Hi There, I am Simon French and I live in Reading, Berkshire, UK.
I live for good food and good drink, and love cooking, especially for others.
I am very much an experimental cook. Recipes are for guidance only 🙂 and need to have a personal touch.
I like pretty much anything from stews and casseroles, traditional roasts etc, to exotic curries. I usually go for heavy flavours but I can do subtle.
As you may have seen from my first post, I have been experimenting with a home made smoker, more there later.
You may notice various forum names. G6ZTZ is my Radio amateur (Ham) callsign. I have been licensed since May 1983. Sumprat is a self appointed nickname. After caving with my Venture Scouts, many years ago, it was commented that I looked like a drowned rat, after emerging from a sump, hence Sump Rat, although you could pronounce it Sum Prat
Cheers,
Simon
A well fed rat is a HappyRat    A smile a day keeps the psychiatrist away.
Hello Simon, and welcome - I lived just outside Reading (23 years) till five years ago, and now in Wiltshire - whenever I go back to Reading, the traffic drives me potty - especially the A33/M4 roadworks - phew, let's not go there!
Simon, for avatar help go to 'Forum', then scroll down to the bottom of the threads, till you find 'How to and Help' - you will find avatar help on there, from Danny.
best wishes, and good luck sumprat!!
Hi and welcome Simon! Thanks for letting us know something about yourself. I guessed your screen name would be a Radio code. I can't remember how to upload avatars but will have a look and let you know if I can find a way to do it. If not, we'll have to have Danny take a look at it for you.
I'll try that again!
SumpRat said:
I live for good food and good drink, and love cooking, especially for others.
I am very much an experimental cook. Recipes are for guidance only 🙂 and need to have a personal touch.
Good stuff, Simon. Practice and experimentation are the key elements (you have to love cooking to start with).
Re cooking for others: I firmly believe that amateurcooking (us lot) for guests is at the forefront of performance art. You live or die by the subjective views of others. Just like a stand-up comedian!
Crikey - i am in pontifical mood this evening
Speaking of which, just be aware that our Moderator is a neighbour of yours. Her motto is "Have zapper. Will travel to track you down"
Never knowingly underfed
Everywhere is a long way from N. Bucks, especially S.Bucks ( where I am). No decent roads connect the two. Really daft county Bucks.
Kateuk makes things at http://www.etsy.com/shop/finkstuff and sometimes she does this too http://www54paintings.blogspot.com/ and also this http://finkstuff.weebly.com/
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