Food

    Kate baked a lemon loaf to feed the hordes at an event yesterday. Sadly, it’s bit dry, so we’ve some left. We can’t let it go off – that would be a waste. What’s a boy to do? Hmm.

    Stop the world's first octopus farm

    A Spanish company, Nueva Pescanove, wants to establish the world’s first commercial octopus farm.

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    I can thoroughly recommend The Custard Pie in Paraparaumu, on the corner of Mazengarb Road and Realm Drive. As the name suggests, there is a good selection of custard pies and cream doughnuts. I had the boysenberry cream doughnut and Kate had the passionfruit custard doughnut. Both delicious.

    Our friends Helen and John met us there and we went to their place for lunch; pizza and doughnuts — a perfect combination unless you can’t eat fat or cream (which would be very sad).

    First time for foods

    I’ve been reminiscing lately about the first time I had a particular food.

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    Peanut butter fan

    My wife and I were talking at lunchtime about how much we like our favourite peanut butter; the crunchy Pic’s butter.

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    I had my first experience of Southland cheese rolls with dinner last night. I can’t say I’m an instant fan. The tomato soup was on another level, however. Delicious.