The Star of The East – Sunday Roast

Sunday 2nd March, 2024

What a glorious Spring weekend befell on Crimehouse, radiant sunshine all day on both Saturday and for our CRAP Come Dine With Me Sunday Roast. The location an extended local pub for The Crimehouse Regulars just over half a mile East along The Costa Del Commercial Road. In my opinion and other CRAP members the best Sunday Roast overall so far. The roast spuds were fantastic and you can order them as a standalone side dish.

The desert menu was good however couldn’t compete with The Town of Ramsgate, the Ericometer responded accordingly.

The Battleship Broadside

Carry On Crimehouse

Carry On Crimehouse

Ahead of this coming Sunday roast I thought it poignant to reflect on those, who at times are unable to attend CRAP events due to their work schedule. I thought using the medium of Carry On films and their notoriety for innuendo was an appropriate choice.

Personally I do my best to avoid innuendo however, I do slip one in now and than.

CRAP – FISH OUTING

At 05:30 AM on Saturday 22nd February a small group of Crimehouse Regulars assembled by Crimehouse DLR. A short journey to Blackwell DLR and a similar short walk down to the historic Billingsgate Fish Market. We walked straight in to the market, no queues this time of year and passed an array of two wheeled trolley’s as they are not permitted in the busy yet compact market.

Cold wet and clammy to the touch, that’s enough about Buzzlightgear’s handshake, we walked around the market floor in somewhat of a trance at the vast array of fish and crustaceans for sale.

Monkfish, Red Snapper, King Prawns, Turbot, Halibut you name it, they had it. I picked up four Smoke Kippers and then headed with the group to the cafe for the much talked about Bacon and Scallop crusty roll.

We were not disappointed, fantastic grub washed down with a nice cup of builders tea. I will most certainly be heading there again with a shopping list and seafood recipes in mind.

CRAP – Billingsgate Trip 22nd February

Update:

Saturday 22nd March, meeting at Crimehouse DLR at 05:30 AM. Good news, having researched the transport timings, The DLR is running and we can get a DLR from Crimehouse to either Poplar or Canary Dwarf and make the short walk to Billingsgate. The date has been moved forward to accommodate a CRAP member whose working schedule leaves them with one Saturday in six free.

I suspect that this event could well become established as a regular one once, if not twice a month. This Iconic venue will not be with us for much longer so we should make the most of it. I hope that CRAP members will share their seafood culinary expertise to expand the many possibilities a trip to Billingsgate can provide.

The stories of a Bacon and Scallop crusty roll for breakfast at Billingsgate have become stuff of legend in The Charlie Bravo HQ.

I made the mistake of saying one day ‘we should organise a trip’ and since then every mention of Billingsgate or bacon or scallops or combination thereof has focused people’s gaze on me.

So here it is our first CRAP trip to Billingsgate

Crimehouse Regulars Action Programme (C.R.A.P)

The single biggest investment anyone of us makes in life is, our time! It is also an investment none of us can check the balance remaining therefore, invest wisely.

Want to increase your balance? Well C.R.A.P can do that. Simply check out the ‘Roseto Effect’ (link below) to see how C.R.A.P is a wise investment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseto_effect

There is a method to my madness, creating and shaping your own reality (yes all the nicknames and creations) drives you in to the right hemisphere of your brain, the inner child part which, is brimming with creativity and imagination. Carl Jung pointed out that the inner child is something all humans have in common, it is a bonding tool !

Activating that part of your brain and putting it to work will pay dividends in your day to day life and of course help increase the balance of your single most important investment, time!

Nobody’s last words as their investment time is nearing the overdraft says, they wished they had binged watched more TV programmes. Ditch the TV, turn off the trauma based News media and invest in C.R.A.P.

Like a Pizza topping you can pick and choose what you fancy and remember, sometimes opting for the topping you have never had and not sure if you like can be pleasantly surprising and liberating.

I hope you all have a really CRAP filled 2025!

Sgt Andy.