<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from ashy-macbean.blog-city.com</title><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 ashy-macbean.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from ashy-macbean.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Drosophila</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/drosophila.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/drosophila.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=drosophila</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There's a single banana that's been lying in the kitchen for ages and now it's surrounded by wee fruit flies...they're kinda cute.]]></description></item><item><title>Todays news in pictures</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/todays_news_in_pictures.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/todays_news_in_pictures.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=todays%5Fnews%5Fin%5Fpictures</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A couple of interesting events happening today...]]></description></item><item><title>Home grown kaffir lime leaves</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/home_grown_kaffir_lime_leaves.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/home_grown_kaffir_lime_leaves.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=home%5Fgrown%5Fkaffir%5Flime%5Fleaves</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I thought I'd do an update on the home tree situation. The lime tree count is now up to five...]]></description></item><item><title>Salted basil and oregano</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/salted_basil_and_oregano.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/salted_basil_and_oregano.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=salted%5Fbasil%5Fand%5Foregano</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I cut down the last of my window ledge herbs and salted them for the winter. I thoroughly recommend trying this....]]></description></item><item><title>Pumpkin and spinach gnocchi</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/pumpkin_and_spinach_gnocchi.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/pumpkin_and_spinach_gnocchi.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pumpkin%5Fand%5Fspinach%5Fgnocchi</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, I tried the recipe I said I was planning yesterday and it worked really well.....]]></description></item><item><title>Pumpkin season again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/pumpkins_and_sounds.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/pumpkins_and_sounds.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pumpkins%5Fand%5Fsounds</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yes, it's that time of year again. I bought a beautiful pumpkin a few days ago and I'm still trying to get through it....]]></description></item><item><title>Swans in Rothesay Bay</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/swans_in_rothesay_bay.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/swans_in_rothesay_bay.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=swans%5Fin%5Frothesay%5Fbay</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here's a wee picture I took from Rothesay pier in  on the Isle of Bute..]]></description></item><item><title>Rambling and brambling</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/rambling_and_brambling.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/rambling_and_brambling.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rambling%5Fand%5Fbrambling</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Just spent a couple of weeks on the Isle of Bute in the west coast of Scotland. There's a heavy crop of succulent brambles this year and we took time to collect some whenever we were out walking.]]></description></item><item><title>Beetroot juice boosts stamina...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/beetroot_juice_boosts_stamina.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/beetroot_juice_boosts_stamina.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=beetroot%5Fjuice%5Fboosts%5Fstamina</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But you have to drink a lot of it. Ever tried getting the juice out of beetroots?]]></description></item><item><title>Up hill or down hill?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/up_hill_or_down_hill.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/up_hill_or_down_hill.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=up%5Fhill%5For%5Fdown%5Fhill</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Imagine you lived in a city that was built on a plain, but the plain was gently and evenly sloping.  Imagine had a bicycle and imagine you could choose where to live in the city. Would you choose to live uphill or downhill from the shops?]]></description></item><item><title>A plague of locusts...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/a_plague_of_locusts.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/a_plague_of_locusts.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fplague%5Fof%5Flocusts</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...in our bedroom. Maybe they heard it was a vegetarian house.]]></description></item><item><title>New season garlic... and fresh dill</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/new_season_garlic_and_fresh_dill.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/new_season_garlic_and_fresh_dill.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fseason%5Fgarlic%5Fand%5Ffresh%5Fdill</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Just came back from the market where I bought two beautiful bulbs of fresh, new season garlic. 'Wet garlic' the man called it. It smells wonderful and I can't wait to chop up a few cloves and fill the house with the the mouth-watering smell.]]></description></item><item><title>Ashy&apos;s Arboretum</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/ashys_arboretum.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/ashys_arboretum.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ashys%5Farboretum</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It all started with an olive tree birthday present from my mate. It was just a wee thing with only two tiny leaves that took three months to grow that far...]]></description></item><item><title>The most revolting dish ever devised?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/the_most_revolting_dish_ever_devised.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/the_most_revolting_dish_ever_devised.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fmost%5Frevolting%5Fdish%5Fever%5Fdevised</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And it's vegetarian, too.... brilliant! I'm going to try it....]]></description></item><item><title>Soup can help you lose weight</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/soup_can_help_you_lose_weight.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/soup_can_help_you_lose_weight.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=soup%5Fcan%5Fhelp%5Fyou%5Flose%5Fweight</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I always thought a liquid diet was the best....]]></description></item><item><title>Bringing beavers back to Scotland....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/bringing_beavers_back_to_scotland.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/bringing_beavers_back_to_scotland.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 05:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bringing%5Fbeavers%5Fback%5Fto%5Fscotland</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...the countdown has begun. The beavers are completing their statutory six-month quarantine period before being released into the wild this spring.]]></description></item><item><title>If pigs could fly... but swine flu! And nobody took any notice....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/if_pigs_could_fly_but_swine_flu_and_nobody_took_any_noti.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/if_pigs_could_fly_but_swine_flu_and_nobody_took_any_noti.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=if%5Fpigs%5Fcould%5Ffly%5Fbut%5Fswine%5Fflu%5Fand%5Fnobody%5Ftook%5Fany%5Fnoti</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA['A swelling number of scientists believe swine flu has not happened by accident. No: they argue that this global pandemic – and all the deaths we are about to see – is the direct result of our demand for cheap meat.' - from the Independent today.]]></description></item><item><title>Signs of activity spotted on Ashy Macbean&apos;s blog...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/signs_of_activity_spotted_on_ashy_macbeans_blog.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/signs_of_activity_spotted_on_ashy_macbeans_blog.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=signs%5Fof%5Factivity%5Fspotted%5Fon%5Fashy%5Fmacbeans%5Fblog</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recent evidence shows that Ashy Macbean is not in fact extinct, as was previously suggested by his long interval of inactivity....]]></description></item><item><title>The worst hotel breakfast ever...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/the_worst_hotel_breakfast_ever.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/the_worst_hotel_breakfast_ever.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fworst%5Fhotel%5Fbreakfast%5Fever</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Memory is subjective and I may have omitted some of the worst from this list and it&#39;s possible I&#39;m being over-harsh in my ranking of the places I mention, but I think I&#39;ve narrowed my all time travelling list of worst breakfasts to the fo]]></description></item><item><title>Noodle soup for breakfast</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/noodle_soup_for_breakfast.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/noodle_soup_for_breakfast.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=noodle%5Fsoup%5Ffor%5Fbreakfast</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a common Lao breakfast but up until yesterday I was unable to find a veggie option - now I know it's very tasty and should be easy to make. I tried the river weed too, yesterday... not bad at all and goes nicely with a chilled beer Lao....]]></description></item><item><title>Mekong river weed with chilli paste....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/mekong_river_weed_with_chilli_paste.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/mekong_river_weed_with_chilli_paste.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mekong%5Friver%5Fweed%5Fwith%5Fchilli%5Fpaste</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[That's one of the veggie offerings on menus in Luang Prabang. We saw some kids collecting it from the river and bashing it to a pulp with wooden sticks.]]></description></item><item><title>Back on the green curries...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/back_on_the_green_curries.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/back_on_the_green_curries.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=back%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fgreen%5Fcurries</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I found a restaurant that does both Lao and Thai vegetarian food. They serve veggie green, red and yellow curries and phad thai, and also Veggie tom yam.....]]></description></item><item><title>Overdosing on vegetarian Thai green curry ...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/overdosing_on_vegetarian_thai_green_curry_.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/overdosing_on_vegetarian_thai_green_curry_.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=overdosing%5Fon%5Fvegetarian%5Fthai%5Fgreen%5Fcurry%5F</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last one was in Nong Khai, on the bank of the Mae Khong river, before we crossed over to Laos. We seem to have travelled all the way through Thailand without me blogging anything... but that just means we've been busy enjoying ourselves...]]></description></item><item><title>Rice is nice....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/rice_is_nice.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/rice_is_nice.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rice%5Fis%5Fnice</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s a nice recipe from Hat Yai, a city in southern Thailand on the main route (both road and rail) between Singapore and Bangkok, and beyond. it&#39;s a city with a large Chinese population, a lot of Thai muslims and a fair amount of Malays, t]]></description></item><item><title>Taking the Christmas ferry to Lankawi</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/taking_the_christmas_ferry_to_lankawi.htm</guid><link>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/taking_the_christmas_ferry_to_lankawi.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://ashy-macbean.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=taking%5Fthe%5Fchristmas%5Fferry%5Fto%5Flankawi</comments><dc:creator>Ashy Macbean</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We've been on Lankawi for several days now. We arrived on Christmas day on the ferry from Georgetown.]]></description></item></channel></rss>