I was and remain huge fan of Keith Floyd. I had always suspected it but having read a couple of his books it’s clear that off camera he was a deeply unpleasant man. But so what? He enjoyed life, did what he wanted and now is remembered as a genuine food hero. Seems to me that everyone that has come along since have never lived up to the standard he set.

Actually I used to watch Jamie Oliver cooking (when I still watched tv) and I picked up a lot of tricks from him to use at home

However, the fun bit about him was that it all looked so easy and quick (and it mostly was), that he had a few good tricks and tips as well of ideas of combinations of food/spices. But the menues mostly seemed to be "normal stuff" you eat at home. I don't know if I'd visit a restaurant of his where he's most likely not even cooking.

Not very enticing.

ooh aye, thanks for the reminder McT, this in turn reminds me of the two rather large lads who rode motorbikes, I enjoyed watching them but cannae remember their names.

Let's just say M&S and Victoria's Secret are at opposite poles on so many issues....

The Hairy Bikers!

None of the frilly stuff. Solid, robust, reliable, you know what you get...like Scottish food, really!

Floyd's India remains my bible of Indian cooking. What a fantastic book!

aye, puts hair on your sporran!

He started a massive UK campaign to improve the nutritional content and variety of school lunches and also, i think, increase central government funding for each meal. He also tried to start a healthy eating campaign in the US a few years ago but I don't think he got very far. School dinners were fairly successful though.

Not to forget Mary Berry.

I‘m looking for a buffalo to wash my hands in.

Is that's why they skip the underwear part, sometimes?

I wouldn't today, it is 0 deg now.

yes, what's under the kilt is always solid, robust and reliable too. Everything is in harmony in Scotland!


-4C on the car temperature gauge this morning, so perhaps it is a good idea to leave the kilt at home, aye!

yeah, yeah, talk is cheap.

I was always told the reason that nothing is worn under kilt is that it's all in perfect working order.

Whereas the contrary I don't want think about.

You're remembering the great Spike Milligan who said...


"Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order" said with that seriously blank Milligan stare!

The best way to work out which tartan a Scotsman is wearing. Lift up the kilt, if you see a quarterpounder, it‘s McDonald‘s.

I got a Noddy Holder one Christmas. Now I need somewhere to store my other Enid Blyton books.