{"id":469,"date":"2016-01-30T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/?p=469"},"modified":"2016-01-30T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T14:09:15","slug":"richards-2016-week-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/richards-2016-week-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard&#8217;s 2016: Week Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(Read up on what #Richards2016 is all\u00a0about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKzHkQvAOT\">here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Week Four, baby! That&#8217;s like.. an entire month! But not quite though, it was only 29 days! How four times seven equals twenty nine is just one of those goddamn mathematical mysteries those egghead boffins are never gonna crack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s been another strong week. The haters are growing quieter, and my supporters are maintaining the same level of ambivalence. This is basically just ALL ABOUT ME at this point. HELL YEAHHHHH<\/p>\n<h3>January\u00a023rd: Measure Your Feet Day<\/h3>\n<p>So easy! C&#8217;mon January, gimme a challenge already.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Measure Your Feet day! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>10 inches! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AGh4Ch0PBy\">pic.twitter.com\/AGh4Ch0PBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/691022777688702978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A healthy ten inches! This is info that would have been really helpful when I was busy buying <a href=\"http:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/richards-2016-week-two\/\">shoes that didn&#8217;t even fit<\/a>\u00a0two weeks ago. But oh well.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, ten inches is two short of an actual foot. So my foot isn&#8217;t even a foot! Foot for thought, indeed.<\/p>\n<h3>January 24th: Peanut Butter Day<\/h3>\n<p>Good thing I didn&#8217;t have a peanut allergy or not like peanut butter, eh? I went on a bit of trek for this one, cycling all the way down a winding brook to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhodeislanduk.com\/\">Rhode Island<\/a>\u00a0in Cherry Hinton. It&#8217;s a lovely spot, like a kind of English version of a diner. Great burgers, great beers and, most importantly, great milkshakes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For Peanut Butter Day, I&#39;m enjoying this reeses milkshake <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ttErChYbR\">pic.twitter.com\/8ttErChYbR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/691277576849981440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s out of focus because we were shaking with excitement and flavourful enjoyment. Yes, they crushed up a load of Reese&#8217;s Cups of something and mashed in a real milk bottle with a load of milk and ice cream. It was so thick I almost went blind. 10\/10.<\/p>\n<h3>January 25th: Opposite Day<\/h3>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t do\u00a0<em>anything<\/em> for Opposite Day? Or did I? Maybe in doing the nothing on opposite day I was actually doing the opposite thing to what it was that I should have been doing, and in so doing perfectly fulfilling the purpose of opposite day, unknowingly therefore failing to truly live up to the spirit of opposite day. IF ONLY I HAD A DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY OR SOMETHING TO HELP ME WITH THIS.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I am NOT celebrating Opposite Day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/691537382894616577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But realtalk, it just came down to a load of lame opposite day jokes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m not having food for lunch today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Am I doing Opposites Day right. It\u2019s actually really hard. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Richards2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/691587477757386753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t go well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Opposites Day is going really really well <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Richards2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/691651827729842176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>January 26th: Peanut Brittle Day<\/h3>\n<p>Another peanut one?! What is this, peanut month?! (Just kidding, we all know of course that <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalpeanutboard.org\/tag\/national-peanut-month\/\">March<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0Peanut Month).<\/p>\n<p>By the way, it was a little thing called Australia Day too apparently. I strayed (*straya-ed) from my course to enjoy my favourite Tim and Eric thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8-KoIEFQKyM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>But don&#8217;t worry, I did peanut brittle day too!! Turns out it&#8217;s super easy. I followed the recipe suggested by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lylesgoldensyrup.com\/recipe\/cracking-peanut-brittle\/\">Lyle&#8217;s Golden Syrup<\/a>. Their recipe is hilarious because they keep trying to sell you stuff\u00a0<em>IN THE RECIPE<\/em>. Like this &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-30-at-13.53.05.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-471\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-30-at-13.53.05.png?resize=616%2C122\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-30 at 13.53.05\" width=\"616\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-30-at-13.53.05.png?w=918&amp;ssl=1 918w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-30-at-13.53.05.png?resize=300%2C59&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-30-at-13.53.05.png?resize=768%2C152&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like guys, I&#8217;ve already bought the syrup! Job done. You can stop advertising it to me now. Anyway, after figuring out just what the hell &#8220;hard ball stage&#8221; means, I ended up with something like this. Well, exactly this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Making sutin sweet <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elmdNOIZdn\">pic.twitter.com\/elmdNOIZdn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/692066153670262784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>YUM. Like an hour or so in the fridge later and it was ready for smashing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-vine\" style=\"display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vine-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/iitwm9AOEZq\/embed\/simple\" width=\"616\" height=\"616\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I can confirm it was incredibly delicious.<\/p>\n<h3>January 27th: Chocolate Cake Day<\/h3>\n<p>I spent most of the 27th eating all the peanut brittle I&#8217;d made on the 26th. So I didn&#8217;t really fancy eating a whole chocolate cake,\u00a0\u00e0 la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y6OCeOU2eyI\">Bruce Bogtrotter<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s hard to find things that are chocolate cakes without being huge. But one supermarket sweep later and I&#8217;d found these.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Huge rush for these in Asda. They&#39;re selling like crazy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqCnLt0nZh\">pic.twitter.com\/HqCnLt0nZh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/692434156781985793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Note my funny joke there. As you can see from the description, they&#8217;re &#8220;melting double <strong>chocolate cakes<\/strong> smothered in Cadbury milk chocolate.&#8221; Perfect! Also delicious.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eating this tiny thing for Chocolate Cake Day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOL0AafV6m\">pic.twitter.com\/HOL0AafV6m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/692434698170187776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>January 28th: Kazoo Day<\/h3>\n<p>Remember when the kazoo was seen as a rare and exotic instrument? Like you&#8217;d see one every two years or something? Well, these days you can buy a basic Kazoo from any old tatty toy story (in my case, Hawkin&#8217;s Bazaar) for as little as \u00a34! What a time to be alive.<\/p>\n<p>Kazoo in hand, I opened up Spotify and played the song of my people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-vine\" style=\"display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vine-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/i5mnFz2imL5\/embed\/simple\" width=\"616\" height=\"616\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Turns out I was playing the wrong end all along. But I think it&#8217;s a pretty decent job considering I&#8217;m 100% self taught! WORLDWIDE TOUR IN 2017 MAYBE?!<\/p>\n<h3>January 29th: International Fun At Work Day<\/h3>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what makes something specifically &#8220;international fun&#8221; but it just so happened we were having an office party on this day anyway. Yay.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy International Fun at Work Day! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xi4OsYwmOn\">pic.twitter.com\/Xi4OsYwmOn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/693133871332851712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In this photo I&#8217;m drinking both Spanish\u00a0<em>and<\/em> English lagers, which is international enough for me!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>WHAT A WEEK. CAN ANYTHING TOP THAT. I BET IT CAN.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up in the next seven days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Croissant Day<\/li>\n<li>Backward Day<\/li>\n<li>Decorating With Candy Day<\/li>\n<li>World Wetlands Day<\/li>\n<li>Carrot Cake Day<\/li>\n<li>Thank A Mailman Day<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate Fondue Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for following. Only 336 days more to go!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ps.<\/strong> I have yet to receive the new fridge we&#8217;ve been promised. But the power cuts have also mysteriously stopped. What the hell is happening?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Read up on what #Richards2016 is all\u00a0about\u00a0here.) Week Four, baby! That&#8217;s like.. an entire month! But not quite though, it was only 29 days! How four times seven equals twenty nine is just one of those goddamn mathematical mysteries those egghead boffins are never gonna crack. It&#8217;s been another strong week. 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