Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

John_Pierpoint

SingleSue wrote: »

Now back, parents are fine, mum just went into panic mode as it is their anniversary today and she got in a bit of a mither over the party etc...all sorted now.

Ah that magic noun that can also be used as a verb.

How did I manage to grow up in the home counties with only "flap" in my limited vocabulary as a poor substitute.:o

lostinrates wrote: »

LOL, I love them raw (as do the dogs) and find plum jam a bit of a disappointment :rotfl:but other people love it so I make it. Its also great in baking. I guess I'll be using it where I might now use cherry jam.

Raw ones...the best are those big blue/black rather than purple ones, that are heavy and juicy. Or the reddish ones. Or the yellow ones. I love green gages too. Actually think I just love all the stone fruit.:o

Reine Claude:- I have what is now a mature tree but was a sucker. I dug it out of a hedge.
When we get a good summer it produces a yellowing green fruit that is so full of something, like a light liquid honey, that the skin starts to pull apart like old muslin - Magic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greengage



Then comes the Victoria's - perhaps there is a God and she has fetched me up in Eden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum


I missed the cherrys this year - there is an old orchard in Kent not a million miles from the M25.

lostinrates

John_Pierpoint.....I'm dribbling jut a little..I know exactly the taste you mean....that sun warmed honey taste....

SingleSue

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

Ah that magic noun that can also be used as a verb.

How did I manage to grow up in the home counties with only "flap" in my limited vocabulary as a poor substitute.:o

It was 'in a tizz' for us in East Anglia...think I got mither from a neighbour who is from Wales.

I won't say what my nan used to say (East London), don't think the swear filter will allow it!:rotfl:

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

John_Pierpoint.....I'm dribbling jut a little..

You can get pants for that, I've heard.

misskool

lemonjelly I ate my first courgette today and thought of you. Have 4 more coming up and one of it is a yellow one. can't wait.

Aspiring_Writer

SingleSue wrote: »

It was 'in a tizz' for us in East Anglia...think I got mither from a neighbour who is from Wales.

I won't say what my nan used to say (East London), don't think the swear filter will allow it!:rotfl:

Oh Sue, we're all grown ups here, apparently! Spill!

I had never heard of 'mither' until now, but whenever you're 'in a tizz' the only known remedy is a nice cup of tea!

sss555s

misskool wrote: »

lemonjelly I ate my first courgette today and thought of you. Have 4 more coming up and one of it is a yellow one. can't wait.

Did you see the Jamie Oliver show on courgettes MsKool?

misskool

sss555s wrote: »

Did you see the Jamie Oliver show on courgettes MsKool?

I'd rather skewer my eyeballs before attempting to watch the cheeky chappie cook



Or put more simply, no.

carolt

Aspiring_Writer wrote: »

Oh Sue, we're all grown ups here, apparently! Spill!

I had never heard of 'mither' until now, but whenever you're 'in a tizz' the only known remedy is a nice cup of tea!

If you had a northern OH, like me, then you'd know mither.

Very useful word - I'd never heard it till I met him either.

Another very useful Northern phrase - eat a little something to 'put you on' till dinner. Self-explanatory, likewise new to me.

sss555s

misskool wrote: »

I'd rather skewer my eyeballs before attempting to watch the cheeky chappie cook



Or put more simply, no.

I think you put it simply enough the first line


It was a good watch for anyone doing the courgette in batter game all the same