Dave Ahern
@chefdaveahern.bsky.social
Chef, who used to do something else but found out he was better at this
Cooked some Japanese food tonight. Pork belly, slow cooked, lightly brushed with soy & togarashi. I trimmed the ends & cut them into pieces, fried them off & used the rendered fat to cook the egg for my fried rice.
#food
#food
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Cooked some Japanese food tonight. Pork belly, slow cooked, lightly brushed with soy & togarashi. I trimmed the ends & cut them into pieces, fried them off & used the rendered fat to cook the egg for my fried rice.
#food
#food
Driving on a back road from Courtmacsherry to Timoleague, you can look out your car window and see a view like this.
If it were a painting you'd probably think it was almost too pretty.
#Cork
If it were a painting you'd probably think it was almost too pretty.
#Cork
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Driving on a back road from Courtmacsherry to Timoleague, you can look out your car window and see a view like this.
If it were a painting you'd probably think it was almost too pretty.
#Cork
If it were a painting you'd probably think it was almost too pretty.
#Cork
In West Cork, on a road that goes nowhere, is a monument to a man who voyaged to the end of the earth.
It proves that where you're from places no restrictions on where you can go.
#Cork
It proves that where you're from places no restrictions on where you can go.
#Cork
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In West Cork, on a road that goes nowhere, is a monument to a man who voyaged to the end of the earth.
It proves that where you're from places no restrictions on where you can go.
#Cork
It proves that where you're from places no restrictions on where you can go.
#Cork
Mack Hansen has a lot of truly special talents, but by far and away his most impressive talent is his ability to look like like a roofer from Tubbercurry.
#IREvAUS
#IREvAUS
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Mack Hansen has a lot of truly special talents, but by far and away his most impressive talent is his ability to look like like a roofer from Tubbercurry.
#IREvAUS
#IREvAUS
That was Ireland's best try of the night, super kick and contest to set up the play, controlled possession, recycling quickly, forcing Australia to scramble back into defensive position until a gap opens and Doris powers through.
Great conversation from Crowley too.
#IREvAUS
Great conversation from Crowley too.
#IREvAUS
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
That was Ireland's best try of the night, super kick and contest to set up the play, controlled possession, recycling quickly, forcing Australia to scramble back into defensive position until a gap opens and Doris powers through.
Great conversation from Crowley too.
#IREvAUS
Great conversation from Crowley too.
#IREvAUS
It says a lot that people are raving about the one tackle that Prendergast made, and saying nothing about the two big ones he missed, we're lucky that only one lead to a try.
We've seen nothing from him we haven't seen before, no sign of improvement in problem areas.
#IREvAUS
We've seen nothing from him we haven't seen before, no sign of improvement in problem areas.
#IREvAUS
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It says a lot that people are raving about the one tackle that Prendergast made, and saying nothing about the two big ones he missed, we're lucky that only one lead to a try.
We've seen nothing from him we haven't seen before, no sign of improvement in problem areas.
#IREvAUS
We've seen nothing from him we haven't seen before, no sign of improvement in problem areas.
#IREvAUS
Second half I'd like to see us take the ball to the line more, look to suck in the Australian defence for 3 or 4 phases so when do go wide or kick in behind we have a better chance of getting something from it instead of contesting 50/50s.
#IREvAUS
#IREvAUS
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Second half I'd like to see us take the ball to the line more, look to suck in the Australian defence for 3 or 4 phases so when do go wide or kick in behind we have a better chance of getting something from it instead of contesting 50/50s.
#IREvAUS
#IREvAUS
Once you set aside the Hansen hatrick hysteria (and he's been superb) this is a 5 point game.
We're not controlling the game, we're living off a few excellent moments.
This is a decidedly average Australian team at the end of a long hard season.
I'd give us a 6
#IREvAUS
We're not controlling the game, we're living off a few excellent moments.
This is a decidedly average Australian team at the end of a long hard season.
I'd give us a 6
#IREvAUS
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Once you set aside the Hansen hatrick hysteria (and he's been superb) this is a 5 point game.
We're not controlling the game, we're living off a few excellent moments.
This is a decidedly average Australian team at the end of a long hard season.
I'd give us a 6
#IREvAUS
We're not controlling the game, we're living off a few excellent moments.
This is a decidedly average Australian team at the end of a long hard season.
I'd give us a 6
#IREvAUS
Another sold-out crowd in Cardiff, the loyalty of Welsh rugby fans in the face of continued losses and poor performances combined with the ineptitude and mismanagement of the WRU is truly amazing.
These fans deserve so much more.
#WALvARG
These fans deserve so much more.
#WALvARG
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Another sold-out crowd in Cardiff, the loyalty of Welsh rugby fans in the face of continued losses and poor performances combined with the ineptitude and mismanagement of the WRU is truly amazing.
These fans deserve so much more.
#WALvARG
These fans deserve so much more.
#WALvARG
If that was my job, I'm not sure I'd wear white gloves
makes me think of robert williams' old rhyme about felching. "a load in the pooper makes retrieving just super!"
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If that was my job, I'm not sure I'd wear white gloves
90s style cooking with, Chicken Monsieur, chicken breast wrapped in pancetta, then finished with a cheese sauce over the top, then flashed under a grill with some vintage cheddar and served with garlic mushrooms prerequisite potato wedges.
#food
#food
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
90s style cooking with, Chicken Monsieur, chicken breast wrapped in pancetta, then finished with a cheese sauce over the top, then flashed under a grill with some vintage cheddar and served with garlic mushrooms prerequisite potato wedges.
#food
#food
As long as our lineout is an utter shambles we will struggle to implement any sort of game plan no matter who the opposition is.
However, the better the opposition is the more we will be punished for it.
#IREvJAP
However, the better the opposition is the more we will be punished for it.
#IREvJAP
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As long as our lineout is an utter shambles we will struggle to implement any sort of game plan no matter who the opposition is.
However, the better the opposition is the more we will be punished for it.
#IREvJAP
However, the better the opposition is the more we will be punished for it.
#IREvJAP
I'm done being impressed by how good a hooker is on the wing or how many tries they score, if you can't throw the ball into the lineout and hit your man, you're no fucking use to us.
#IREvJAP
#IREvJAP
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I'm done being impressed by how good a hooker is on the wing or how many tries they score, if you can't throw the ball into the lineout and hit your man, you're no fucking use to us.
#IREvJAP
#IREvJAP
Why is no one in the media questioning how Trump claims to know nothing about people receiving presidential pardons for very serious crimes?
There was uproar about Biden supposedly using an autopen to sign pardons, but no one cares that Trump doesn't even know who he pardoned.
There was uproar about Biden supposedly using an autopen to sign pardons, but no one cares that Trump doesn't even know who he pardoned.
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Why is no one in the media questioning how Trump claims to know nothing about people receiving presidential pardons for very serious crimes?
There was uproar about Biden supposedly using an autopen to sign pardons, but no one cares that Trump doesn't even know who he pardoned.
There was uproar about Biden supposedly using an autopen to sign pardons, but no one cares that Trump doesn't even know who he pardoned.
If I had any talent for Photoshop, or even a vague idea how to use it, I'd create a picture of a light sabre with a foot-long Subway meatball sandwich for a handle.
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If I had any talent for Photoshop, or even a vague idea how to use it, I'd create a picture of a light sabre with a foot-long Subway meatball sandwich for a handle.
Some photos from a deserted Fountainstown beach this morning.
I had the whole place to myself to have a little walk and find a spot to sit for a while.
#Cork
I had the whole place to myself to have a little walk and find a spot to sit for a while.
#Cork
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Some photos from a deserted Fountainstown beach this morning.
I had the whole place to myself to have a little walk and find a spot to sit for a while.
#Cork
I had the whole place to myself to have a little walk and find a spot to sit for a while.
#Cork
A take on the famous Rigatoni Al Segreto from Ginos in NYC, by adding homemade Italian fennel, onion & black pepper sausage.
I'm generally against messing around with classic recipes but this really does work. The finely minced sausage complements the sauce.
#food
I'm generally against messing around with classic recipes but this really does work. The finely minced sausage complements the sauce.
#food
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A take on the famous Rigatoni Al Segreto from Ginos in NYC, by adding homemade Italian fennel, onion & black pepper sausage.
I'm generally against messing around with classic recipes but this really does work. The finely minced sausage complements the sauce.
#food
I'm generally against messing around with classic recipes but this really does work. The finely minced sausage complements the sauce.
#food
Some pics from my walk in Fitzgerald's Park on Sunday morning. It's so wonderful to have a beautiful place like this in the heart of the city.
It feels like you're in the middle of the countryside, not the middle of the 2nd biggest city in Ireland.
#Cork
It feels like you're in the middle of the countryside, not the middle of the 2nd biggest city in Ireland.
#Cork
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Some pics from my walk in Fitzgerald's Park on Sunday morning. It's so wonderful to have a beautiful place like this in the heart of the city.
It feels like you're in the middle of the countryside, not the middle of the 2nd biggest city in Ireland.
#Cork
It feels like you're in the middle of the countryside, not the middle of the 2nd biggest city in Ireland.
#Cork
Ultimate leftover cooking, chicken pot pie with puff pastry top made from the leftover roast chicken and a sauce made with the roast gravy and extra cheese sauce from the cauliflower cheese.
#food
#food
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ultimate leftover cooking, chicken pot pie with puff pastry top made from the leftover roast chicken and a sauce made with the roast gravy and extra cheese sauce from the cauliflower cheese.
#food
#food
Some pics of Nohoval and Robert's Cove and one of my big head blocking the view.
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Some pics of Nohoval and Robert's Cove and one of my big head blocking the view.
Fried fish sandwich, cod fillets in panko breadcrumbs, seasoned with parsley, togarashi seasoning and blitzed parmesan rind, a mustard tartar sauce, two slices of melted cheese and a seeded brioche bun
#food
#food
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Fried fish sandwich, cod fillets in panko breadcrumbs, seasoned with parsley, togarashi seasoning and blitzed parmesan rind, a mustard tartar sauce, two slices of melted cheese and a seeded brioche bun
#food
#food