Jesus himself! Lets take it back to the Three Wise Men who travelled to Bethlehem. The liklihood was that at least one of the three men was a Zoroastrian. This Persian religion - which began around the seventh century BC and is still alive today - is believed to hold cannabis as the chief sacrament of its priest class and its most important medicine. Hemp takes the prime position in the sacred text, the Avesta, which lists over 10,000 medicinal plants - surely the perfect gift for the Son of God.

Clue 2. What exactly was the "fragrant cane" God was referring to when he passed on his receipe for "the holy anointing oil" to Moses (Exodus 30:22-25). The God squad have tried to tell us that it might have been the aromatic herb calamus, but the Hebrew word 'Kanabosom' sounds very much like cannabis, its root word 'kan', meaning either hemp or reed, is found in many ancient laguages.

Clue 3. Many of Jesus' miraculous healings performed with his potent oil. Within Judaic culture, cannabis was readly available and had a long association with healing uses, and nowhere in the Bible is it banned or criticized. Rather, God felt pretty good about all the plants he created and specifically praised "every herb bearing seed" (Genesis 1:29). Instructions were even given to "Harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower." (Isaiah 18:4-5). Sounds like those buds are ready Isaiah!

The annointing oil was probably myrrh (commiphora myrrh) cinnamon (cinnamomum zeylanicum) cannabis (cannabis sativa) cassia (cassia ancienne/acacia farnesiana) in a base of olive oil. Mix these spices and oil in a dark glassed bottle and shake vigorously and voila! your ready to go anointing brows. I just can't wait for the local vicar to pop round for a heated theological over a spiff.

How to trip the light bulbtastic!

DUE TO A GREY LEGAL AREA THE FOLLOWING POST HAS BEEN SERVERELY EDITED. NORMALLY WE HERE AT IDLE WORSHIP LAUGH IN THE FACE OF CENSORSHIP, BUT HAVE DECIDED TO BOW TO PUBLIC PRESSURE.

But remember Smoking Crystal off silver foil is bad for you - the fumes from aluminium can give you Alzhiemers

Camel Racing in Dorset

Well, a bit late but here's a few pics of Sunday at the Camel point-t0-point races in Bradbury Rings, Dorset. Cast:- Me, MrCuntt, Beast & Jackey. A cold, windy day - met a crazy American woman Beast works with who eats squirrels! she loves them and went into great detail of all the dishes you can prepare with them - she even shoots them, bloody savage. As a holiday treat she bought back various dried squirrel products for her co-workers, nice.







I thought I'd have a competition! Who is this person carrying a re-usuable Tesco's finest carrier bag filled with Stella Artois??? Answers please!

Here's Harry!

I am organising a coach trip up to London to see Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) in the play Equus, please can I have names and deposits (£50 each) by Saturday, bring your own sandwiches and booze for the journey. Who says you don't get culture on this blog.