OS Daily Thread - Wednesday 16th September

Pippa.S

Afternoon everyone :hello:
Sunny,windy,cloudy and cold in turns today but dry so far, and the washing is dry and ready for ironing.... whenever the fancy takes me :rolleyes:

Baskets trimmed and garden tidied up, I looked like a woolly mammoth when I came in its so windy :rotfl:

Beef in the SC simmering away nicely, glad I decided to put it on now it saves so much time.
Had sarnies for lunch and a WW Fromage Frais, never realised until I had almost finished it the date was 23rdAugust :eek: tasted ok though.

Thank you all for the kind thoughts and good wishes for our new DGS its so nice of you:A
Welcome to nannyboo, Kitchenbunny and any other newbies I may have missed, nice to see you all :beer: you too candygirl :wave:welcome back sounds like you've been really busy, well done on the weightloss, nothing like running around after Grandchildren to help get rid of a few pounds;):D
mrs-moneypenny - hope DS feels better soon
Diva - Hope your friend is soon feeling ok, how is Tris? I was thinking about him last night
Reverbe/thriftlady - Last year I pre-ordered Mama Mia at £12.99 and Amazon price matched it to Asda and Morrisons who were selling it at £7.99 the week after it came out,they credited £5 back into my acc.

Off for a cuppa with a biscuit I think
Anne
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celyn90

My teeth feel weird now

Took a while to get reasonable photo of these - but here are the waffles They are slightly smaller than a penny.

JackieO wrote: »

P.S. I loved Keith Floyd he was such a genial sort of bloke with no real airs and graces. I have been trying to remember the name of the other chef about the same time. I think he came from NZ or Oz and his wife who helped him was called Jackie they seemed also very cheerful and unpretensious about cooking which I like .Some chefs on t.v. are a bit prima donna-ish

I want to say Graham Kerr (whom I also thought was great) but I'm not sure I'm right. I remember reruns of his shows being on around lunchtime if I was off school.

LOL at the puppetry... OH refused to go and see that... his eyes sort of water a little painfully if I mention it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I dare you to post it on the burger thread...

mummysaver

thriftlady wrote: »

Good lord where does he work? In an office on his own I hope:eek:

And, well, doesn't it hurt? You don't want him to break it do you now?

Goodness me this morning's daily is proving very entertaining:D

Noahspennilessmummy if you are a Nigel Slater fan then you will love his new book Tender. If you are at all keen on growing your own veg you will love it too.

Whilst not a proper gardening book he certainly inspires you to have a go by talking about his own growing experiences.

The book has chapters on different veg (not every single veg in the world). Each chapter has an intro, a bit about growing said veg, a bit about cooking it, a list of things that go well with the veg, some good varieties to grow and of course recipes.

I find the general cooking and what goes with what info useful because I like to do my own thing. The recipes look great too and I shall certainly be trying them.

It's inspired me to eat more veg as main courses instead of just boiled as an afterthought.

Some recipes I fancy trying

A rich dish of sprouts and chees for a very cold night.
Chickpea patties, beetroot tzatsiki
A dish of baked celery and its sauce
Spinach, orange and feta
Sausage and pumpkin mash
parsnips baked with cheese
Spiced courgette and carrot fritters
A salad of lettuce, peas and ham

Edit: it is now £13.50 on Amazon -very annoying because I paid £18.99. I've emailed my annoyance to Amazon customer services:mad:



I am so tempted to post on the hm burger thread a link to Mummysaver's OH and his hm burger:rotfl:

Argh! Another book I want, I lurve Nigel Slater's books, they are always inspiring and have great recipes! Like the idea of beetroot tzatsiki especially.

Just for the record it was a half day for my oh today, can't imagine he'd be doing too much practising at work, at least I hope not, he's a chef :eek: Aside from health and hygiene issues, it'd just be plain dangerous! Extreme origami? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Done the meatball and choritzo stew, tagliatelle now on to go with it, ready for when kids arrive back. Little lad next door has just invited himself for dinner, much to his mum's amusement, as apparently he doesn't eat pork - hmmm, he's just munched two of the meatballs doing a taste test for me! If it tastes as good as it smells then it'll be a resounding success. Going to see what else the kids fancy from the book, think I shall give the beef daube a go next weekend - got brisket in the SC at the mo, and they might end up all beefed out otherwise! Will serve roasted tomorrow, then throw some in a stew and turn a bit into pasties, stew and pasties will be for the freezer though, got a bit of space still in the new one!

Grabbed plenty of veg and fruit in Lidl, pears and bananas are cheap at the mo, and Mr T's had pink lady apples at 2 bags for £2, or one for £2.20, very strange! Did get a little distracted in Mr T's and grabbed some reduced bits (though I always budget for these, as they will just go into the freezer and then onto a future meal plan!) and the new Dan Brown book - will be spending a couple of lazy mornings reading it at the weekend, as kids are with their dad and oh will be working

Oh I know what I wanted to ask, why is sugar so expensive now? Anyone know? I usually get a big bag from Mr T's, but was actually cheaper to buy caster sugar instead today!

sistercas

elona wrote: »

Sistercas

Where in Yorkshire are you as I heard about the 400 cases in Carlisle but not about flu in Yorkshire?


in Sheffield 400 cases from 1 school unfortunately the one my DD's go to, it hasnt even been reported in the local paper I dont think.

mrs-moneypenny

Happy Birthday to Kaat Lady & Gingham Ribbon :bdaycake:

I want to say Graham Kerr (whom I also thought was great) but I'm not sure I'm right. I remember reruns of his shows being on around lunchtime if I was off school.

i remember that show i used to like watching the galloping gourmet, he used to rush into the audience and drag someone out to try his meals at the end of the show didn't he.

Pippa.S

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

I want to say Graham Kerr (whom I also thought was great) but I'm not sure I'm right. I remember reruns of his shows being on around lunchtime if I was off school.

i remember that show i used to like watching the galloping gourmet, he used to rush into the audience and drag someone out to try his meals at the end of the show didn't he.

I remember him too, one of my favourites, he was Canadian wasnt he?
His food always looked mmmm
Anne

notjustlaura

redruby - Slurping and sucking? Obviously he was sucking a lolipop!

flutterbyuk25 - What a shame you're having to do so much driving I hope the firm are paying for the petrol!

meanmarie - She bought a cardigan because she forgot to bring one?? I'm a newbie MoneySaver and former MoneyWaster but even *I* wouldn't have done that!!

lillibet dripping - 'Twas me who asked about the floddies. They sound like they'd lend themselves to a bit of seasoning and herby-stuff with, maybe, a nice, fried egg.

pipkin71 - hope the weather was kind to the picnics!

lou1981 - My bread machine recipe also asks for 1.5tsps of sugar and I've not had it come out like cake (although this could be good!) I'd suggest a bit more salt or a bit less sugar next time

mummysaver - Puppetry of the WHAT?? Did I read that right? The mind positively boggles! ... Have had a Google and a look on Amazon *and* seen your explanatory post. I think I'm glad I'm single!

FairyElephant - at least the washing everywhere is *clean* washing!

nannyboo1 - Welcome from another Newbie. I don't know if there's a list of abbreviations but I also would find it helpful ...

candygirl - Congratulations on your weight-loss. Feel good?

I made a tactical error today and went back to bed for a nap this morning. I've therefore been behind myself all day and have a headache now. When will I learn? I was going for an NSD but have just realised that I'm about to run out of sweetener having forgotten to buy it yesterday. So it'll be a trip to Lidl for me after dinner.

OS-wise? I might knit a bit when I'm done with the day's chores but, otherwise, lunch came from a tin from the cupboard and dinner's a bit of chicken breast from the freezer (cooked in bulk) and home-made oven-chips. All a bit dispiriting, really

pipkin71

mummysaver wrote: »

Wonder if Amazon will now put the price of the books up given how many extra hits you've all generated :rotfl:Glad to have raised a smile for you all today!

I haven't looked at the book yet :D but have seen some stretching and shaping going on in a previous life and although I can visualise the hamburger, Nessie escapes me!:rotfl:

pipkin71

Thank you for the picnic wishes today. We had a nice time and I now know how to sympathise with leaflet givers who get ignored when trying to pass out their bits of paper.

I'm very often an ignorer, but for some, they get paid to hand out these leaflets, whilst we was doing it for free, and it must be awful for them to have to stand there all day facing rejection.

Mind you, next time we're in town, I may still run someone over if they try to push a leaflet in my hand :rotfl:or maybe I will think back to today and accept it graciously

celyn90

pipkin, I always try to take a leaflet, even if I'm not going to read it as people handing them out always look so bored
Gingham, happy birthday to you too

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

i remember that show i used to like watching the galloping gourmet, he used to rush into the audience and drag someone out to try his meals at the end of the show didn't he.

Yep - he'd go off and find a lady in the audience each time. I remember him running about like a mad thing, jumping over chairs and things like that too Amazingly entertaining