After my previous post regarding the new found love of cooking our friend has found he actually hosted a wonderful dinner party a few weeks ago to try his cooking out on us all. It was superbly done and the food was perfect.
As the previous posts admits, here at Enigin the time and seasons have flown past us without us even noticing it. The time has come to wrap up warm, turn your energy saving heating sources on and get cosy at home with the family.
It can be a great time for family also. With lots of lovely, warming meals to start cooking. Hearty, enjoyable desserts as the one listed previously. This time of the seasons brings many families together so why not make the most of it. Spend an evening enjoying your hearty stew and a lovely apples crumble infront of the fire. Cosy, warm and together.
The time for change came when I decided that the old car had to go!
Travelling in to Enigin every day certainly puts the miles on the car. In my bid to “Save the planet”!! I have reduced my cars engine size from 2000cc to 1600cc which in turn has reduced my insurance costs and my road tax costs. Its quite painless really just like saving energy the Enigin way.
Following the last week or so of superbly hot weather there is a reasoning that suggests that its Too hot to be stuck over a hot stove preparing meals for the family. Here at Enigin we believe in trying to keep things simple and easy to understand. Strike up the Barby comes the cry and why not! Get down to you local Fishmonger or supermarket if they have a decent fish counter and look for local freshly caught Mackerel. Look for bright eyes and a shimmering skin which will tell you that the fish is fresh. Ask the Fishmonger to fillet a couple of good sized mackerel and pin bone them.. When you get them home put them straight into the bottom of the fridge. Light up the Barby and while you are waiting for it to go to white ash prepare nice fresh salad with lots of different elements. Put about 4 desert spoons of extra virgin olive oil in a bowl and add 2 -3 dessert spoons of Red wine and stir well. Add salt and pepper and mix well. Enigin.
Ok lets bring this together for a terrific easy and great tasting meal. Oil up the fish with olive oil and place skin side down on the BBQ. It should not take long and you will see the fish cooking through. Once the colour change id about two thirds of the way through the fish carefully lift the fish and turn it over. Give it anothe minute and remove from the BBq and hold on a hot plate. Plate up the salad, Cut a wedge of lemon and lay the mackerel fillets over the salad placing the lemon wedge on the fish. Spoon on a little of the red wine dressing and serve with crusty bread. A glass of cold cider goes well with this light meal. Summer on a plate. It works just as well with quality smoked mackerel just warmed. Mackerel is one of the best superfoods just like Enigin is one of the super energy savers.
Its official, here at Enigin summer is jus around the corner. The jackets and overcoats are being left at home as the temperatures rise to a comfortable level. Its now that we should all be thinking about saving energy as we turn down the heating and use less lighting as the daylight lasts longer. Get out in the garden during the week end and avoid sitting in front of the TV, in fact why not switch it off rather than leaving it on standbye to gether with the DVD player, Sky box and Surround Sound system. If you were lucky enough to have an Enigin Eniscope installed at home you would be able to see the saving this could make for you.
The time also came for change came when I decided that the old car had to go! Travelling in to Enigin every day certainly puts the miles on the car. In my bid to “Save the planet”!! I have reduced my cars engine size from 2000cc to 1600cc which in turn has reduced my insurance costs and my road tax costs. Its quite painless really just like saving energy the Enigin way.
By now most of the world including Enigin has become victims of the Icelandic Volcanic Ash clouds that have been circulating for the past few weeks. This has not only caused problems with Enigin’s outgoing customer orders and incoming stock orders but we have had staff members stranded because of it. It just goes to show just how much we all rely on the Airfreight service. Here in the UK we were on the brink of chaos as imports of vegetables and fruit from other countries dried up. Wholesalers had to set up road links with the EU to bring supplies in from alternative sources which sadly increases the carbon footprint of the produce. So with the above in mind do you not think it would be beneficial to us all if we tried to grow a few items in our gardens instead of cultivating lawns? Enigin have many solutions fopr saving energy but we all need to reduce our carbon footprint and we can do this by growing some of our own food. It also gives you a warm fuzzy feeling that youve done your bit to save the planet and it tastes great.
As a Summer Salad hows about a nice fillet of wild Salmon served with a green pea and asparagus salad and new cornish potatoes!!!
Here at Enigin Its that time of year folks when the beans have to be counted so to speak! Stock taking is a routine activity that we all have to undertake to ensure that we know exactly what is on the shelf. Maybe it is because the key products of Enigin are really fast movers that we have to keep on top of the process more often than normal.
Because of the Christmas holidays in the UK this activity which would normally take place at the end of the month has been brought forward to make it easier for our customers by minimising the off-line time we are going to do it before Christmas. Hopefully the Enigin Ecos system will be back on line by Christmas Eve for those of you that are working over this period.
The winds of change are being felt here at Enigin with international customs clearance agencies becoming more critical with physical checks of imported products. Whilst the increased awareness for security and illegal trafficking heightens the upshot unfortunately means delays in clearance for the customer. Sadly Enigin has no control over these activities. Over the past few months we have been striving to bring all of our systems up to date to ensure that we can ensure that we have done everything possible to smooth the clearance process for our customers. 
Sadly this does not always work and you can almost guarantee that when a customers order is urgent, the customs clearance agency will intervene and slow up the process.
Customs import duty and taxes are payable by the customer to the customs clearance agencies where applicable. Delays in making these payments can also cause delays in receiving your order. Enigin must point out that we have absolutely no control over how much duty is payable in your particular country for the products you may order. 
To these ends, Enigin is undertaking discussions with our own customs and revenue service in an attempt to smooth the service we offer to our customers even more. Hopefully the results of these meetings will clear up any grey area’s we may have. If you do experience problems or you require assistance with issues in your particular country please contact us and we will do what we can to help, as long as it is legal.
Working for Enigin, one of my hobbies is Amateur radio. It wont be long now and if you are an Amateur Radio or Short wave listener you will able to get involved in the Annual RNLI SOS charity Radio Event.
SOS Radio Week is nine days of fun, non-competitive, operating and fund raising by Radio Amateurs for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). It takes place at the end of January to co-incide with the RNLI’s own SOS fund raising day.
Getting involved is simple, regardless of whether you can operate all week, for one one day, or just a couple of hours each day - every penny raised makes a big difference to the RNLI. As soon as it’s 00:00 (UTC) on the start of the event you start making as many contacts as you can, promoting SOS Radio Week to everyone you speak to. Remember, though, you cannot ask for donations over the air - you can, however, direct them to this web site for further information.
The last day of the event is the Sunday following the RNLI’s own SOS fund raising day.
Last year saw several special event stations on the air during the event, some from local stations.
I will be operating on all of the HF bands and doing my bit. Why not listen out for me, my callsign is M3XTM and I will be operating a QRP (Low Power Output) station. If you are not interested in amateur radio you can still make a donation to the RNLI, click the links above. I am sure all those at Enigin will be supporting me.
Best 73s Terry M3XTM
Checking proofs of delivery and tracking enquiries