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26 August

This morning I've been making green tomato chutney. This is both a means of using up my massive over-supply of allotment tomatoes and a displacement activity which gives me yet another excuse not to crack on with the book proposal I'm supposed to be writing. Sigh. I'm currently waiting for it to cool down so I can stick it in jars (the chutney, not the book proposal). I wonder what would happen if I waited too long? Possibly it would ferment and turn alcoholic, which might be an extremely good result indeed.

Incidentally, the word for this process is apparently 'zymurgy.' Those of us who work with words appreciate this kind of discovery perhaps more than we should.

While I wait, here are two interesting things. Firstly, I have discovered the source of all those curious stickers which have appeared on lamp-posts and traffic lights around my town recently. Anyone else come across these? They say 'OBEY', and they originate here. Culture jamming is alive and well.

The other thing is that those of you with tellies might want to join me in watching the 'controversial' Channel Four documentary Edge of the City, at nine tonight. Looks like it could be interesting. We shall see.

Posted by paul at August 26, 2004 09:58 AM

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