Meanwhile, the warm sun bestows its goodness on Liverpool.
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Sounds delicious. That's what we call a ham shank or a ham hough (to rhyme with "loch") in these parts. Very popular for making soup here too.Originally posted by Anna View PostNow you mention it --- No!
Disappointing day, more cloud than blue, only just now unbroken sunshine, chill wind this morning and only got to just over 17° (might be a decent sunset?) It really tipped it down for hours yesterday evening but I still think that I'll miss the worst of tomorrow's downpours. (I do a chicken/butter bean dish like Ams will be serving tomorrow but I bung a whole (not chopped and with stalk) red chilli in it for a bit of background heat - today, as I went past the butcher he was putting a tray of freshly cooked ham hocks in the window - couldn't resist, I'll wrap it careful he says, they're just out of the boiler. It was only £2.75, think I'll have it with a cauli cheese, real Autumn food! Then, probably make some pea or lentil and ham soup for tomorrow's lunch)
It also provides the rhyme, "The loch, the loch, the beautiful loch. How I wish I was in it, right up to my hough!" (anon - and I'm not surprised.)
OT: Still sunny, bright and coolish.Comment
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I thought I might find some Dylan Thomas about ham or pork, but I DID find, XV11 century, from the Black Book of CarmarthenOriginally posted by mangerton View Post
But hear, O little pig! on Thursday
The Cymry will rejoyce
In their defence of Cymimawd,
Furiously cutting and thrusting.
The Saesons will be slaughtered by our ashen spears,
And their heads used as footballs.
I prophesy the unvarnished truth -
The rising of a child in the secluded South.
They got that totally wrong then
As you were ...............Comment
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anna.....bbbb photo now actually in my house waiting for my son to up load.... yep pea soup with ham bone etc Mmmmm....
....gorgeous day all day....still golden....
....shop bought lemon meringue pie for two (guess I'll make do for one)....i love lemony things....bong chingComment
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(very old joke for Scots speakers only.....)Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
Is that a pie or a meringue?
Naw, yer right, it's a pie.
(Hope you enjoyed it, 8thO)Comment
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Originally posted by mangerton View Post
I hope so too. I certainly did! New one on me!
"...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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What a lovely way to describe the near-autumnal sunshine. Today the sun has been bestowing its goodness upon Newport, RI while we're in the midst of the annual Boat Show...a big event for the nautically-minded. We've also left our hearts in San Francisco (where the sun is shining today) as the US boat, sponsored by Oracle, finally beat the Kiwis to the finish line in this round of the America's Cup races. The whole thing is high tech beyond belief...a far cry from the graceful 12 metre yachts that once plied the waters of Narragansett Bay.Originally posted by Angle View PostComment
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post
I hope so too. I certainly did! New one on me!
I got it at third attempt by putting on my dodgy Scots accent.
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Certainly quite a busy weekend! We saw three properties yesterday, and I had a band concert in the afternoon! The good news is, that we have found somewhere to live! It's at a place called Southdowns Park, in Haywards Heath. Yes, back to the place hwre I was brought up! Seems to have a magnetic pull! This building is the former psychiatric hospital, called St Francis Hospital. And, guess what? Around this building, are names of the various sections, some of whom were the medical superintendents that have worked there, Including my father, no less, who was the last one. And it's this part of the building, called Wheeler Court(named after him), is where wee are going to move to! I think it's uncanny and hmmm...surreal, even.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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That's great news, Bbm - may you both be very happy at your new address and I hope that it's a long, secure stay this timeOriginally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
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Yes I hope very much the 'revolving door' (a phrase used before the Care in the Community in the 80's closed such places) has well and truly been taken away....good news...Last edited by eighthobstruction; 15-09-13, 10:16.bong chingComment
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I did say, when you first mentioned this, that it was an auspicious sign!Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post 
I bet your Dad is thrilled and already looking forward to visiting you living in his old place of employment.
Ontopic, dry, grey, chilly, windy.Comment
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Yes, Anna! And there was a black cat on the front window sill in the photo too!Originally posted by Anna View PostI did say, when you first mentioned this, that it was an auspicious sign! I bet your Dad is thrilled and already looking forward to visiting you living in his old place of employment.
Ontopic, dry, grey, chilly, windy.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostThat's great news, Bbm - may you both be very happy at your new
address and I hope that it's a long, secure stay this time
Yes. well done. Goodluck and goodhealth in your new/old home.Comment
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Stoking a storm up here in Ultima Thule. Batten down the hatches after a sublime autumn day yesterday.......wow!Comment
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