The Big Side Order: Fishcakes

It has since stood on the kitchen worktop in an expectant yet ultimately idle manner, along with the baffling Italian coffee machine and something which may or may not produce crêpes. My money is on the latter, seeing as I have only the barest notion of what a crêpe might be and even less idea of what ingredients to use. To be perfectly honest I thought crêpes were a kind of heavy shoe.

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Our judges said:
“As a crap cook myself, I felt a warm surge of solidarity.”
“Loved it. Great style. A man after my own heart.”
“‘To be perfectly honest I thought crepes were a kind of shoe’ is the reason for this being my top choice (along with ‘bellowing hiccups’): funny with excellent writing. That’s my very favourite kind of post.”

Many thanks to Anna for nominating the winner!

Your shortlister this week was Bob, though with a field of seven nominees his job was an easy one! This week’s judges were Mike, last week’s winner Miss Tickle, and Peter. Patita was head judge and the one to blame if the links are wonky!