Kings Cross Square Is Nearly There
Kings Cross Square opens tomorrow and it’s nearly there.
The buses though are back and I came home on a 476 towards Islington, from in front of the station. The driver seemed pleased too, judging by the smile on his face, when I said it was good to have the stop back.
Portuguese Pork
This is one of Lindsey Bareham’s recipes that I did last night. It’s here on The Times web site.
I cooked half quantities to give me enough for a good supper.
I started by taking a pork fillet, which Waitrose had cut in half. Each half was about 200 g.
Pork, Cumin And Lemon
I cut it into small pieces and then sprinkled it was half a teaspoon of cumin. I also put some lemon juice over it and mixed it up. I then chopped up a medium onion and softened it in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, stirring every now and again. It took about ten minutes.
Cooking The Onion
I used my new Le Creuset shallow casserole and after cooking this dish, I wish I’d bought one earlier.
I then put two peeled garlic cloves and a small red chilli without the seeds and filament into my Little Chopper.
Chopping The Garlic And Chilli
This was then added to the casserole.
Onion, Garlic And Chilli
It was cooked for another five minutes, keeping it stirred.
I took a 400 g tin of chickpeas ans trained and rinsed them thoroughly. For this quantity of pork, I would only need half, but there didn’t seem to be any small tins of chickpeas.
I now turned up the heat slightly and added the pork stirring it constantly.
Cooking The Pork
After the pork had cooked, I added the chickpeas, half a chicken stock cube, 120 ml of boiling water and the remains of the cumin and lemon juice from the bowel.
Final Cooking
After simmering for perhaps 5 minutes, it was seasoned well and some finely chopped coriander was stirred in before serving.
Portuguese Pork
It was good and pretty spicy.
The MacDonald Gill Exhibition In Ealing
I was going to Ealing to see the Macdonald Gill exhibition. There’s more about the exhibition and an example, here on the BBC
The MacDonald Gill Exhibition In Ealing
It was very much worth visiting. I seem to remember one of his maps, prints or posters somewhere in my past.
Perhaps, it was in an Underground station or my father had one in his print works. He had the machines to print large posters and I wonder if before the Second World War, he’d actually been asked to print some.
I’ll never know, as his print works is long gone.
London’s First Inclined Lift Goes In
I went to Greenford station and they were well into the installation of the first inclined lift on the London Underground.
Note that the up escalator has wooden stairs. This post shows a few more pictures from nearly two years ago.
Do We Really Want To Save Preston Bus Station?
Preston Bus Station is an iconic building of the 1960s. As I’ve never used, let alone seen it, I can’t comment on the design, but it does evoke strong feelings.
The government has now given it Listed status, which doesn’t fit well with the local councils’ plans to demolish it. The BBC has a report.
I’m going to Manchester and Derby on October the first. I think it’s somewhere that deserves a visit! So perhaps, I’ll start in Preston and work my way down.
Looking at the map, it seems that the bus station, is not by the railway station. So perhaps the building is in the wrong place? After all the ideal railway station, should be integrated with the local buses, like say Barnsley, Canning Town or Sheffield.
Labour Promises To Turn The Lights Out
Ed Milliban’s promise yesterday on energy prices is the sort of vote-grabbing bribe. that is typical of third-rate politicians. Judging by the response from the energy companies, If Red Ed gets power we’ll all be in for a hard time. It’s all here on the BBC. Even Britain’s worst Prime Minister of recent years; Gordon Brown, wouldn’t have issued such a cheap promise.
I think that this pledge could have serious effects.
Suppose you were in charge of planning at a large energy company. Would you be prepared to invest in an expensive new power station in the UK, until after the election of 2015?, I suspect that other countries with more certain energy policies and prices, would be a better place for the investment!
So the lights might go out, even if Labour doesn’t win the election!
I’ve just listened to the start of the phone-in on Radio 5.
They’ve started appealing for anyone in favour of Red Ed’s idea.
The Anonymous Widower 