Surviving A Zombie Apocalypse In The Beast
As a naturally positive and realistic person I have come to the conclusion that with the van we would be well placed, should the need arise, to survive at least the first wave of a zombie apocalypse. It’s important to consider, because otherwise what if it comes up on a pitch application. An unprepared trader would not be able to give a satisfactory answer. When the attack is initially announced you take the opportunity to stock up the van with fuel and food. During the on-season we will have all this ready to go, so ideally we’d need an apocalyptic infection on a Friday, just before a long weekend. The trick is to not panic at this stage, because that’s what everyone else is doing. So we pack everything into the van, including the generator, the...
Buying a Generator
It’s October the 31st, and I have had to spend an entire day being jolly about Halloween. I’m done now. Maybe it would have lasted a bit longer if there had been kids at the door dressed up demanding chocolate, but there weren’t. Possibly due to the rain, possibly due to the nap I took right after getting cosy on the sofa to write this while I waited. In the evenings when Barny is out I only have the uplighter in the lounge on, so I can sit beneath it in plenty of energy saving fluorescence while the rest of the house sleeps. I tend not to put music on either, because I quite enjoying being able to hear the keys of the laptop tap away; the sound of getting things done. My little pool of silent light becomes everything until I hear the scrunch of...
The Tropical Juice Theorem
Two weeks ago we were at the East Midlands Food Festival in Melton Mowbray. It was a crisp, chilly weekend with lots of azure sky and a higher density of conversations about the weather than I have ever previously experienced. We sold two boilers full of tea and coffee, and we made a scientific breakthrough on the subject of fizzy drinks. First thing on Sunday we sold a coffee to a steel drums musician. He then unpacked his kit and played for most of the day just opposite the van. At the same time our sales of Rio, which we describe as being “a bit like Lilt, but more mango”, went through the roof. Having shifted the best part of a case of Rio he stopped, and so did the Rio sales. Caribbean music, we deduce, is directly proportionate to tropical...
The Leamington Food Festival 2012
This weekend will be the anniversary of the Wocky, a whole year after his very first ever event. We will be bringing toasties and tables, and will be able to actually enjoy playing to our home crowd, rather than being terrified that we might get too busy, or that no one would by anything, or that whatever they were buying would explode. The whole weekend sticks in my mind far more clearly than many of the festivals that have come since. I can still remember our first ever customer quite vividly. He bought the carrot and chickpea bhajis and was not aware of the great historical significance of his purchase until we told him about it. It was the strangest feeling, actually finally selling something we had spent such a long time preparing. Not just the 4 days of...
Meanwhile, in Scotland
While I was standing in the rain at the Oxford Food Festival last weekend I was also missing the annual holiday with the best friends. This year they went to Scotland, a place I would love to go and which, by all accounts, had better weather than Oxford. Thankfully, along with a lovely collection of postcards, I was allowed to keep this. Thanks to @Clarissa_Widya and next time I promise I’ll save the...
Street Food in Cuba
Certain parts of the Caribbean are renowned for their cuisine. Cuba is renowned from rum, coffee and cigars, and that pretty much explains why they didn’t have time for food. I would have to regretfully inform you that even while almost all of Cuban life is conducted at street level, the food was never terribly exciting. At street level it consisted of the medianoche, a cheese and ham sandwich which was nominally toasted, but mostly just left in the sun. There was also the fried slices of pastry with sugar, which tasted of fried slices of pastry with sugar. Chirros, which we have over here these days, and lastly the street pizza. Easily the tastiest, but recognisably pizza-like. So I thought they might appreciate a Jabberwocky. ...
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