Who Is Uncle Spice?

Yesterday the blog opened up, unexpectedly, to Bob who from now on will be known as Uncle Spice.

I am hoping he will become a regular contributor, so I set out to find out more about him.

He sent me his picture.


Now, I think you will agree that this blog is greatly enhanced by his presence and even though we may at times question his sanity I think we have to appreciate his audacity in trying to ride a moped in shoes like that.

The Solex, as it is that on which he sits, is of course a French product -albeit defunct but rebranded; but the police around here would take one look at those slippers and send him to the frontier for instant deportation.

Uncle Spice sent me an email with the photo, a lengthy email, a very lengthy email – almost as long as the toes of his slippers in fact.

In it he corrected me about the spelling of some of his names and I have amended yesterday’s post to accommodate them. He also confessed to using sauerkraut in curry, expressed a regret for German reunification and gave me some very strange advice about massaging your partner with chillies.

Something else the police might be interested in.

So you can see that if we can keep him interested he will be a major benefit to all things Bitsnbobs.

Oh, he also pointed out that the German word Betreff – that I mistakenly thought might be yet another of his pseudonyms – does in fact mean subject (or concerning).

Anyway I have asked him to add me to his Cooking Fan List so I’ll let you know what develops.