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The Flexible Chef 🇪🇺
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Satirical blogger. Creator of Issy & Poppy Investigate—where greyhounds expose the absurd.
Immigrant in Andalucía since 2012. Foodie, wine lover, forensic scribbler. 🐾🍷🍲
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The Flexible Chef 🇪🇺 @theflexiblechef.bsky.social · Oct 14
I write food and vanlife blogs, plus political satire—through the eyes of two cosmic greyhound detectives. Join us for paws, plates, and peculiarities. 🐾🍷🍲🚐
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#Issy&PoppyInvestigate
Whimsical cartoon of two black greyhounds with white chests and greying snouts in front of a white campervan parked by a coastal mountain landscape. Poppy wears a monocle and holds a magnifying glass, looking clever. Issy has a white-tipped tail and a bemused expression. A picnic of plates, wine glasses, and a steaming pot is laid out on the grass. The sky above swirls with stars and pink galaxy spirals. Lighthearted, surreal, and satirical in style.
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New Year’s Eve at home 🐾 One of my dogs isn’t well, so it’s a quiet one: properly cooked chicken leg (Marco Pierre White cold pan), French Brie, then Vengeance Most Fowl with both dogs. Exactly where I want to be. Happy New Year! 👉 tinyurl.com/theflexiblec... #WhatsCooking #TheFlexibleChef #NYE
A seasoned corn-fed free-range chicken leg (cuarto) with a white background.
December 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Forgot to order my maíz sourdough and my old starter died in a fruit‑fly rave, so I resurrected the dusty Panasonic at Casa Adora. Turns out a rustic wholemeal loaf with honey, olive oil + poppy seeds hits the spot. 👉
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#BreadSky
Rustic wholemeal loaf with Poppy seeds showing through Wholemeal rustic loaf, one slice of bread plus a bottle of red wine and Brie cheese on a granite worktop.
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Fresh from the bread machine: 50/50 wholemeal with poppy seeds. Crust crackles, crumb sounds hollow—just right.
#BreadSky #TheFlexibleChef
Rustic loaf sitting on a white plate ontop of a work surface.
December 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Freezer surprise: duck, not chicken. Quick confit, slow heat, crisp skin, pure heaven. Saved the fat for roasties. 👉 tinyurl.com/easy-confit
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Confit de Canard. Two duck legs. Top shot prepared and ready to be slow cooked in their fat. Bottom shot two cooked duck legs.
December 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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A warming bowl for winter: Prawn, Chilli & Tomato Broth with pearl barley, kale and veal stock. Light, rustic, a little Spanish, and the perfect way to use leftover escabeche prawns. tinyurl.com/bder68y6
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A white bowl containing a colourful soup/broth.
December 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Boxing Day needs something light, bright, and zero‑stress. I’m making Andalusian Prawn Escabeche — citrus, olive oil, soft aromatics, all done ahead. A festive starter without the faff. Perfect for one… or whoever’s still here for the cava. 🦐✨ tinyurl.com/yamyeyps
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Five large prawns sat in the bowl of a wide rimmed white plate. Covered in Escabeche oil and finished with a sprig of parsley and lemon rind.
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Stuffed avocado with a prawn cocktail soul 🥑🦐
A light, retro Christmas Day lunch starter — familiar, but fresher.
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One Avocado halved, stuffed with prawns and seafood dressing on a white plate. Surrounded by dots of kale dressing.
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Football night just got gourmet: juicy beef meatballs with trompette de la mort mushroom gravy, Parmesan, and fresh sourdough. Luxurious, easy, unforgettable flavour.
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Beef meatballs in a pan simmering in Trompette de la mort mushroom gravy.
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Cooking for one? Make it indulgent. Crispy skin chicken breast, Andalusian olive oil, roasted peppers + sautéed potatoes. Start cold, keep oven low, finish with fresh herbs. Proper food, genuine adventures. 🍗✨
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A crispy skin chicken breast in an oven proof skillet.
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Nigel Farage:

“If Brexit is a disaster, I will go and live abroad. I’ll go and live somewhere else.”
LBC Radio, 27 March 2017

“Brexit has failed.”
Newsnight, 15 May 2023

I’m still here because it was everybody else’s fault.
#ReformUK
December 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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‘Never trust a Tory,’ says Farage — while welcoming 22 ex-Tory MPs under his own umbrella. Irony, eh?
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Forget BBQ clichés 🔥 These ribs went rogue: hoisin from Alicante, five-spice swagger, sticky char siu glaze. Sweet, glossy rebellion straight off the tray. Dare to ditch the rubs 👉 tinyurl.com/char-siu-ribs
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Char Siu Pork Ribs on a white plate with hoisin sauce glaze.
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Poppy Tinribs, doing her best.
#Greyhounds #IMHA
Greyhound on a sofa. Tin ribs on display wearing a jumper with a blanket.
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The heat is on:
Farage under police probe… Reform under Russian & crypto scrutiny… Farage urged to apologise to Holocaust survivors… Clacton house owned by him/us/her… Nathan Gill jailed for Russian bribes, 8 more UKIP/Reform MEPs linked… theflexiblechef.co.uk/issy-poppy-i...
#ReformUK
Poster: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Starring Nigel Farage. Illustration of bonkers rabbit holding a carrot and wearing a Russian hat labelled REFORM USSR. Caption: Bribe, baby, bride. Illustration of Richard Tice with Nathan Gill peaking from behind a door, labelled GILL GUILTY PLEA and a bag of Russian Roubles hanging on the door handle.
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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🐾 Two talking greyhound detectives, a sleepy Andalusian village, and a bilingual tale full of Spanish words woven into the story. Perfect for young language learners.
Read it here 👉 tinyurl.com/7dywk3zm
#IssyAndPoppyInvestigate #KidsStories
Illustration of village characters standing outside a building signed CASA ADORA. Whimsical.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Three days, one Rosada fillet, endless flavour 🍴 Pan-cooked with clams, saffron fish pie, and a tomato-mozzarella Mediterranean bake. Easy, rustic, and perfect for fish lovers! 👉 tinyurl.com/rosada-recipes
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#Rosada #SeafoodRecipes #MediterraneanCooking
Rosada fillet over baby clams, sun dried tomatoes and olives. In an oven proof dish. Waiting for tomato sauce and mozzarella to be added.
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Reform UK’s £9m donation just got more curious. Donor Christopher Harborne—aka Chakrit Sakunkrit—has spent two decades in Thailand, funded Brexit, and was linked to a company that later won an £80m MoD contract. Issy & Poppy say: muy sospechoso… 🐾👉 tinyurl.com/sakunkrit
#IssyAndPoppyInvestigate
Illustration of a man wearing and suit and Union Flag tie and his Thai persona wearing a floral shirt.
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Three men fund 75% of Reform. Thailand donor: £9m. Daily Mail owner’s wife: £50k. Speaks volumes about the DMs future intention. 💰 #Politics #ReformUK #BigMoney”
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Nigel Farage faces claims of racism. Still waiting for equal scrutiny on Russian funding in UKIP/Brexit/Reform or the Clacton house linked to him/them/her. #Politics #Transparency #Farage
Poster: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Christopher Harborne, domiciled in Thailand, has recently donated nine (9) million pounds to Reform UK. I wonder what he wants in return?
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Cricket comes to rural Andalucía… and chaos follows! 🏏🐾
Issy, Poppy & Jasper the bonkers rabbit turn the village pitch into pure comedy.
Dive into their latest adventure 👉 tinyurl.com/3scfzbc4
#IssyAndPoppyInvestigate
Man wearing an apron, two black greyhounds and a rabbit wearing a floral bathing cap playing cricket.
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Cosy up with a bowl of Greek Bean Stew 🥣 Inspired by classic Fasolada, packed with beans, veg & Mediterranean flavours. Perfect for chilly days or campervan cooking. Ready in 40 mins! 👉
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A Le Creuset pot containing Greek Bean Stew simmering on a gas hob.
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Issy & Poppy sniff out David Coburn’s EU bribes scandal and his Brexit hypocrisy — barking for Leave while living in France 🇫🇷 🐾 A sun-soaked Andalucía satire on politics, biscuits & contradictions.
👉 tinyurl.com/david-coburn
#PoliticalSatire #IssyAndPoppyInvestigate
Rotund man wearing a rainbow colour top standing outside a French Château while holding a brown envelope in his hand.
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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It’s a disgrace that Spain’s 2023 animal-welfare law excludes hunting dogs. These dogs—often abandoned or mistreated after the season—are left without the protections given to companion animals. A glaring loophole in a law meant to be progressive.
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Illustration: Two black greyhounds with white chests. Caption: ISSY & POPPY INVESTIGATE: THE FORGOTTEN PACK
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM