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Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:21 pm

Ex-Ascot wrote:Ibbie, very bad planning. Our nearest booze shop is 50 km away. Not been unknown though for a 100 km round trip for emergency supplies.

50kms ?

Try a 600km round trip for a Gin (and beer) resupply !
(Darwin to somewhere out bush)

Try a ship every six weeks which would not stop if the weather was rough!

After so many years SWMBO still hasn't learnt that you can't make a drinkable pot of tea with boiled water, it has to be boiling. Bloody foreigners, same as the ones who when you ask for tea bring you a pot of lukewarm water and a teabag on a saucer.

I've had people here ask why I'm taking the hot water fro the water dispenser to fill the kettle. I point out that (a) the water is not hot enough for proper tea as dispensed, and (b) because electric kettles in the US are a joke (but better than not having one), it saves 5-10 minutes by using the pre-heated water as a starting point.

Working over 14000ft does not allow a good cuppa. Water boils at about 85C.

It took me a while to work out why even the best tea in Rhodesia (Tanganda) never tasted as good in Salisbury (1500 m asl) as it did in CPT.

Last night I did a Cauliflower, Smoked Haddock and Potato Gratin, Mary Berry, worked well, tonight it will be Chicken, Leek and Potato soup if I get the nod.

Had a smoked haddock mornay yestereve when SWMBO was out dining with "the ladies". Tonight and tomorrow will depend on what looks appetising at the Sons of Morris, and Monday lunch with friends will be at Kushi's Indian emporium (Hello, WingsFolded).

Can't get there for Monday

One of the two shops on our island has begun selling small packs of beef dripping. Yesterday I indulged myself and had toast & dripping with salt - childhood memories came flooding back as soon as I bit into the toast. Very similar to the memories evoked when the late Mrs R found an old-style black pudding, boiled it and served it with English mustard and brown bread & butter

Sorry to hear that WF. Apparently it has changed hands (but not menu). I'll report back.

Tonight it be Iberico Pigs Cheek in a red wine sauce, mash with undecided veg.

Dinner tonight was my usual salad but with two chicken sossies! And lo, a full pear for dessert! Man oh man am I ever livin' the heights of blatant Epicureanism!

Just one more stinkin' lousy kilo to go.

I am sure you would have preferred a full pair, Slash!

'Course!

Channel Islands friends who now live in France but have been house-sitting in southern Spain are coming to stay on their drive back north. Mrs OFSO has made a ginormous pot of Dhanask Curry (chicken and lentils) with samosas and her own nanbread for supper, plus some yummy deserts I don't even like to ask about. No doubt the Mephistoclian Muffalo will force his way into the dining room and as a NR assert his rights to the left-overs.

Good old mince & tatties for tea. Cavolo Nero and carrots on the side. Extra CN for me as MrsP's not too keen.

Looking forward to next week's haggis &c.

Ox Tail tonight, and a bottle of something red & smooth.

Ex-Ascot has requested that I make vegetarian lasagne for lunch, so that is what we will have.

Aww you're such a good wifey TS. All I get is "you'll get a bowl of salad and like it!"

Only 657 grammes of excess weight to go. Chicken sossie promised tonight with me rabbit food if I stay a good boy!

Chicken Kiev Vegetables & Mash sweet potato tonight.

This thread is like that strange thing that people on social media do....taking photos of their meals....ha ha....