Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

vivatifosi

Those of you with Children, don't forget it's nearly time to start tracking Santa...

http://www.noradsanta.org/

tomterm8

Er... news to me, I think it's traditional for Boxing day. It is quite advanced cooking for me in my fragile boxing morning condition, but Mewbie wrote a detailed recipe for tomato soup on hubpages that is well worth reading, so I might try it this year for boxing day lunch.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Does that include Heinz tomato soup? I tried to get a couple of tins today to take to work next week with some long life bread (I do live the highlife) and Sainsburys were completely out. The person next to me told me that people have it as a starter on Christmas day. 'Twas news to me. Anyone else heard this?

Nope. But its the only tinned soup I like. I have a couple of tins stashed way in case of dull days. I always serve it with sausage rolls if possible. weird, and not sure why.


I would have thought it was quite heavy before a big lunch.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Nope. But its the only tinned soup I like. I have a couple of tins stashed way in case of dull days. I always serve it with sausage rolls if possible. weird, and not sure why.


I would have thought it was quite heavy before a big lunch.

Maybe its more of a snow stashing thing then. It is lovely and warming when its cold out and I have to walk up and down the hill. Even to a vegetarian, it does sound lovely with a sausage roll, even if mine is from Holland and Barratts.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

You wouldn't believe what you can't get/find down here. I've been after a very simple kitchen accessory.... that you'd expect you'd find in any market, in any kitchenware shop, in Tesco, in Asda.... had to give up in the end. Tesco had the type of item, but only in white and it didn't look like they were out, it's just they only stock one type: take it or leave it. And this is one of the most basic kitchen plasticwares you can want, everybody has one.

Maybe your Tesco is not an extra extra big ginormous one?

I'm trying to guess what Tesco stock in white that is basic plastic.

A funnel? pastry brush?

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Maybe your Tesco is not an extra extra big ginormous one?

I'm trying to guess what Tesco stock in white that is basic plastic.

A funnel? pastry brush?

Tesco basic household range is al white plastic I think. i have an ironing basket from there. I want a wicker one but my mother says it will be really impractical.:o

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

Er... news to me, I think it's traditional for Boxing day. It is quite advanced cooking for me in my fragile boxing morning condition, but Mewbie wrote a detailed recipe for tomato soup on hubpages that is well worth reading, so I might try it this year for boxing day lunch.

aww bless him.... some of my top incomes are from food hubs... so I've got a domain I need to build up.... just loaded WP and plugins last week and am fiddling about working out what to put on it and which categories to use.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Tesco basic household range is al white plastic I think. i have an ironing basket from there. I want a wicker one but my mother says it will be really impractical.:o

Yes, wicker catches on your stuff all the time. It becomes very annoying very quickly.

At one stage in the past I had a large swing top bin as a laundry basket, ideal I thought. I'll be doing that again when I get a home.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I'm intrigued. Everyone has one...makes me think grater, fishslice, wooden spoon. Plastic rules those out so I think some sort of lemon squeezer. (I don't have one!). My new favourite thing are my kitchen tongs. I use them for everything and can't imagine how I lived with out them.

Just baked a yule log and feel quite chuffed. They always go wrong for me.

Large collander, but couldn't be white or cream. You can find these things all the time/everywhere when you're not looking for them. I'd have liked to have seen a range of colours to choose from.

What are kitchen tongs? And what do you use them for??

Never baked a yule log, we don't buy them either. No Xmas goodies here. Just a dinner. No starters, no desserts, no buffet, no visitors. Just us and a dinner. I plan to do some baking of some sort on Boxing Day maybe though.... just for something to do as I won't be able to watch the telly.

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

The internet has closed for business...

I got just £12 + $22 today
The $22 is a referral commission, the £12 was from our mate Google... one of my worst days EVER.