The Captain's Table

Right then.  We might as well start at the top. This is it, the cornerstone of my cuisine. The sine qua non  of dinner, the ne plus ultra. So good, yet so utterly basic that it beggars belief. Ingredients: Chicken thighs Rice (long grain or basmati) Hot sauce Method: Make some rice.  Make however much rice you think you'll need, but make sure all the water is cooked out.  Here's my foolproof method that I inherited from my mother that works every time: Decide how much rice you want, and double the amount of water ready to boil (fill a kettle, basically; or if you have a  fancy boiling tap, use that). Heat oil or butter in a saucepan on high heat - choose a pan with a lid that fits. Coat the rice in the hot butter and keep it moving so it doesn't burn. When the rice is coated, add the water (which is twice the volume of the rice). Stir, making sure that any rice that made its way up the sides of the pan is all incorporated. When the liquid star...

Hello, everyone.  Looks like I might be back. I've been writing and self-publishing on the internet for about 10 years now, off and on.  During that time, I've moved four times, graduated, and been through several cycles of employment.  I started writing as a way to manage with what I'd term as a difficult living situation, one which I often wondered if I could escape through rather drastic and final measures.  Suffice to say I didn't, and well, here I am. Over the years I've helmed a few blogging projects, most of which can be found quite easily with a cursory search.  Usually tied up in concerns of surviving mundane things like studying and struggling with the concept of responsible adulthood (or what passes for it these days), I sort of lost my way towards "the end", as it stands, and the immediate previous opus is not easily palatable as I struggle with my ongoing mental and physical health, and my career.  Heavy going at the best of times. Howev...