Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

misskool

Ended up not baking as my friend rang and so chatted for 40 minutes

Now eyeballing recipes online and wondering whether to do a big chinese supermarket shop and get it delivered.

wageslave

OMG melting moments, I haven't had them in forever

I make a sort of millionaires shortbread kind of thing, only higher in calories. I am sure it is about a days allowance a slice. Loads of condensed milk:eek:

I have seen me literally sitting beside the fridge waiting for it to set.

Not a huuuuge fan of venison on account of watching my Da and his brothers shoot umpteen Bambis when I was a child. Same with rabbit, think thumper.

Having said that I watched Babe years ago and I still love eggs and bacon.

It is like the sober and celibate thing, God make me a vegetarian, only not right now.......

PasturesNew

I had venison once, one Boxing Day at my nan's; she knew the blokes down at the cattle market and got it on the cheap along with the rest of her Xmas meats. She always went to the cattle market to buy the Xmas meats and there'd be turkey, beef, ham, pork ... and some odd stuff, like the venison, or duck, or goose.

I remember liking it.

As for rabbit, I love rabbit. My uncle used to shoot rabbits then bring one over and skin it. Mum used to make rabbit pie (just rabbit, spuds, carrots in gravy and top/bottom pastry. Served with boiled spuds. Loved that. Not had it since I was about 12 though.

wageslave

I can vaguely remember the taste of rabbit. Isn't it greasy?

It looked, for all the world, like a skinned cat.

My Da and his brothers used to do creels(?) and nip out at low tide to retrieve lobsters and crabs. I used to sit on the outside step singing loudly while they boiled them alive.

Tasted bliddy delicious though.

Nowadays all my food comes neatly wrapped in clingfilm which makes me the happiest hypocrite in Scotland

I am re-reading Georgette Heyers Frederica after about twenty odd years.

I had forgotten how well she writes

LydiaJ

I read loads of Georgette Heyer in my teens and still have lots on my shelves somewhere. I like Frederica. I like The Nonesuch, too, although it's not one of her best known ones. I can't help preferring the ones where the two people seem to have a decent chance of still finding each other interesting and desirable a year or two down the line - I know it's pathetic of me, and I know I ought to be able to suspend disbelief rather better than I can, but there it is. That means that in general I prefer the ones where the heroine has a bit of nous and maturity, and where the book covers a reasonable length of time rather than a few days, and where the hero seems to be the sort of bloke who might actually be able to be faithful - hence Frederica and The Nonesuch.

lostinrates

Georgette Heyer...not really a fan. I don't know why. I'll rad one with out complaint, but not seek out those that are unread.

Rabbit...the skinned cat look I find hard too Wageslave....head off I can cope with. PN its not an expensive meat....seek some out and enjoy a rabbit stew.

I'm gutted that its meant to rain this week.....the week we have diggers in the garden.

The one thing I like about not having a car is a taxi picking DH up on bitter mornings like this....I might still have to be outside freezingbut at least the taxi is a warmer car with no delay in starting for DH.

renegade

wageslave wrote: »

I can vaguely remember the taste of rabbit. Isn't it greasy?

It looked, for all the world, like a skinned cat.

My Da and his brothers used to do creels(?) and nip out at low tide to retrieve lobsters and crabs. I used to sit on the outside step singing loudly while they boiled them alive.

Tasted bliddy delicious though.

Nowadays all my food comes neatly wrapped in clingfilm which makes me the happiest hypocrite in Scotland

I am re-reading Georgette Heyers Frederica after about twenty odd years.

I had forgotten how well she writes[/QUOTE * There is no fat on a Rabbit, it's ideal for braising with onions, fresh veg & mash- wonderful.

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

Now eyeballing recipes online and wondering whether to do a big chinese supermarket shop and get it delivered.

Urgh, I'm envious. Not just that you have a chinese supermarket to shop at but you can get it delivered too. I'm not sure but I think my nearest is the far side of Bristol ...through the IKEA &Tescos traffic. Meant to go sometime, after moving but never got round to it.

Hmmm. i think I might make pot stickers next weekend. At least that way I can pretend.

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

Urgh, I'm envious. Not just that you have a chinese supermarket to shop at but you can get it delivered too. I'm not sure but I think my nearest is the far side of Bristol ...through the IKEA &Tescos traffic. Meant to go sometime, after moving but never got round to it.

Hmmm. i think I might make pot stickers next weekend. At least that way I can pretend.

they deliver too http://www.waiyeehong.com/

SingleSue

Was woken up at 5am this morning by someone knocking on the front door....eldest son's friend's mum, apparently she has gone walkabout during the night. So not only do I feel like death warmed up from this cold but also blooming shattered as I struggled to get to sleep last night.

I really really struggled to get up this morning, absolutely no energy, barely any voice, chest feels like it is on fire, one minute hot, the next freezing cold and a headache to end all headaches...middle son has come back down with a cold and is off school today - another one who is feeling cold one minute and hot the next, coughing like a good un and unusually for him, no apetite, no energy etc, youngest has returned to school as his peak flows are now hovering on or just above the line..no idea if this is too soon or not to be honest but it feels right.

Have to take eldest to the doctors for 9.30 so no rest for the wicked!