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That's very broad-minded of your family, Anna but I'm sure it was a visit they'll never forget
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brrr we are at -1 before chill factor, non stop fine snow all day so far and settling except nnear buildoings and on main roads .... forecast looks like a very snow covered middle kingdom tomorrow ...
Ardennes Pate with Very Salty Butter and Rolls with Sliced Gherkins ... absolutely scrumptious and i might have another one in fifteen years if that lot has not done for me already
According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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No I haven't actually, Anna. For one thing, unlike Simon I'm not qualified; and there again he has all that equipment, whereas all I have is an indoor barometer, a max-min thermometer on the sill of this N-facing window, a view extending as far as Hampstead Heath, 12 miles away, and a reasonable pair of eyes. I think it is possible to acquire a general feel for the weather, sort of combining observation, cloud knowledge, experience and enthusiasm with parasiting off official weather sites, but that's not the same thing as credibility.Originally posted by Anna View Post
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Snap! Cooked with carrots and onions in red wine and a splash of oyster sauce - dished up in a soup bowl with hot olive pave: the fragrance wafting from the kitchen has been driving me bonkers for the past hour!Originally posted by Anna View Post
Bon appetit![FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Well I am countering with a Meditereanian buffet....ttomatoes, salted and bathed (drowned ) in Olive oil + fetta+ olive bread + more olives....
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Well, I trust you. There's a start. And, if you started a blog then I'd read it. Food for thought perhaps? Although how one starts one I have no idea.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostI think it is possible to acquire a general feel for the weather, sort of combining observation, cloud knowledge, experience and enthusiasm with parasiting off official weather sites, but that's not the same thing as credibility.
Ooh, there's Posh!! I serve mine topped with gremolata. No oyster sauce or red wine in mine but a rich beef stock and the juice of an orange (it's a Gordon Ramsay tip, you cannot taste it but it tenderises the shin) and of course, there is celery in it!! Plus usual carrots, shallots and leeks. Like you, the smells wafted are driving the appetite and senses to distraction!Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
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Sophistiqué!Originally posted by Anna View Post
Nooooo!!Originally posted by Anna View Post
Simpler pleasures at Château Caliban, which will shortly be filled with the aroma of baking bread. Dough currently 75% risen
Some top quality beurre d'Isigny awaits.
No poncing around with "gremolata" here in the metrollopes!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Caliban - are you seriously telling us you are baking bread? And bread and butter will be your Saturday night dinner? No jam or Marmite? Just bread and butter?Originally posted by Caliban View PostSimpler pleasures at Château Caliban, which will shortly be filled with the aroma of baking bread. Dough currently 75% risen
Some top quality beurre d'Isigny awaits.
No poncing around with gremolata here in the metrollopes!
No Tescos Finest Paella, No Chinese take away with sesame toast and spare ribs?
Have you turned into the lad in't Hovis advert?
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Seriously!Originally posted by Anna View PostCaliban - are you seriously telling us you are baking bread? And bread and butter will be your Saturday night dinner? No jam or Marmite? Just bread and butter?
No Tescos Finest Paella, No Chinese take away with sesame toast and spare ribs?
Have you turned into the lad in't Hovis advert?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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No, there is an ulterior motive in you suddendly becoming domesticated when you never cook anything from one week to the next, and wearing a pinny to wipe your floury hands on is, quite honestly, totally out of character - you are out to impress, you have a hot date - OR .... OMG just twigged, you are on next week's Edition of Master Chef and this is just to warn us!!!Originally posted by Caliban View PostSeriously!
(Well if you are on it you couldn't do worse than some of the poor dabs featured this week!)Comment
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I love it when Anna embarks on a fantasy ride!! Hold tight folks!!Originally posted by Anna View PostNo, there is an ulterior motive in you suddendly becoming domesticated when you never cook anything from one week to the next, and wearing a pinny to wipe your floury hands on is, quite honestly, totally out of character - you are out to impress, you have a hot date - OR .... OMG just twigged, you are on next week's Edition of Master Chef and this is just to warn us!!!
(Well if you are on it you couldn't do worse than some of the poor dabs featured this week!)
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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She'll be down to that Haberdashers in Lower Cwmtwrch come Monday, sizing up a likely hat, Caliban - now see what you've doneOriginally posted by Caliban View PostI love it when Anna embarks on a fantasy ride!! Hold tight folks!!
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"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" is from All About Eve, one of my fave old movies. However, I meant to watch the Wales v England match again and find I have to do so now, before it disappears from iplayer shortly, so the gremolata and casserole is on hold whilst I sing Hymns and Ariias ............Originally posted by Caliban View PostI love it when Anna embarks on a fantasy ride!! Hold tight folks!!
But, Caliban, what has brought on a passion for yeast and baking? Are you modelling yourself on Paul Hollywood - are you the new Silver Fox of yeast?
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I thought the 'silver fox' thing would come up!!Originally posted by Anna View Post"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" is from All About Eve, one of my fave old movies. However, I meant to watch the Wales v England match again and find I have to do so now, before it disappears from iplayer shortly, so the gremolata and casserole is on hold whilst I sing Hymns and Ariias ............
But, Caliban, what has brought on a passion for yeast and baking? Are you modelling yourself on Paul Hollywood - are you the new Silver Fox of yeast?
Why, fancy a spot of .... fox hunting?
(It was Michel Roux Jr. who inspired it, as a matter of fact...)
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I suspect this might be the duckie Anna had in mind.Originally posted by amateur51 View PostThat's very broad-minded of your family, Anna but I'm sure it was a visit they'll never forget
http://duckie.co.uk/index.php?submenu=thelatest
(Apologies if it's not, Anna!)Comment
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