Jubilee celebrations were right up your street - Grimsby Telegraph
24 May 2012, 2:22 am
The 25th year of the Queen's reign was marked by stores selling out of Union flags and a wide variety of events, ranging from 120 street parties to decorated bike competitions and, most unusually, a contest for the best knobbly knees – or best ankles for ...

Now's good: Jerusalem artichokes - Stuff
22 May 2012, 8:18 pm
Jerusalem artichokes are not edible thistles native to Israel but the tubers of a variety of sunflower. They are nubby and knobbly, the flesh has a white sheen and they have a sweet nutty, earthy taste. Unfortunately, the vegetable sometimes causes intestinal problems.

Cycling: Team awards in the bag - Kings Lynn News
21 May 2012, 4:35 am
15, Jason Nixon 23:11, Steve Twell 24:09, Gary Smith 24:09, Daniel Collins 24:26, Steve Bristow 25:56, Martin Schrooder 26:18, Marcus Hopkins (trike) 26:32, Tim Maslin 26:40, Gavin Costick 28:36, Kevin Younge (trike) 28:44, Simon Hardy (knobbly tyre) 30:46.

Irish lumper is revived by Glens of Antrim Potatoes - Farming Life
19 May 2012, 6:56 pm
The Irish Lumper, a distinctive ‘knobbly’ shaped potato, was re-launched at the Delicious Ireland exhibition at the famous foodhall in Selfridges, London, earlier this month. Glens of Antrim Potatoes specially cultivated and propagated the heritage ...

Sony Award-winners Beryl Renwick and Betty Smith turn the airwaves grey - Daily Telegraph
17 May 2012, 1:40 am
“Oh, don’t go on about that. I went to Skegness with some of the girls when I was a young woman. They were having a knobbly knees competition and they wanted someone to feel the men’s knees. No one else would do it, so I said 'Yes, please

Looks ugly but tastes great - Stuff
16 May 2012, 9:51 pm
Ugly is a nice way of describing this sun choke, for often it is overly knobbly and dirty, but really if it was smooth and oval then it would be just like the tasteless and textureless potatoes you can buy for 12 months of the year. The jerusalem artichoke ...

Urban fare - nsnews.com
16 May 2012, 3:03 pm
We toured garden after garden bursting with gorgeous organic salad crops, vegetables, culinary herbs, and even "green medicines" like the noni fruit, a pinecone-shaped knobbly tropical fruit high in vitamin C and touted in North American health food stores ...

Daring bugs of May - The Age
14 May 2012, 9:11 pm
it's now time to dig up the roots and harvest the knobbly tubers). I ignored the tiny bugs, putting the death of the nearby borlotti beans down to bad luck, but started getting suspicious when the anticipated run of green and purple climbing beans didn't kick in.

How salt-blasting surgery cured my disfiguring condition called 'drinker's red nose' - Daily Mail
12 May 2012, 5:17 pm
By my early 50s, the skin began to thicken and became knobbly. ‘There was no pain, and I put it down to age. I know it looked like I was a boozer but in fact I rarely drank as it tended to make my skin flush more. He adds: ‘I didn’t let my nose get ...

Unlovely but essential: why the pancreas is so important - Financial Times
11 May 2012, 3:24 pm
The surgeon had worked her way deeper towards the spine and was poking at a knobbly piece of tissue with her forceps. “Think of the pictures you’ve seen in books: think what is related to what.” Looking for a landmark, I finally saw a bit of the ...