Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lemonjelly

GDB2222 wrote: »

I found my DW attempting to pound some cinnamon sticks in a pestle and mortar without making much headway. Is there a technique for doing this? I tried and was just as unsuccessful as her. If I ground it round and round, nothing much happened to the cinnamon, and if I hit it, there were bits of cinnamon everywhere. In the end, I carefully cleaned out the coffee grinder and used that.

I use a grater.:)

Had an ace bowls match last night. Played a team unbeaten so far this season. Always a tough match, I can't rmember beating them before (though I'm sure we may have done a while ago). They have always had a consistently strong team, so it was unusual.

This league is ten a side. You get a point for each match won, and 2 points for if you win on all the scores added up. Early doors, we had 2 people lost in single figures we play 21 up), so felt we were on for a hiding. A couple of our lads won close(ish) games, & I knew (going on last) we hoped we could scrape a draw, but would lose the 2 points for scores.

Unbeknowns to me, the others were pulling off minor miracles. Upshot was, I knew I had to win for us to have 6 winners (thus tying the game, as I assumed we were well behind on shots). However, our game (all other games had ended) was really close, & quite tense. Worse still, someone off their team let it slip that they were only 2 shots ahead overall!

So, we got to 16-14, and I want 10 thanks to tell you how it finished...;)

StevieJ

Generali wrote: »

I've been re-reading The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (link). Here is Mr O's description of Sheffield:

But even Wigan is beautiful compared with Sheffield. Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World: its inhabitants, who want it to be pre-eminent in everything, very likely do make that claim for it.

It has a population of half a million and it contains fewer decent buildings than the average East Anglian village of five hundred. And the stench! If at rare moments you stop smelling sulphur it is because you have begun smelling gas.

Even the shallow river that runs through the town is-usually bright yellow with some chemical or other. Once I halted in the street and counted the factory chimneys I could see; there were thirty-three of them, but there would have been far more if the air had not been obscured by smoke. One scene especially lingers in my mind. A frightful patch of waste ground (somehow, up there, a patch of waste ground attains a squalor that would be impossible even in London) trampled bare of grass and littered with newspapers and old saucepans.

To the right an isolated row of gaunt four-roomed houses, dark red, blackened by smoke. To the left an interminable vista of factory chimneys, chimney beyond chimney, fading away into a dim blackish haze. Behind me a railway embankment made of the slag from furnaces. In front, across the patch of waste ground, a cubical building of red and yellow brick, with the sign 'Thomas Grocock, Haulage Contractor'.

At night, when you cannot see the hideous shapes of the houses and the blackness of everything, a town like Sheffield assumes a kind of sinister magnificence.

Sometimes the drifts of smoke are rosy with sulphur, and serrated flames, like circular saws, squeeze themselves out from beneath the cowls of the foundry chimneys. Through the open doors of foundries you see fiery serpents of iron being hauled to and fro by redlit boys, and you hear the whizz and thump of steam hammers and the scream of the iron under the blow.

He did compare it to Rome though

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

We have people coming for dinner. House is a bit of a tip and I haven't even been to the supermarket. What do you feed huge tall hungry people? Shall I do a stew thing?

Chilli.
You can bulk this out with plenty of: grated cheese, garlic bread, potato wedges, rice, tortilla chips.... so nobody feels skimped.

For a quick/easy 'cheat' use tins of "red kidney beans in chilli sauce", gives you a bit of a base taste to build up from rather than entirely relying on your own mix/blends. I add chilli too, just always use a tin of the beans in chilli sauce.

If there's anybody on a diet, you can serve chilli on a bed of shredded lettuce leaves, grated carrot and sliced peppers.

StevieJ

It is believed that Manchester City are about to request the exhumation of Peter Swales the chairman from long ago, it is thought he may have the key to the City trophy cabinet in his pocket.

PasturesNew

StevieJ wrote: »

It is believed that Manchester City are about to request the exhumation of Peter Swales the chairman from long ago, it is thought he may have the key to the City trophy cabinet in his pocket.

Made me laugh, but I hope you're joking ..... it'd never be allowed!



I just realised, that was probably a footie joke .... that I didn't get as I know nothing about football ... and maybe they just got a trophy and haven't for so long. OK, up to speed now... as you were.

Doozergirl

Thought about chilli, I did it last time they came. Thought seriously about a take away, can't really afford that at the moment! Went to Asda and the fresh lasagne sheets were on offer and there were tomatoes in the "Ooops" cabinet, and basil so it's HM lasagne and tomato bruschetta Like chilli, but different.

Is bruschetta singular or plural? :rotfl:

StevieJ

Back to Sheffield, they must have the most populated City internet forum in the UK, the number of posts for one city is amazing, most struggle to get a handful.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

Thought about chilli, I did it last time they came. Thought seriously about a take away, can't really afford that at the moment! Went to Asda and the fresh lasagne sheets were on offer and there were tomatoes in the "Ooops" cabinet, and basil so it's HM lasagne and tomato bruschetta Like chilli, but different.

Is bruschetta singular or plural? :rotfl:

Singular I guess. But we generally pronounce the ''sche'' wrong in UK.

PasturesNew

Looks like somebody watched too much telly and thought they'd dig down to get the extra height they wanted.... only to discover this chapel had no foundations and was simply built on earth.

http://media.rightmove.co.uk/1k/701/33243662/701_WPY110013_IMG_02_0000_max_620x414.JPG

Edit: I also notice they increased the asking price by 50% from March to today ... must be for their digging work

Generali

iB1 wrote: »

Thanks Strong vinegar and muscular arms it is then (cheers chewmylegoff as well)

Unfortunately the tiles in my bathroom are dark blue and white chequered. You can guess which ones are showing up the limescale can't you

Viacal. It's amazing stuff. Get it in the supermarket or Robert Dyas.