Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Fishy...

I take mother shopping and she buys a can of red salmon*. It must be red, she can't stand pink salmon, no way, not ever, it will never be pink, she insisted. "What's the difference?" "Well, red is a darker colour and pink is a sort of faded red." Well done, mum.

Have started on a revised outline for the lifeboat play, and just doing a few bits and pieces has made me feel a whole lot more confident that all that I have bitten off can be chewed in the coming weeks. I'm on the telly tonight, talking about the Rank project. It was going to be pre-recorded but I am now going out live to Look North viewers. How exciting. I've even polished my shoes.

*Also available without the tin capsule.

The salmon image comes from the Streamside Gallery

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

You remind me of the 'Fear of Fanny' docudrama repeated on BBC2 over Xmas and I wonder if your mum is of a generation that might have tuned in to the Craddock. We only got a glimpse of two of Fanny's recipes. One was a banana rolled in jam and nuts ('use apricot jam if your budget will allow') the other leads me to comment here.

She took some hard boiled eggs and sliced the tops off. An anchovy was wrapped around each egg and mayonnaise piped on to the top. Most importantly, the eggs were dyed navy blue. It almost made me hurl.

Anonymous said...

I have left instructions for Cawthorne Woods on my blog after your comment, but I have cunningly disguised myself as wifey.

Anonymous said...

Thanks to the magic of digital television, have just been able to watch you Dave on Look North being generally harrassed by Mr Levy. Sounds like a good project. Keep up the good work, and get your hair cut.

Anonymous said...

Your salmon experience reminds me of my late grandma, who would stick red food dye in her tins of pink salmon to stop it looking "anaemic". This was the same lady who objected to my parents divorce by stating: "you can't get a divorce I've got a crumble in the oven" when mum and dad called round to tell her.
Great TV with you and Mr Levy - I think he'll like the idea of greasing up and banging a big old metaller.

Dave W said...

Stephen: I'm really finding it difficult to even contemplate putting the words Fanny and my mother in the same sentence but that navy blue egg and avocado business does sound like one of the old gal's recipes. Was that drama any good? I completely forgot to watch it. Again.

Bazza: Ta for the covert directions, you sneaky bugger.

David: Ta for watching, although if I'd've known you were viewing my efforts nerves would have crept in. Your knowledge of the internet astounds me. Will the clip still be up there or can you only watch it live? forward slash humber and all that, no?

Laurie: Did your mum and dad consider eating the crumble to save their crumbling marriage? Ta for watching. Having reviewed the footage I must say that I am concerned about my weight (unless the small screen adds 5 stone to each spare tyre) and my posture on Levy's sofa.

Anonymous said...

No Dave, I watched it through the television. With digital TV you can change to any BBC region, so for one glorious night I came home to Hull. My, that Peter Levy is still an astute interviewer.

Dave W said...

Oh David, I have just demonstrated that, when it comes to the crunch, I am a Luddite. How, though, how? What button do you press?

Anonymous said...

Well, if you just scan through you find there's dozens of different versions of BBC1, somewhere near the end of the list between the soft porn and Al Jazeera. But maybe it depends on your set top box thingie.

Dave W said...

Cheers DC, I'm off to try that right now! This comment box is almost as big as my blog now. I might just post in here from now on, it's much easier.