Aug 16 2007

Tagged for a blog meme: the Fantastic Four

Published by Nick at 3:21 pm under food on the web

Distant view of Monachyle Mhor - 5th July 2007

I’ve been tagged for the Fantastic Four blog meme by Richard at superfood. The idea is simply to provide four answers to each of five questions, and to tag four bloggers to continue the meme.

This meme is floating free of its source, but Richard was tagged by Trig, who was tagged by Scott at Real Epicurean … ifantabulous … hishgraphics … Planet Kambling … Hijack Queen … Simple America … It’s now spreading amongst UK food bloggers.

So here are my answers, mostly food related and with a few extra food connections (this is a food blog, after all):

4 jobs I’ve had

Goatherd
Organic veg box packer
Mushroom picker
Tour guide - an opportunity for good lunches all over Italy

4 places I’ve lived

Eye (Suffolk, England) - where Laurels Farm Butchers is shortlisted for the Best Butcher category in the 2007 Suffolk Food Awards
East Harling (Norfolk, England) - which also has a superb butcher, FL Edge & Sons, and the wonderful Jan’s Fruit & Veg
Esanatoglia (Le Marche, Italy) - where I first learned to identify wild mushrooms
Dolgellau (Gwynedd, Wales) - where I was temporarily distracted from food by rhododendrons

4 places I’ve holidayed

Loch Lomond (Scotland) - including a wonderful lunch at Monachyle Mhor, somewhere in the distance in the photo above
Burton Bradstock (Dorset, England) - eating at least twice a day at the Hive Beach Cafe
Agua Amarga (Almeria, Spain) - eating fresh fish on the beach
Cefalu (Sicily) - feasting on blood oranges, clams and marzipan

4 favourite foods

Good bread
Asparagus
Lambs’ kidneys
Crab

4 places I’d rather be

In the kitchen, cooking
In the garden, picking plums
In a wood, picking ceps
On Dunwich beach, lazing

4 bloggers to tag

Sophie at Mostly Eating - already tagged by Joanna’s Food!
Antonia at Food Glorious Food
Paul and Freya at Writing at the Kitchen Table
Kathryn at Something Yum…
Padmaja at Spciyandhra

7 Responses to “Tagged for a blog meme: the Fantastic Four”

  1. # Lilon 16 Aug 2007 at 4:23 pm

    memes do have a way of making its round somehow ;)

  2. # Antoniaon 16 Aug 2007 at 7:00 pm

    Hi Nick,

    I enjoyed reading your answers - I’ll be driving through Dolgellau myself on Saturday - couldn’t agree more about the rhododendrons!

    Thanks for tagging me - I’ve got my thinking cap on and will post my answers tomorros (if I can ever decide on my four favourite foods!).

  3. # Hijackqueenon 17 Aug 2007 at 5:51 am

    Ah…. nice meeting you. You must be Lilian’s friend. err… can you cook chau mein? Nevermind. I love spagetti too. errr… Nice meeting you.

  4. # Antoniaon 17 Aug 2007 at 8:48 am

    A shame that I can’t spell tomorrow! I have now posted my answers. Thanks for tagging me - it was fun.

  5. # sophieon 17 Aug 2007 at 12:36 pm

    Thanks for tagging me anyway Nick. I’ve just done the same thing and tagged somebody else who has already been tagged!

  6. # Scott at Realepicureanon 08 Sep 2007 at 5:46 pm

    You’ve had a much more interesting life than I have…I wish I had an in depth knowledge of mushroom picking but I don’t - but I still go every year and pick the couple I recognise. You should post tips! Oh, and I just got the new River Cottage Mushroom Book which I’ll read over the next couple of days or so and then review…Not an advert, but something you might find interesting!

  7. # padmajaon 11 Sep 2007 at 9:11 am

    Hi Nick!!
    I am so glad that u tagged me and guess what u tagged me on the day i am off on holiday and just back from an amazing trip to India!!!
    Thank you so much!!!

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