High Steaks

Organic British beef Ribeye steaks from Chadwick's of Balham.
Cut straight from the bone and an inch thick. They had a lovely dark colour to them with a discreet bit of marbling throughout.
I rubbed them with sunolive oil and salt/pepper and left them to reach room temperature for 45 minutes
I seared them individually in a small frying pan, which gave them a richly crisp outer surface, almost caramelised, but still blue-rare inside. Marvelous.

I have to say, I am spoiled now. I shall be keeping my red meat consumption down to rare treats like this, which can only be a good thing, health-wise. After you've tried Chadwick's, there really is no going back.

Comic Book Guy

Yesterday was my first real run as a comic book guy. Jasmin and I had tables at the South West Jumble at the Tooting Tram & Social http://www.yelp.co.uk/events/london-south-west-jumble-3

Jasmin sold a bunch of her hand made jewellery, which made me very happy and proud, as it was her first foray into direct selling of the stuff she had made. I managed to sell one item, a collected Farside cartoons book. for £1.50. Great. See you on the beach!

But that's not what was the only great thing about yesterday. For me it was the discovery of what a great job being a comic book guy really is.Sitting in what is essentially a huge comic book and memorabilia collection, reading new and re-reading old comics all day long, seems like the best fun an old geek like me could have, and get paid!

I'm sure many of the operating store owners in the business right now would have a thing or two to tell me about the reality of such an enterprise, but I'm not listening. lalalalalalala!

For now, I'm just basking in the afterglow of a Sunday afternoon spent reading comics and having an excuse to do so. And I was spending quality time with my missus simultaneously, how's that for a slice of fried gold?