In article Halla said ...
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:24:06 -0000, Bear
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> blethered:
> >>In article Richard Sherratt said ...
>>
>>> Sad, but true. We have our tea (kitchen) towels sorted into holey and
>>> non-holey. I'm not allowed to use the non-holey ones to dry any of my
>>> knives. That tends to make them holey.
>>
>>Blessed by the blade ;)
>>
>>And while we're on the subject, why is it that the number of thick,
>>absorbent tea towels seems to be on the wane, in favour of those useless
>>thin things? When I went to get some recently it took me *ages* to find
>>some - in the end my normally fairly useless local Sainsbury came to the
>>rescue, but it took a while to find them.
>
> We're all supposed to use kitchen towel (the paper kind) or
> dishwashers with tabs which somehow make your dishes dry at the end of
> the cycle, so there's no call for tea towels any more.
I have a dishwasher, but it's got 2 legs and operates using voice
command :)
I do prefer to leave dishes to drain and dry naturally though, if
possible.
>
> Sounds good on the page.
It was really nice. I don't normally go in for the "cheese with steak"
thing, but that was beautifully balanced, flavour-wise.
>>Only issue was the standard of
>>the fillet steak, which was from my fairly useless local Sainsbury, and
>>was ... er ... fairly useless :) [1] Not great VFM for ВЈ15-worth, so
>>some was bunged in a plastic bag as evidence and I'll hammer them for a
>>refund the next time I go in. Judging by previous complaints to them,
>>this will be a major pain, involving much whining and evasion on their
>>part, so I'll wait til I'm in a bad mood :)
>>
>>I absolutely adore "The F-word" - for those with a
TVTorrents.com >
> Can never figure out how to get that to work, AIH. I am a
> torrent-eejit mind you.
Easiest way is to download uTorrent, which makes things a doddle; set it
to put the completed files somewhere obvious, download the torrent from
whichever site you like (TVTorrents needs an invite, whereas UKNova just
needs you to apply for an account - they get replace regularly so be
patient and keep applying), and away you go.
If you want a proper idiot's guide I'll bang one together, but you'll
have to wait.
> Did you see his live cookery thing at the weekend there? Wasn't all
> that impressed, the food looked good but cooking alongside Chris
> Moyles and cutting away to various people in their own kitchens[1] was
> irritating so I switched the telly off.
I didn't see it no, and your review doesn't make me want to - I can't
abide Moyles at any price [1], and go out of my way to avoid the
irritating twonk.
>>[1] my local Tesco is even worse, and I don't like Tesco as a company,
>>so avoid them ... if I'm around during the day I tend to use proper
>>local shops, including a proper butcher, but I've been working mental
>>hours/days of late
>
> Are you working all weekends? You mentioned that you've got a huge
> freezer, maybe a nice butcher could do you a freezer order and deliver
> it some weekend instead of you relying on supermarket fare? Even
> defrosted butcher meat is nicer than anything they buy in.
I don't often have to work weekends, but 16-18 hour days in the week
mean that, by the time I get in, I'm too shattered to cook, and often to
tired to eat either. I've also got some superb quality delivery places
around here, so I tend to call them (hands free of course) from the car
when I'm 20 mins from home and that way the stuff turns up when I do :)
There's even a lovely Italian place that delivers proper Italian pizza,
cooked in a wood-fired stove. Gorgeous.
Then, I cook properly for myself at the weekends, or if I'm working from
home Fridays or Mondays - WFH means I don't have to travel 2-2.5 hours
each way, so I've more time to do stuff.
[1] one of those people that makes me want to put my boot through the
TV, monitor or radio when he comes on. Janet Street Porter used to have
the same effect, but I've mellowed a bit towards her after her
appearances on The F-Word
--
Bear
