Toby Atkin-Wright

It's almost election time. I'm looking forward to playing my part in our democracy. But do you know who your current elected representatives are?

[Poll #1731353]

It's almost election time. I'm looking forward to playing my part in our democracy. But do you know who your current elected representatives are?

[Poll #1731353]

Having had some time to think about the budget, and to hear the arguments being expressed about the various measures, I think that I broadly approve. I can’t make up my mind about the VAT increase though — is it a better tax to increase than NI or income tax?

So time for another poll. (To fill in the poll you’ll need a LiveJournal account, or you can log in with an OpenID.)

[Poll #1582885]

Having had some time to think about the budget, and to hear the arguments being expressed about the various measures, I think that I broadly approve. I can’t make up my mind about the VAT increase though — is it a better tax to increase than NI or income tax?

So time for another poll. (To fill in the poll you’ll need a LiveJournal account, or you can log in with an OpenID.)

[Poll #1582885]

Eggs are my favourite breakfast food. Usually I have fried or scrambled eggs on toast, with an occasional detour into the world of boiled eggs. At the weekend Kate mentioned that she was a whizz at making omelettes (proving that one can still learn something new after years of marriage), and she made me an excellent omelette for breakfast this morning.

So I thought it was time for an egg poll. (I think you’ll need to be logged into LJ to vote.)

[Poll #1578494]

Eggs are my favourite breakfast food. Usually I have fried or scrambled eggs on toast, with an occasional detour into the world of boiled eggs. At the weekend Kate mentioned that she was a whizz at making omelettes (proving that one can still learn something new after years of marriage), and she made me an excellent omelette for breakfast this morning.

So I thought it was time for an egg poll. (I think you’ll need to be logged into LJ to vote.)

[Poll #1578494]

[Poll #1530603]

[Poll #1530603]

I like brown sauce. I like tomato sauce too, but there is something special about brown sauce. Going back a few years, tomato ketchup was my favourite sauce, and in the ketchup world there is one true sauce: Heinz. Nothing else comes close. With brown sauce, on the other hand, I don’t find a single sauce superior to all others. The big seller is HP Sauce, and I used to always buy HP. In the last couple of years I've been experimenting with different brown sauces — there are quite a variety of brand-name options.

HP is a good all-rounder. Daddies sauce is runnier, thinner tasting, and more vinegary than HP, and I find it particularly appealing on chips. Branston brown sauce is zingier, a little fruitier, and very appealing with mashed potatoes, or in veggie-sausage sandwiches. Tiptree brown sauce is good, and tastes “posh”, which is perhaps why it doesn’t work for me as an everyday breakfast sauce.

Both HP and Daddies are owned by Heinz, and nowadays are produced in the Netherlands.

[Poll #1514776]

But whatever the brand, it always tastes better from a glass bottle.

I like brown sauce. I like tomato sauce too, but there is something special about brown sauce. Going back a few years, tomato ketchup was my favourite sauce, and in the ketchup world there is one true sauce: Heinz. Nothing else comes close. With brown sauce, on the other hand, I don’t find a single sauce superior to all others. The big seller is HP Sauce, and I used to always buy HP. In the last couple of years I've been experimenting with different brown sauces — there are quite a variety of brand-name options.

HP is a good all-rounder. Daddies sauce is runnier, thinner tasting, and more vinegary than HP, and I find it particularly appealing on chips. Branston brown sauce is zingier, a little fruitier, and very appealing with mashed potatoes, or in veggie-sausage sandwiches. Tiptree brown sauce is good, and tastes “posh”, which is perhaps why it doesn’t work for me as an everyday breakfast sauce.

Both HP and Daddies are owned by Heinz, and nowadays are produced in the Netherlands.

[Poll #1514776]

But whatever the brand, it always tastes better from a glass bottle.