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edit: This recipe has now featured on boards.ie’s cooking club!
“Igor? Igor! IGOR!”
“Yeth mather?”
“Bring forth the beef. Bring forth the unsmoked bacon. Bring forth the onions, the spices, the fresh chillies and the holy smoked new mexico reds. Bring froth the salt and the cumin seed, the paprika and the uncouth star anise. Make ready the Grand Pot, heat the Great Iron Skillet, and put the beer in the fridge, for Tonight! TONIGHT, IGOR!”
“Yeth mather?”
“TONIGHT WE MAKE CHILLI!”
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[digg=http://digg.com/food_drink/Nespresso_and_Nexpods] So I turned 33 the other day and for a birthday gift, my parents bought me one of these:
A DeLonghi Lattissima 660 Nespresso coffee machine.
For those who are not coffee purists, these are usually catalogued under “Evil” or “Wrong” 
….but when you’re bleary-eyed in the morning….kindof convienent….
In fact, they’re pretty much designed for use by the bleary-eyed early in the morning. Take a coffee pod, lift the machine’s lever, drop in the pod, close the lever, push the button, get coffee. Want Cappachino or Latte? Stick on the foamer attachement, filled with milk, and press a different button. All automatic. And while it’s not as good as the hand-made stuff in a decent coffee shop, it’s not horrible, and it’s better than you’d get in a bad coffee shop. And early in the morning, you don’t care so much 
However, there’s a major, major… Read the rest
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