According to this article the world’s hottest chilli has been grown in Grantham in Lincolnshire. The chilli measures 1.17 million on the Scoville Scale, the official measure of spicy heat beating the previous winner the Bhut Jolokia from India. The new variety of chilli was grown by accident and is the result of an accidental…
Month: February 2011
Shortbread
I am spending a bit more time baking recently in the interests of using what I have at home rather than spending money on buying snacks. So when I felt like something sweet I decided to make a batch of shortbread biscuits. They were just what I needed to satisfy my sweet tooth and the…
How Much Red Meat Do You Eat?
There seems to have been a lot in the news over the last week about the dangers of eating too much red meat. Once again it seems experts have decided it is bad for us and have found it necessary to draw up new guidelines on how much we should be eating. If we believe…
Calorie Count Could Soon be on the Menu
That’s according to this article which suggests fast food outlets will soon be put under pressure to add the calorie count of a meal to the menu. The voluntary scheme has been proposed by the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and could come into effect as early as September this year. It is hoped that it…
Tesco Launches Your Beauty Spas
According to this article Tesco have recently launched a new spa service called Your Beauty in two of its stores. The spas will offer treatments such as manicures, eyebrow threading, shampoo and cut and leg waxing with prices being considerably lower than what you would pay on the high street. For example a shampoo and…
How to Spot a Fake Wine
I drink rather a lot of wine but was unaware that more than a quarter of alcohol sold in licensed premises is counterfeit alcohol. According to this article fake alcohol is a growing problem with organised gangs making it on an industrial scale. In many cases the alcohol sold is simply a cheaper version of…
Kitten in a Jar
This is cute, its a kitten that appears to like sitting in a jar. It may look like a tight squeeze but the kitten Ksyusha has a love of small spaces. Am I the only one wondering what happens when she gets bigger and finds herself getting stuck.
Need Condoms? There’s an App for That
This is an interesting idea, its an iphone application that allows users to find the nearest place giving out free condoms. Recently launched in New York by the city’s health department it taps into the city’s database of over 1,000 places offering free condoms and gives you directions to the nearest five places. The city…
British Shops May Soon Need Chinese Currency
That’s according to one expert who predicts a surge in tourists and brands being owned by Chinese businessmen. Dr Karl Gerth from the Oxford University predicts that the influence of Chinese tourists and consumers will become so great that it will be necessary to stock the Yuan (known as the renminbi) alongside the Pound, euro…
£1,000 Olympic Coin Planned
According to this article The Royal Mint are planning to make a £1,000 Olympic gold coin to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics. The solid gold coin will weigh 1kg and will be able to be used as legal tender. Although the coin has a face value of £1,000 it is expected to cost between £40,00…