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Author: BearBear
Date: Apr 30, 2008 10:02
I had to travel up to London today for my usual monthly meeting with our
largest NHS client, they having just moved offices to a place near
London Bridge.
This led me to be walking through that little set of tiny roads around
Clink Street on the way back and chanced upon this place:
http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/
(there's even a video of it)
... and oh look, there's a market, with a bakery doing THE most amazing
display of breads I think I've ever seen - rye bread, soda bread,
traditional white and brown, multi-seeded, stunning pain de campagne,
all hand made, all organic, all looking utterly delicious, so I bought a
pain de campagne ...
This is them:
www.flourpowercity.com
And then, in the little stall/area next door, a shop/stall selling all
manner of proper French foods; Toulouse sausages, foie gras (up to £60 a
portion!), french cheeses, and a pot of something I took to be soup at
the back.
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Author: VivaViva
Date: Apr 30, 2008 08:08
"Halla" drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
news:fmr414p6rnkhqeanek726jga17l2e7h7s1@4ax.com...
Reminds me of the time when I was about 8 y/o and went into my Gran's
kitchen to discover something that smelled good cooking in a big pot on the
stove, So I pulled up a chair and had a peek in. EEEEK! A whole pig's head!
They made souse (?) or headcheese (a pickled sandwich meat) with it.
Just the other day I saw chef Anthony Bourdain on his show, "No
Reservations" in London having a 6am brekkie at "The Cock...
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Author: phylkatphylkat
Date: Apr 29, 2008 16:12
One evening a husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife,
'Perhaps we should start washing your clothes in Slim Fast. Maybe it would
take a few inches off of your butt!'
His wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such a
comment go unrewarded.
The next morning the husband took a pair of underwear out of his drawer.
'What the Hell is this??' he said to himself as a little 'dust' cloud
appeared when he shook them out. 'Phyllis,' he hollered into the bathroom,
'why did you put talcum powder in my underwear?'
She replied ...'It's not talcum powder......It's Miracle Grow.'
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Author: BearBear
Date: Apr 29, 2008 11:00
Did a vat of hollandaise yesterday, with a large bunch of blanched
English asparagus (1.5 mins in boiling water), and some done the way
Jamie suggests - dry, un-oiled, on a very hot griddle pan, couple of
mins each side, pressing down with a pan lid for about 5 second each
time they're turned - from the same programme he did on "asparagus
soldiers".
It was superb :) Really liked the crunchy texture and nutty flavour of
the chargrilled/griddled stuff ... you don't oil it because apparently,
if you do, it caramelises too much, and goes bitter.
Utterly gorged myself on asparagus and hollandaise, with a couple of
breaded lemon sole fillets, which of course also went rather well with
the hollandaise :)
--
Bear
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Author: phylkatphylkat
Date: Apr 28, 2008 15:25
I was having trouble with my computer.
So I called young Eric, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks
like Mission Control and asked him to come over.
Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?
He replied, "It was an ID ten T error."
I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, "An, ID ten T
error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again."
Eric grinned.... "Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?"
"No," I replied. "Write it down," he said, "and I think you'll figure it
out."
So I wrote down: I D 1 0 T
I used to like Eric.............
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Author: Mrs LumplessMrs Lumpless
Date: Apr 28, 2008 14:25
I've just got back from Whitby. There are 266 new unread posts in the
froup.
You think I'm going to read them all? I shall employ my good friend
Mark Allread to take care of that for me. I'm sure there's nothing of
earth shattering importance I really need to know about anyway, but
just in case I make some statement that has already been made or talk
about an issue you already covered and moved on from, please let me
know.
Right, as you were.
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Author: David CantrellDavid Cantrell
Date: Apr 28, 2008 04:13
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 07:29:28AM +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
> A mere two hours to cook, eh, and how do we feel about
> crispy pig's ears?
They're OK, but I prefer the cheeks.
--
David Cantrell | London Perl Mongers Deputy Chief Heretic
Do not be afraid of cooking, as your ingredients will know and misbehave
-- Fergus Henderson
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Author: zolzol
Date: Apr 27, 2008 17:26
what kind of bird is that on the oklahoma quarter?
zol
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Author: MolesworthMolesworth
Date: Apr 26, 2008 17:49
.. it's been bugging me all day (earworm!).
It's a 60's song.
See my friend
See my friend
way 'cross the river
See my friend
See my friend
way 'cross the river
She is gone
she is gone and now there's no-one there.
tambourine, sitar..
Any clues?
--
Molesworth
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