Chocolate Sorcery And Other Family Treasures.

Chocolate Mug Cake (mine) (actually I think it's Michelle's)

Size six egg. In a mug. Some flour, some butter, lots of cocoa, some sugar. Adjust ratios till it's the right consistency. Doesn't matter, it can't really fail. The more you do it, you'll get the feel for what's right (just like life). Cook it till it's cooked. (In a microwave). Decorate with chocolate sauce(ry)* and m$m's. Best eaten in a break from creative mania, or alternatively creative frustration.

Chris' Lamb Shanks (younger brother) (lamb is such a christian thing to eat lol)

Lamb shanks in slow cooker. Put sprigs of rosemary, thyme, and sage together and tie some string round each end. And add them. And Delmaine Crushed Tomatoes With Olives. And decent mushrooms and cheap red wine. And potatoes or whatever. Cook till its cooked.

Rachel's Curry (older sister)

Buy a beef roast. Cut it into SDcard-sized cubes. Get six onions, blend three ** with a bulb of garlic and two inches of peeled, finely chopped ginger. chop and fry the other onions. Add the meat to the pot to brown then the onion/garlic/ginger paste. Fry for several minutes, then add 2 tsp coriander, and one of cumin and tumeric. Cook for a few more minutes then add a tin of chopped tomatoes. Cook for a few more minutes then add 250g of unsweetened greek yoghurt in three or four lots. Cook for about another hour and add chopped fresh coriander.

Andrew's Dessert (older brother).

Cut up bananas. Put in a bowl. Also put in cognac or baileys or whatever. And chocolate chips. And marshmallows if you are a girl. Microwave until cooked.

*the family chocolate sorce(ry) recipe:

butter, sugar, lots of cocoa, heat till dissolved. little bit of full cream milk maybe, unless you do want it to sediment as solid blocks at the bottom of your icecream yum

** the last time I did this was ten years ago in an undergraduate laboratory with detergent to lyse onion cells for a biology experiment. The blender's lid came off.....