Things that are not all they're cracked up to be

[cloughie]

Cream crackers.

Do they really have cream in? Very unlikely IMO.

Great with marmite or Stilton - dept on circumstances and time of day.

Thinking about it they're great with lots of things.

[teamsaint]

stilton.

The white stuff is ok.

[cloughie]

stilton.

The white stuff is ok.

You mean you never get them cream cracker and stilton blues? Of course you're lot don't play in the blues!

I hope your cheering for us Saturday, ts!

[Beef Oven!]

The vast majority of international football matches

Now you’re getting the hang of it

[Barbirollians]

The Ring cycle - apart from Die Walkure.

[Beef Oven!]

Brahms’ two piano concertos.

[P. G. Tipps]

Jose Mourinho, Sir Elton John, Sovereignty, Independent Public Inquiries, 'Healthy' Food.

[antongould]

Paul Simon would probaly agree with you!

Good heavens cloughers for a moment I thought you were saying Paul Simon was not all ............. !!!!

[greenilex]

Supermarket eggs.....sorry...

[Pabmusic]

Obvious, but...

Maybe...

Life.

What's it all about, then?

I've never got the hang of it. A bit like Monopoly, if you ask me.

But then again, you probably won't.

Life's like that...

[mangerton]

So many broths, soups and stocks cannot be made without the ‘Holy Trinity’ of onion carrot and celery. Some believe it’s the cornerstone of civilisation. Beef broth? Not sure.

Not altogether sure I agree with you. My mother made soup of various kinds for years, and she never used celery.

Leeks, otoh, were always used, best dug from the ground just after the frost had got at them.

[pastoralguy]

Obvious, but...

Maybe...

Life.

What's it all about, then?

I've never got the hang of it. A bit like Monopoly, if you ask me.

But then again, you probably won't.

Life's like that...

But if you consider the alternative...

[mangerton]

Cream crackers.

Do they really have cream in? Very unlikely IMO.

Absolutely. Very unlikely.

On a related note, and this should probably be in the "birds" thread, the grounds at my place of work have played host to a pair of oyster catchers for the last twelve years or so, and each year they raise a brood of young, which we see trotting about after the parents.

But as I remarked to a colleague only this week, "Oyster catchers? During all these years, I've never seen them even once with an oyster!"

[vinteuil]

So many broths, soups and stocks cannot be made without the ‘Holy Trinity’ of onion carrot and celery. Some believe it’s the cornerstone of civilisation.

... indeed so

A mirepoix, as it is known -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirepoix_(cuisine)

[johncorrigan]

Democracy.