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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: angie on December 12, 2011, 04:30:57 PM
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Just a wee thought. What would everyone wish for Christmas.
Angie :)
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Just a wee thought. What would everyone wish for Christmas.
Angie :)
Or to put it another way ...
Thought . What would everyone wish for Christmas. Just a wee ... ?
Or, as my grandsons would say; "Just a Wi" please.
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04 18 20 36 42 46
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Seeds from Pulsatilla Campanella.
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I would have 48 rather than 46 as I don't much like chow mein. ;D
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Seeds from Pulsatilla Campanella.
Well, there's a Christmas wish that is easily made true - just PM me with your address please. :)
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04 18 20 36 42 46
Lottery numbers??
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Well it seems that Lakriskongen's christmas wish has come true.
Perhaps Neils will so I will try those numbers on Saturday. Hope you won't mind sharing Neil ;)
I think my wish would be as hard to come by as Neils.
Pleione albiflora, coronaria, x confusa, x kholsii to finish the collection................ Oh! and the space to manage them as well, a couple of acres should do it ;D
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Why I asked is I took my great niece to see Santa today, she is only two and was scared of Santa so Santa asked me what my wish would be for Christmas. After a few minutes I replied. I want all my friends to get all what they wish for come true. He smiled and said he would try his best, so you all better get your christmas wish list done. Lets hope you all get your wishes ;) ;D
Angie :)
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Why I asked is I took my great niece to see Santa today, she is only two and was scared of Santa so Santa asked me what my wish would be for Christmas. After a few minutes I replied. I want all my friends to get all what they wish for come true. He smiled and said he would try his best, so you all better get your christmas wish list done. Lets hope you all get your wishes ;) ;D
Angie :)
what a lovely thing to wish :)
Angie, you are a very generous person indeed.
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Angie,
This wish list is a really good idea!
What I could hope would be an official ( national ) registration for the Tropaeolum collection of Lyon's BG.
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04 18 20 36 42 46
looks like a french phone number...
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oh dear
if i start now i'm afraid i won't finish writing my wish list in time for Christmas. ;D ;D ;D
there are just too many plants I would like to grow
so maybe lottery numbers are the easy way out
14 19 26 29 32 40
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I would REALLY like to hug my mother and father and sister again, but miracles are probably beyond even Santa. :(
How about an end to dementia across the world and a Roy Orbison mug (please)?
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Anything you want, you got it Cliff.
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Anything you want, you got it Cliff.
A fellow Wilbury, Anthony?
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I would REALLY like to hug my mother and father and sister again, but miracles are probably beyond even Santa. :(
That was my first thought, but I knew that wouldnt come true. But as for our wishes one has already come true here, even if it was a tiny wish :D
Angie :)
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Anything you want, you got it Cliff.
A fellow Wilbury, Anthony?
Well, I wouldn't give travelling a big 0.
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I wish that companies who advertise on the WWW would not insist on a post code to complete on-line transactions for Irish costumers. A full name and address is quite sufficient for the safe delivery of goods in this small country, we do not have, nor do we need post codes, as our entire population is smaller than the average English city. Very frustrating when you have decided to purchase something and go through the procedure and then be told you can't because you have no post code. I phoned one Company yesterday to complain and they set the phone down , strange behaviour in the middle of a recession. >:( :( >:( :( >:( :(
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You don't need to put post codes on for UK deliveries either. It just speeds it up. I have found that putting the wrong county delays mail by a day (e.g. Dunblane, Stirling as opposed to Dunblane, Perthshire - mail goes to the Stirling office before being sent on to Dunblane). I found post codes were very useful for putting sender's address when I lived in Scotland. I just needed to put 36 FK15 0DZ and if the parcel needed to it would come straight back to me. NZ post codes only tell you which sorting office the mail goes to so 55 2013 could have 100+ possible destinations as the post code 2013 covers a wide area with many different streets. The Christmas parcels my sister has sent just have her house number and post code as the sender's address. It is also useful in automatically filling out forms on line. Put in the post code and it fills out your full address apart from your house number.
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Pleione albiflora, coronaria, x confusa, x kholsii to finish the collection................ Oh! and the space to manage them as well, a couple of acres should do it ;D
That would be my wish as well, that, and longer days in winter. There's another newly described species as well, although I'm sure its validity will be called into question - and they somehow managed to pick a nomen illegitimum...
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I wish that companies who advertise on the WWW would not insist on a post code to complete on-line transactions for Irish costumers. A full name and address is quite sufficient for the safe delivery of goods in this small country, we do not have, nor do we need post codes, as our entire population is smaller than the average English city. Very frustrating when you have decided to purchase something and go through the procedure and then be told you can't because you have no post code. I phoned one Company yesterday to complain and they set the phone down , strange behaviour in the middle of a recession. >:( :( >:( :( >:( :(
Michael, can't you just put 0000 or 1111 or something as a fake code? If you don't have post codes a fake number don't matter ;)
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Yes the 0000 works sometimes but it didn't work yesterday. I found another site selling the same product and when I clicked on Ireland the post code changed to not required,obviously I did the business with them. I don't know if some of those people are stupid, lazy, or just not interested in their business. ::) ::) ::)
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I was always baffled by the need to put "city" in an address in these on line forms. Living in Dunblane, Perthshire caused problems too as many automated forms don't have Perthshire in the list of counties. They try to put Dunblane in Perth and Kinross, which it isn't and doesn't exist as a postal address! People even put Dunblane in Stirlingshire as it is in Stirling Council authority, but then is Falkirk in Falkirkshire?
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Graham, you can have my 2 acres and welcome. You'll need to bring heavy-duty toolage though, and I will have removed the smaller plants. ;D
What I'd like I can't have so a truckload of gravel will do instead.
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I'd like a fried mushroom sarnie for breakfast :)
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I'd like a fried mushroom sarnie for breakfast :)
Ok, I'll bite.
What on earth is a mushroom sarnie?
Is sarnie same as sanger?
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Sausages that have been sizzled generally appear as part of an open sarnie. Helps keep the slather of mustard and ketchup clear of the hand. So, yes.
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I'd like a fried mushroom sarnie for breakfast :)
Ok, I'll bite.
What on earth is a mushroom sarnie?
Is sarnie same as sanger?
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sarnie = sandwich
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What's a sanger?
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What's a sanger?
Thats what I was wandering ::)
Angie :)
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sarnie = sandwich
Or as translated into New Zealandese, samwidge. ::)
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sarnie = sandwich
Or as translated into New Zealandese, samwidge. ::)
sanger = (see above)!
cheers
fermi
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sarnie = sandwich
Or as translated into New Zealandese, samwidge. ::)
sanger = (see above)!
cheers
fermi
Looked above but too cloudy, so, for one reason or another, unable to see.
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sanger = sango = smørbrød ;D
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sarnie = sandwich
Or as translated into New Zealandese, samwidge. ::)
sanger = (see above)!
cheers
fermi
Thanks, Fermi ;D
A bit confused here, a mushroom sarnie is a musrhoom sandwich?
How do you make it?
Does anyone have a pic?
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who would of thought a mushroom sarnie could be so interesting! :)
Nice to hear what 'sarnies' are called in other parts of the world.
Maggie a mushroom sarnie is exactly that, nothing fancy or a funny name for a local dish, for example 'toad in the hole' which hardly ever contains toads :D
Take two slices of white bread and apply a thin coat of butter.
Then shallow fry the caps of some small closed capped mushrooms in butter until nicely brown.
Place mushrooms on top of one slice of bread, add a little dusting of white pepper, pop the other slice of bread on the top. Cut in half and serve.
simple, tasty and due to the high fat content something I'm only allowed occasionally as a treat.
If I'm reaaly lucky, it will be served to me in bed with some nice fresh coffee. :D
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I think you might be in luck dear but we must remember to buy the pepper because we have none left :)
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I think my most interesting Christmas was in Tasmania - poor Australians what do they do to celebrate when it gets cold? I thought the Scots only celebrated the New Year! I would simply like a few more gardeners growing alpines for my Christmas list as we start the nursery again.
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By coincidence, we had a version of Susan's Mushroom Sarnie for lunch. I make it like this:
Soften a finely chopped onion of a frying pan.
Add sliced mushrooms - a mixture of varieties, about half a kilo.
When softened, add a glass of white wine, salt, black pepper, a mixture of herbs and simmer to reduce.
Add a glass of cream, simmer to reduce to a sauce-like consistency
Add a knob of butter and stir in chopped blue cheese, 100g approx.
Serve on toasted bread and wash down with the rest of that bottle of wine.
Paddy
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I think you might be in luck dear but we must remember to buy the pepper because we have none left :)
I just love that ;D ;D ;D
Angie :)
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By coincidence, we had a version of Susan's Mushroom Sarnie for lunch. I make it like this:
Soften a finely chopped onion of a frying pan.
Add sliced mushrooms - a mixture of varieties, about half a kilo.
When softened, add a glass of white wine, salt, black pepper, a mixture of herbs and simmer to reduce.
Add a glass of cream, simmer to reduce to a sauce-like consistency
Add a knob of butter and stir in chopped blue cheese, 100g approx.
Serve on toasted bread and wash down with the rest of that bottle of wine.
Paddy
that sounds heavenly Paddy. 8) I will have a go at making that over Christmas. :)
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I wish
#1: That everybody have a peaceful and nice Christmas or new year's as the case may be.
#2: That all countries were to use the same postcode system.
#3: Seed of Primula Klattii and Meconopsis bella
Cheers
Göte
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Lesley,
what you can't have is it a new back?Santa one for me too please and if possible add a couple of new knees too! ;)
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a funny name for a local dish, for example 'toad in the hole' which hardly ever contains toads :D
I have some spare if you need them, I'll never finish them all before the new season starts on them ;)
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Susan, thanks for the explanation.
Paddy, thanks for your recipe.
Here's a link to the absolute best steak sandwich I have ever had.
Only thing I do differently is to cook a lot of mushrooms to mix with the onion.
I also use pieces of tenderloin for the steak as we buy a whole tenderloin, trim and cut up into steaks for the freezer.
The piece on the end always gets used for this, plus any other scraps from trimming the meat.
Not the fat though, there's enough butter in this to have your arteries tighten up in fright.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/marlboro_mans_f/
Seriously good.
;D
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You need to have Fresh Ceps, Boletus edulis, as the mushrooms.
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John, what I want and can't have is the presence of one small brown and white dog. I must get over it. New back and knees would be great too and about as likely. :'(
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A bowl of fresh ( one can buy dried ones ) Porccini mushrooms -Boletus edulis . Unavailable here in Australia , as no one has succeeded in cultivating them from imported spores .
Lesley do they grow wild in NZ ? or available as cultivated specimens ?
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Boletus edulis and a few others are available imported and dried from speciality shops but I believe it also grows, and one or two other edibles in a few places, it's just a matter of knowing where and being able to identify them. Hagley Park in Christchurch has a population apparently and the Balmoral forest north of Chch. Landcare Research near Mosgiel has also been able to grow them and Dr Ian Hall who introduced the Perigord black truffle to NZ works with them as well. When I spoke to Ian about these a couple of years ago, he talked about the costs of getting consents for the introduction of new fungus species. Enough to make my very straight hair curl!
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This book seems a good one for those interested in seeds...... and with a gift budget of around £300 -£380 :o
Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora: The Carpathian Mountains Region (Hardcover)
by Vít Bojnanský (Author), Agáta Fargaová (Author)
Nearly one thousand pages, glossary, pictorial glossary, drawings, descriptions.... 8)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1402053614/sr=1-1/qid=1324133197/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1324133197&sr=1-1&seller=#reader_1402053614
Yes, I will be suggesting this to the Seed Ex Team!
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I'd want a book covering the seeds of the whole globe for that price!
On the subject of books I'd really like Charles Craib's book on the Geophytic Pelargoniums. I nearly bought it when it was published and wish I had - the cheapest second hand copy I can find online is over £150....
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maybe I'm a little late ....
I'm looking in this time for Streptopus simplex :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8257.0
maybe Santa could help ?
it would be also nice if it come with delay ( after christmas ) :-\
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Hope you get your wish Hans. We wouldn't want you to get a Streptopus complex! ;D
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;D ;D ;D
Anthony ...you are really good ! ( I like such jokes also much ...but my english is not well enough )
a short explanation :
"Streptopus" means "knot foot"
Best wishes
Hans
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I'd like a fried mushroom sarnie for breakfast :)
Some Christmas wishes do come true - Here is Susan's breakfast :)
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I'd like a fried mushroom sarnie for breakfast :)
Some Christmas wishes do come true - Here is Susan's breakfast :)
Brilliant ;) :D
Angie :)
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I'd like a fried mushroom sarnie for breakfast :)
Some Christmas wishes do come true - Here is Susan's breakfast :)
You need this kind of bread for mushrooms:
(http://bloggfiler.no/springerinne.blogg.no/images/954261-11-1294757765233.jpg)
or this:
(http://sunnfamilie.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/grovbrc3b8d2.jpg?w=300)
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Wow, looks like that second loaf would "put hair on your chest"... as my dad used to say! :D
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This is cute..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyviyF-N23A
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Darren, do you fold the bread over to eat it?
Trond, is this home made bread?
If so, would you care to post the recipe for the first loaf?
Think the second one would be a bit much for me.
:-\
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This is cute..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyviyF-N23A
That made my day Arnold! 8) I was feeling glum because the muppets who were at the seats at the park last night had left their litter, as usual, but this time had smashed a beer bottle, which is not good when Heidi likes to check out their rubbish. However, I would gladly walk over broken glass to hear Messiah, and the children clearly enjoyed making this video. Wonderful. To think Handel wrote Messiah in three weeks. It would take a copiest that long to right it out! How long would it take to organise this video! Meanwhile, we need to take Lucy to get some antibiotics for infected sand fly bites but our local doctor's surgery is closed until 11th January!
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Anthony:
I enjoyed it as well. I like the cultural mix. Imagine how far those little ones are removed from Handel!
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Yep, really got a Handel on that performance. :)
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cuttings of Paddy's hydrageneas ;D
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Darren, do you fold the bread over to eat it?
Trond, is this home made bread?
If so, would you care to post the recipe for the first loaf?
Think the second one would be a bit much for me.
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Helen, it is home made, but not by me or my wife. Although we used to make such kind of bread we haven't done it for a while. You can easily buy all kind of bread in most supermarkets here. This is the recipe of that particular loaf: (I am not sure what you call the different flour types though neither am I sure of the vocabulary of baking ;) )
5dl grov rug = rye flour (coarse)
5 dl Fin rug = rye flour (fine)
3 dl Kveitemjøl = wheat flour
1 pakke cottage cheese
Lunka vatn = lukewarm water
1 pk gjær = 50 g baking yeast
Eit par gode nevar hakka hasselnøtter = a couple handfulls of chopped hazelnuts
1 ts salt = teaspoon
Litt olje = some oil (soy)
Ha alt det tørre i en bolle saman med oljen. Rør ut gjæren i lunka vatn og ha dette i melblandinga. Ha så mykje lunka vatn i som må til for å kna ut ei god deig. Ha også cottage cheesen i blandinga. La dette heve i ein god time.
= Mix all the dry stuff together with the oil. Mix the yeast with the water and mix into the flour. Add the necessary amount of water to make a good dough. Mix in the cottage cheese. Let it rise for a good hour.
Bak så ut brøda ( 2 eller 3 store brød) og ha i formene. Etterhev i 30-40 minutt.
Steikast midt i ovnen på ca 220 grader. =
Form the dough into loafs (2-3 big ones) and set in the bread tin. Let it rise for 30-40 min more.
Let it bake at 220C.
Nyyyt med brunost på. Nam nam nam nam:):) =
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-branBe8W7jM/TtewLFCVvgI/AAAAAAAAAhw/aPhyAvYNIdA/s640/IMG_7525.JPG)
This is the cheese you need:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UfVN3aqidqU/TGpLHb7hPII/AAAAAAAAABo/wMzQGaFruTw/s400/Brunost41_800.jpg)
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I can taste that cheese from here. Looks like the wonderful stuff we had in Lofoten a few years ago, quite sweet, very smooth with a caramel flavour...delicious but what's it called?
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Trond, thanks for the recipe.
I am sure my hub would love this bread.
I don't have any coarse rye flour do you think I could substitute some 12 grain flour?
Have not seen cheese like that either, I too would like to know what it is.
I am finding these dls strange to convert, I made a pear cake with tosca topping a few days ago and converted 1/2 dl to 200mls :o
Cake turned out surprisingly good considering I used 200mls of milk instead of 50ml.
3dl=11/5 cups
6dl=22/5 cups
Would that be right? ???
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If you converted 1/2 dl to 200 ml I am sure your cake got a special flavour ;) Lucky it wasn't salt.
You are about right:
1dl = 0.423 cups
3dl = 1.269 cups = a little more than 1 1/5 cups
6dl = 2.538 cups = a little more than 2 1/2 cups
You can use this next time ;D
http://www.lemelange.com/conversion_chart.htm
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Darren, do you fold the bread over to eat it?
Trond, is this home made bread?
If so, would you care to post the recipe for the first loaf?
Think the second one would be a bit much for me.
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Yes you do fold it over - or at least Susan does. Not being a great sandwich fan I was happy to eat the remaining croissants from the day before.
Trond - your bread looks delicious!!
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I can taste that cheese from here. Looks like the wonderful stuff we had in Lofoten a few years ago, quite sweet, very smooth with a caramel flavour...delicious but what's it called?
It is often just called "brunost" = brown cheese but in fact it is not a real cheese as it is not made of kasein/casein (= the cheese protein in milk) but of what is left (= myse = whey) when you have removed the cheese. The "myse" is boiled and milk or cream is added when you boil. That's why you get the caramel flavour. You can use cow milk and/or goat milk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunost
Trond, thanks for the recipe.
I am sure my hub would love this bread.
I don't have any coarse rye flour do you think I could substitute some 12 grain flour?
Have not seen cheese like that either, I too would like to know what it is.
What is 12 grain flour? Is it a kind of grinding measure? But I think you can substitute ;)
I love that kind of bread, and especially fresh baked with brunost!
(http://www2.uit.no/ikbViewer/Content/68543/brunost800g_566x340.jpg)
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That bread looks delicious but I'm with Susan... sometimes a tasty treat made with shop bought white loaf is the only thing that will do! ::)
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I would like Swarovski binoculars - only £1800
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I would like Swarovski binoculars - only £1800
Strange name for a snowdrop! :D
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;D
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If you converted 1/2 dl to 200 ml I am sure your cake got a special flavour ;) Lucky it wasn't salt.
You are about right:
1dl = 0.423 cups
3dl = 1.269 cups = a little more than 1 1/5 cups
6dl = 2.538 cups = a little more than 2 1/2 cups
You can use this next time ;D
http://www.lemelange.com/conversion_chart.htm
Thanks, Trond.
Very helpful.
Luckily for me, the extra milk had the effect of turning the cake batter into more of a souffle mix, at least that's the way it behaved.
It rose a lot more than I expected.
Only problem was it built up pressure and spurted when I put the tosca topping on :(
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What is 12 grain flour? Is it a kind of grinding measure? But I think you can substitute ;)
12 grain flour is a blend of 12 different types of grain.
It can include flour ground from wheat, rye, corn, rice, oats, spelt, barley, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, millet, and sorghum.
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What is 12 grain flour? Is it a kind of grinding measure? But I think you can substitute ;)
12 grain flour is a blend of 12 different types of grain.
It can include flour ground from wheat, rye, corn, rice, oats, spelt, barley, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, millet, and sorghum.
Oh, I see :o Nothing like it here as far as I know. ??? Have to buy those separately.
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I have a measuring jug bought from Ikea. What it has in common with most of our recipe books is nothing! Our recipe books have measurements in fl oz and ml. The measuring jug has measurements in dl and cups! >:(
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I would like Swarovski binoculars - only £1800
Strange name for a snowdrop! :D
The price is about right though. :o
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I thought they only made naf glass trinkets?
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I thought they only made naf glass trinkets?
Is that Swarovski or Ikea? ;)
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The measuring jug is plastic Cliff, so if you stir something with a metal whisk you can made fantastic patterns on the inside of it. It is also, when viewed from the side, rhombus shaped (it leans forward), so that makes stirring damn near impossible. :( Someone has been paid a fortune to design something that doesn't work! ::) Had to go out and buy a pyrex jug!
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The measuring jug is plastic Cliff, so if you stir something with a metal whisk you can made fantastic patterns on the inside of it. It is also, when viewed from the side, rhombus shaped (it leans forward), so that makes stirring damn near impossible. :( Someone has been paid a fortune to design something that doesn't work! ::) Had to go out and buy a pyrex jug!
Well overall you can't better Pyrex for kitchen ware.Who were the idiots back in the 60s or 70s (or 80s) who designed cutlery with square ends to the handles? Stupid things hurt your hands when you hold them. And the designers of kitchens who put the microwave on a shelf above shoulder height. That's dangerous, as when you lift something hot from a great hot you haven't full control of it. I like mine at bench height thanks.
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And the designers of kitchens who put the microwave on a shelf above shoulder height. That's dangerous, as when you lift something hot from a great hot you haven't full control of it. I like mine at bench height thanks.
The person who designed our current kitchen! ::)
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I have a measuring jug bought from Ikea. What it has in common with most of our recipe books is nothing! Our recipe books have measurements in fl oz and ml. The measuring jug has measurements in dl and cups! >:(
You know Ikea is Swedish ;)
However 1 dl = 100 ml, not too bad ;D
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However 1 dl = 100 ml, not too bad ;D
::)
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For a minute I thought I was in the moan moan thread ;D ;D ;D
Actually, I wouldn't mind a measuring cup with the dls on it.
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And the designers of kitchens who put the microwave on a shelf above shoulder height. That's dangerous, as when you lift something hot from a great hot you haven't full control of it. I like mine at bench height thanks.
The person who designed our current kitchen! ::)
either a tall man or someone at a computer programme who never spends time in a kitchen anyway. All domestic kitchens should be designed by women, since it is still expected that it will be women who do the cooking and the cleaning up afterwards.
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Lesley, I have had two kitchens fitted in this house in the 30 years I have been here, and both times had to dismiss the designers and design it myself. They design it to look nice but not for operational purposes. I think you are correct,it is quite obvious none of them do any cooking. I did have a restaurant fitted out once and the designers did an excellent job on that one, but I suppose they wouldn't get away with shoddy work on a commercial basis.
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I do most of the cooking in our family and am pleased that ovens are no longer at ground level. Bending over to remove something from an oven is a pain!
The dl is too large a measure to be useful. It's like the dm, it's not really used, especially when you are dealing with recipes that require volumes like 425 ml of, say, milk!
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Goodness Michael, as well as all your plant growing accomplishments, were you a restaurateur as well? You WOULD be a good man to have around. ;D
Yes Anthony I thoroughly agree about ovens. I had to get a new one recently and desperately wanted a wall version but cost of all the adjustments to bench for hob as well as the joinery involved, made it impossible. So basically I have the same oven as previously except 20 years younger.
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Kitchens used to be advertise with "eye level grills". I thought all grills were at eye level, if you're looking at them? ::)
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I do most of the cooking in our family and am pleased that ovens are no longer at ground level. Bending over to remove something from an oven is a pain!
The dl is too large a measure to be useful. It's like the dm, it's not really used, especially when you are dealing with recipes that require volumes like 425 ml of, say, milk!
Oh, you use it to mix drinks? Drinks are the only stuff measured in ml here ;) Everything else are measured in bigger quantities ;D
No, when I think of it; not even drinks are measured in ml but in cl :o
On the other hand dm is almost never used save in volumes: 1dm3 = 1 l.
Length and distances are measured in mm, cm, m, km and mil =10km.
Volumes: ml, cl, dl, l, hl and m3.
This stuff (herring) is measured in hl (hectoliters): (The old unit was skjeppe = 17.4 l. 8 skjepper = 1 tønne (barrel) If you ever wondered ;D ;D
(http://www.fiskeri.no/Foto2002/09.14.LoddehalJHjort02c.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D
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Goodness Michael, as well as all your plant growing accomplishments, were you a restaurateur as well? You WOULD be a good man to have around.
Yes Lesley, when some bright sparks in the planning dept.decided they they wanted to build a chemical factory on the land where I had my nursery, I had to find another way to earn a crust. The locals kicked up such a racked that the factory was never built and the land is still vacant and covered in weeds. :( ::)
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Quite an impressive change of career Michael.
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Kitchens used to be advertise with "eye level grills". I thought all grills were at eye level, if you're looking at them? ::)
Does anyone remember the Michael Flanders song part of which goes "I'm delirious about my new cooker with the eye level grill. This means that the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye!"
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I do most of the cooking in our family and am pleased that ovens are no longer at ground level. Bending over to remove something from an oven is a pain!
The dl is too large a measure to be useful. It's like the dm, it's not really used, especially when you are dealing with recipes that require volumes like 425 ml of, say, milk!
Anthony, that jug looks like it would make a great jug to use with a bamix. ( for mixing)
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The jug's plastic, so the Bamix (not heard of this so Googled it) blades would destroy it.
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Kitchens used to be advertise with "eye level grills". I thought all grills were at eye level, if you're looking at them? ::)
Does anyone remember the Michael Flanders song part of which goes "I'm delirious about my new cooker with the eye level grill. This means that the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye!"
I don't remember the song - wish I knew it, it sounds great - but I remember seeing old UK TV comedy or soap opera I suppose, with people burning the toast on grills above the cooktop. I don't think we've ever had this kind. I've never seen one in the flesh, as it were.
Trouble with under the cooktop grills, is they're brutes to clean. Result is, it doesn't happen often.
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Michael, your factory/nursery situation sounds so typical of the bureaucracy doesn't it? "Let's build, have to pull down first, Oh dear, no money. Let's abandon."
For some (possibly Freudian) reason I cannot teach myself how to spell bureaucracy. Have to look it up every time. My Collins New English says ".....highly centralised form of administration in which officials of a national government or of local authorities control every detail of public and private life, subject only to their superior officers and without any responsibility for their acts to the people......." Doesn't it sound depressingly familiar. >:( >:( >:(
My Christmas, or possibly New Year wish is that they'd all go and boil their heads! ???
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The jug's plastic, so the Bamix (not heard of this so Googled it) blades would destroy it.
Plastic jug and bowl came with mine, at least the one I had in Oz.
Plastic was thick though.
Blades don't really touch the bottom, you tilt the jug a little, plus two of the blades for the bamix are round. One for beating and one for whisking.
Probably wouldn't use the jug with the chopping blade.
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The inward sloping back makes it awkward to stir things in, and, as I said before, I use various metal whisks so use the trusty Pyrex jug which doesn't scratch. It's like the wheel, designers have to get over the fact that the perfect jug has already been invented. Anything else is inferior, yet someone was paid a fortune to come up with a design that doesn't work. Another failing in this jug is that if you fill it too far, the lowest part of the rim is at the handle, so if you don't hold it perfectly flat, that's where the contents overflow. Perhaps there is a reason for this, but it escapes me? :-\
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Flanders & swan 'Design for Living'.
Clip here but not by them;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk49s5JRYoQ
Mick
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Maureen mentions Flanders & Swann, and at the drop of a hat, Mick comes up with a clip. ;D
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Anthony,
The Lyrics here too:
http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1653397/Flanders-And-Swann-Design-For-Living-Lyrics
Mick
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Just to be able to play a "C" chord in comfort and without having to pull my third finger into place >:(
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Just to be able to play a "C" chord in comfort and without having to pull my third finger into place >:(
My son spent the whole of yesterday on his guitar and reckons he can play the chords for 'Hey Jude'! His fingers are really sore now.
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Anthony,
The Lyrics here too:
http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1653397/Flanders-And-Swann-Design-For-Living-Lyrics
Mick
Gosh, at the drop of another hat! Thanks. ;D
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Just to be able to play a "C" chord in comfort and without having to pull my third finger into place >:(
Yes, it's difficult but practice makes perfect David. :)
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The measuring jug is plastic Cliff, so if you stir something with a metal whisk you can made fantastic patterns on the inside of it. It is also, when viewed from the side, rhombus shaped (it leans forward), so that makes stirring damn near impossible. :( Someone has been paid a fortune to design something that doesn't work! ::) Had to go out and buy a pyrex jug!
I thought that measuring jugs were intended for measuring. Personally I use a vessel intended for stirring when I stir. :P
Cheers
Göte
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The measuring jug is plastic Cliff, so if you stir something with a metal whisk you can made fantastic patterns on the inside of it. It is also, when viewed from the side, rhombus shaped (it leans forward), so that makes stirring damn near impossible. :( Someone has been paid a fortune to design something that doesn't work! ::) Had to go out and buy a pyrex jug!
I thought that measuring jugs were intended for measuring. Personally I use a vessel intended for stirring when I stir. :P
Cheers
Göte
Ah.... a different jug for measuring and stirring ; a little clue here as to why men in the kitchen leave so much washing up behind them! ;) :P
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The measuring jug is plastic Cliff, so if you stir something with a metal whisk you can made fantastic patterns on the inside of it. It is also, when viewed from the side, rhombus shaped (it leans forward), so that makes stirring damn near impossible. :( Someone has been paid a fortune to design something that doesn't work! ::) Had to go out and buy a pyrex jug!
I thought that measuring jugs were intended for measuring. Personally I use a vessel intended for stirring when I stir. :P
Cheers
Göte
Ah.... a different jug for measuring and stirring ; a little clue here as to why men in the kitchen leave so much washing up behind them! ;) :P
Not always! My contention is that my wife leaves more dishwashing than I do and that is not because she makes more food ;)