Mushrooms on toast and fried egg on the side (large free-range, simple chestnut mushrooms and Hovis with butter) and A cup of tea (Yorkshire tea-bags).
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Calamity! No milk. How did that happen? I set my heart on tea with milk, but it must be black coffee or apple juice.
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I do recommend Coop dried milk and a stout fork to whisk it.
I am trying a home-made pesto.Comment
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Yorkshire teabags may need milk … I've switched to Oat Drink for cereals and occasional drinking on its own, but you can use it in hot drinks and baking. Coffee is always black, except every other Friday.Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostCalamity! No milk. How did that happen? I set my heart on tea with milk, but it must be black coffee or apple juice.
Anyway - now cooking: Sunday pizza - all ingredients from the Coop (flours, yeast, olive oil, tomatoes, onions, passata, char-grilled artichokes, olives, mozzarella). Every week I aim to improve on the previous week - doesn't always happen, though
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I make my own pesto sometimes. More when I’m abroad, I find the ingredients are better than here. It is always better than shop bought. That probably is more a reflection on shop bought than my skill. I make it coarser, too.Originally posted by greenilex View Post
I have some CoffeeMate for coffee emergencies, but I just can’t bring myself to use powdered milk for tea. Isn’t that how vending machines go?Last edited by Beef Oven!; 14-05-17, 11:53.Comment
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Yorkshire tea-bags definitely need milk, IMV. I’ve tried alternatives in my cereal, but old habits die hard. Although a Scottish friend got me onto making Porridge with water, which I occasionally do. And even with salt (very rarely). ahinton suggests a small amount of single-malt whisky, which sounds fab, but I've yet to try (blended I’ve tried).Originally posted by french frank View PostYorkshire teabags may need milk … I've switched to Oat Drink for cereals and occasional drinking on its own, but you can use it in hot drinks and baking. Coffee is always black, except every other Friday.
Anyway - now cooking: Sunday pizza - all ingredients from the Coop (flours, yeast, olive oil, tomatoes, onions, passata, char-grilled artichokes, olives, mozzarella). Every week I aim to improve on the previous week - doesn't always happen, though
I cannot make pizza. Even when I cheat and use a ready-made base and only have to concern myself with the topping. Always a disaster and I’ve completely given up.
I am famous among friends and family for making some of the best cheese on toast on the planet. Nothing mysterious, just cheese, a small amount of tomato, olive oil, oregano, basil, thyme, black pepper and occasionally sage. Oh, and some bread!
When I’ve used chopped black olives, I find it over-complicates it, although I’ve never had any complaints.Last edited by Beef Oven!; 14-05-17, 12:06.Comment
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I stopped taking milk in tea years ago in Barcelona where the milk was so awful it made the tea taste terrible. Yorkshire tea, both the basic stuff and the gold are great without milk, but Lady Grey is my tea of choice. Currently doing some baking for a local show, whilst keeping a check on the Owls match.Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostComment
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... no sympathy for anyone who even considers 'tea-bags' - let alone 'dried milk'.
What has this country come to?.
... a birthday for Mme v's youngest last night : he insisted on a lasagne and a carrot salad.
We are eating re-heated lasagne, and left-over carrot salad for lunch .
Mme v's lasagne is super-excellent...Comment
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Not quite! Other way round. So Finished = both @ 5.25 & tines up; Still at it = 5.25 & 5.35 or wilder & tines down ...Originally posted by french frank View Post
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Where did you find that, Zucchers? I can see:Originally posted by Zucchini View Post
"When finished, the knife and fork (with tines facing upwards) or spoon etc are placed on the plate in a six-thirty position." I agree about the tines.
There'll be confusion behind the scenes over this.
And this is a strange one: "If in any doubt, say, about whether to eat pizza with a knife and fork or the fingers, remember the golden rule of table manners: think of the person sitting opposite." What are you supposed to think? Second guess whether they'll mind you picking up a piece with your fingers? (I do that)It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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... re: tines - but always remember, whereas correct form when laying a table is for the forks to have the tines facing upwards, this does not apply for the royal family where the tines always face downwards. I think bicoz at some time a royal infant banged a fist on the nearer end of a fork which sprang up and lacerated him.
Above rule of course only applies on these British Isles. You can usually tell by looking at any monograms or othersuch twiddles on the handles of forks and spoons - on the continong they're usually on the 'wrong' (or 'royal') side, indicating that they (not the royals) should be laid the other way up...Comment
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ZucchiniOriginally posted by Zucchini View Post
You seem to be in the know, may I pick your brains?
Next time I have people 'round for dinner, who should I serve their prawn cocktail first, a brigadier or a bishop?
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Probably depends on the time. Is 6.30 the Prawn Cocktail Hour!Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostComment
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