Spag Bol

[amateur51]

She moves on so quickly

A bottle of Barolo and *pffffffft* it's Arrivederci !

I think you've had a lucky escape, Caliban - you know what she's like on Co-op Valpol - imagine how she'd be on a decent Barolo!?!

[Anna]

She moves on so quickly
A bottle of Barolo and *pffffffft* it's Arrivederci !

No, it's not you, it's me .......... Shall we start again? I take it that's a No then.
So, spag bol has caused us all to get up in arms, but there is no perfect recipe, I use lamb or pork, but it really should be a mix, as mentioned above, of pork, veal, etc., and, absolutely, cooked down to the 9th degree, do the British not understand the raison d'etre behind a ragu?

I think you've had a lucky escape, Caliban - you know what she's like on Co-op Valpol - imagine how she'd be on a decent Barolo!?!

Oh. Devasted I am.

[vinteuil]

Marjoram, yes, basil, yes, but never, never tarragon! That is a truly evil herb that overpowers and throttles everything it touches.

... o, but poulet à l'estragon is one of my faves!
So I don't have a chance, standing in the queue here??

https://www.nytimes.com/recipes/4595/Poulet-a-lEstragon-Chicken-with-tarragon.html

[Nick Armstrong]

No, it's not you, it's me .......... Shall we start again?

Oh ok then!

Fancy a big bold Brunello?

(*Deletes dubious reference to 'stunning length'*)

[Nick Armstrong]

I think you've had a lucky escape, Caliban - you know what she's like on Co-op Valpol - imagine how she'd be on a decent Barolo!?!

You leave Anna alone! We're back on!

I like to live dangerously, though but...!

[mangerton]

mangerton: I think the inclusion of sugar was the belief that tomatoes were somehow bitter when cooked. I find, with tinned soups, Heinz are the worst for the quantity of sugar included, best soups are in fact Baxters, checking the labels very few of their soups contain sugar.

Yes, there certainly was that belief about tomatoes, but tomatoes were never added to Scotch broth, as there weren't any in granny's hieland hame in the middle of winter. Leeks, carrot, turnip, kale, and barley of course, would be added to a stock made from mutton.


Agree about Baxters - excellent soups, and their other products are good too.

[Nick Armstrong]

So I don't have a chance, standing in the queue here??

I strongly suspect that if you appear on the doorstep clutching a bunch of fresh, tender organic celery, you'll have more than a fighting chance!

[mangerton]

You leave Anna alone! We're back on!

I like to live dangerously, though but...!

I reckon if Anna came to Dundee and tried my home-made broth, neither you nor amsy would stand a chance.

[amateur51]

I reckon if Anna came to Dundee and tried my home-made broth, neither you nor amsy would stand a chance.

you can't know how you've gladdened an old man's heart mangerton - why have Trident when a bowl of Mammy Mangerton's Auld Scotch Broth'll do the deterrence trick at a fraction of the price

[Nick Armstrong]

I reckon if Anna came to Dundee and tried my home-made broth, neither you nor amsy would stand a chance.

Fighting talk! I'd expect nothing else from an Armstrong

Invictus maneo

[Anna]

Agree about Baxters - excellent soups, and their other products are good too.

Baxters, like other Scottish products I consume, like Nairns Organic Oatcakes, are really wholesome and tasty. My weakness for Tunnocks products is to my eternal shame ...
Edit: Crikey, only just seen the above posts! Well, I think mangertons's broth sounds fine, Amsey's obviously not my type, and there is a question mark over Caliban. So, I think I'll go offline before it becomes more complicated!

[Nick Armstrong]

Baxters, like other Scottish products I consume, like Nairns Oganic Oatcakes, are really wholesome and tasty. My weakness for Tunnocks products is to my eternal shame ...

We all have our endearing faiblesses, Anna

[vinteuil]

I strongly suspect that if you appear on the doorstep clutching a bunch of fresh, tender organic celery,

... you've obviously seen my picture in the National Portrait Gallery

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Baxters, like other Scottish products I consume, like Nairns Organic Oatcakes, are really wholesome and tasty.

Oh, yes! And have you tried:

http://www.rhug.co.uk/products/welsh-oatcakes-laverbread/96

... blasus!

[Anna]

Oh, yes! And have you tried:

http://www.rhug.co.uk/products/welsh-oatcakes-laverbread/96

... blasus!

Do I eat laverbread? Of course I do, I buy it weekly. It is delicious! Rolled in oatmeal and fried in bacon fat
Edit offline now.