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Elvis Parsley

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About Me

Man about Chester with a kitten.



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My Interests

Cooking, drinking, sleeping, Adam Sandler, rock, boobies, geeky sci fi stuff.

I'd like to meet:

The man who wrote "You Are A Pirate", Elvis, Larry David, Mel Brooks, David Tennant, Tom Baker, the man from Camelot with a £5 million cheque and Brian Wilson.

Music:

The Feeling only went and made the cleverest album in 20 years, 12 Stops And Home.

Movies:

Serenity, The Producers, Josie And The Pussycats, Beavis And Butthead Do America, Happy Gilmore, Kevin Smith stuff, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, etc etc etc. Not girls' films though as I am not a girl.

Television:

My Name Is Earl, Doctor Who, Life On Mars, Torchwood, Father Ted, owt with Vic Reeves in it, Manimal, One Foot In The Grave, Firefly, Match Of The Day (when Villa win). And Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Books:

Cooking books, stuff about Brian Wilson, biographies and funny real life Gorman/Wallace type things.

Heroes:

Paul McGrath, Jason Lee, Doctor Who, Jamie Oliver, Sarah Silverman, Elvis, Larry David, Adam & Joe, Frank Sidebottom, Father Dougal Maguire, Jimmy Nesbitt, John Simm.

My Blog

It’s 5.30 am......

Sorry chaps, I'm doing this working away from home thing at the moment and haven't had chance to blog any new recipes for a little while.Promise there will be three, yes, three new ones next weekend.H...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:36:00 PST

Cauliflower Cheese Soup

This is a bit similar to one of Nigel Slater's soups so I'm sort of cowering in his glory here.Serves 41 large cauliflower, cut into little pieces1 white onion, chopped2 cloves garlic, choppedParmesan...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:54:00 PST

Proper Nice Chunky Chilli (batch cooking part 2)

I was never a fan of red kidney beans and always thought that you may as well stick cotton wool balls in your dinner for all the taste sensation they impart.  So my chilli doesn't have them in, b...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:44:00 PST

Parsley's Pork Balls

Dead easy, this.  Dead tasty, too1 pack pork mince4 spring onions, choppedLarge handful of grated parmesanPinch of dried chilli flakesSalt & pepperPut everything into a bowl and work it all t...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:29:00 PST

Grrrrrrr.

So I sit here for 40 minutes typing an amusing and informative account of my attempts to make pork scratchings.  You'd have been delighted, repusled and convulsed with laughter, it was that good....
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:22:00 PST

No No No No No

Despite the fact that his wife did her utmost to destroy rock music in the 1980s, Al Gore should be ashamed of himself.  Save the planet?  Save Madonna's twitching corpse of a career, more l...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:29:00 PST

Dear Reader

If we've never met before, hello.  If I know you already, have you seen how svelte I got?So I got my first few recipes up and a few people have looked, cooked, and responded.  Thanks to you ...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:39:00 PST

Parsley's Haddock Loin with Pesto Cream and Bacon

I thought of this last weekend when I had some pesto knocking about (left over from Pesto Pollo, of course).  It's another low carb thing, but you could serve it with a nice buttery mash, or even...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:32:00 PST

Parsley's lasagne (Batch cooking part 1)

This is the first part of my "batch cooking" series.  When I first learned to cook I wanted to get stuff in the freezer that could be fished out before work in the morning and reheated at dinner ...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:11:00 PST

Parsley's Stuff What I Used To Do With Potatoes

Oh, I remember potatoes fondly.  This is quite basic stuff but it's some of the methods I used to use to make spuds ace.Roasties - Peel your taters and cut them into roastie-sized pieces.  G...
Posted by Elvis Parsley on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:49:00 PST