Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

zagubov

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i'm not a fan of seafood in a sandwich to be honest, and battered oysters in a baguette sounds terrible. BBQ steak, on the other hand. one of my friends fries up a pile of onion, steak, chicken and then throws a load of cheese into the frying pan, scoops the whole lot into a baguette and scoffs it. it tastes amazing, but it i imagine that if you ate more than one a year you would be in some trouble!

I've googled po'boy and found out about B!nh mì sandwiches.

My local waitrose always has them whoopsied but I've left them alone out of ignorance. Turns out they're the best fast food in the world.:mad:

If only we still had our nine-drawer freezer (we left it behind in a recent house move) we would feast like royalty!:D:j:beer:

misskool

chewmylegoff wrote: »

what can a super deluxe toaster do? surely toast is toast? does it also make cups of tea? if not, i don't think i will be in the market.

it's toast. but not as you know it.

toast is properly specified in this household, it gets eaten every day of the week unless there is an impending nuclear holocaust.

the current front runner is this :http://www.lakeland.co.uk/13655/Lakeland-4-Slice-Digital-Toaster

Nikkster

zagubov wrote: »

I've googled po'boy and found out about B!nh mì sandwiches.

My local waitrose always has them whoopsied but I've left them alone out of ignorance. Turns out they're the best fast food in the world.:mad:

If only we still had our nine-drawer freezer (we left it behind in a recent house move) we would feast like royalty!:D:j:beer:

Ooh... I had one of these the other day from 'Eat', didn't have high expectations, but it was lovely. Will look out in Waitrose when we go bargain hunting

vivatifosi

misskool wrote: »

it's toast. but not as you know it.

toast is properly specified in this household, it gets eaten every day of the week unless there is an impending nuclear holocaust.

Speaking of which, did you ever get your breadbin?

chewmylegoff

i've just found some obscure japanese song i've been looking for for years! it's....not quite as good as i remembered.

misskool

vivatifosi wrote: »

Speaking of which, did you ever get your breadbin?

yes, robert dyas had a new range and we got it as it fitted the specs.

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/P~151416~Robert-Dyas-Bamboo-Bread-Bin

Big enough for big loaves and fits a bread knife in there. Slice, toast, serve and then all crumbs back into the bin

I'm sad enough to wax lyrical about a bread bin

vivatifosi

misskool wrote: »

yes, robert dyas had a new range and we got it as it fitted the specs.

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/P~151416~Robert-Dyas-Bamboo-Bread-Bin

Big enough for big loaves and fits a bread knife in there. Slice, toast, serve and then all crumbs back into the bin

I'm sad enough to wax lyrical about a bread bin

Wow, that really is exactly as we discussed!

vivatifosi

Have any NP's lost their pet lion?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jN1-z8PGuVyamzdno6CSjCPUTlTg?docId=N0206001346015611312A

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

The trick with eclairs (and indeed anything with choux pastry) is not to add cream until just before you eat and to cook the pastry the same day you're going to eat it. You can make the pastry the day before though.

@PN: choux pastry is a doddle to make and very cheap too. It is a bit of a faff but the result is excellent. As economists like to say, "There's no such thing as a free lunch".

My old workplace used to excel at sugarcraft.

Once during my hols I was driving in a large West central Scottish city (naming no names) and I was amazed that a hotel there was having an exhibition of sugarcraft done by our people, who'd travelled 400 miles. They toured the country routinely it transpires.

Interestingly, I once saw a list of most desired trades in Oz (meaing the skill they had the biggest shortage of and were most keen to bring in).

Sugarcraft baking. :beer:

fc123

vivatifosi wrote: »

I bought one of those duvets and spent a fortune only to discover I'm allergic to it and can only have the horrible polyester ones:mad:.

On a more fun note, My brother did a spot painting, he bought one of the canvases from an art superstore quite cheap and then used placed the free CDs/DVDs from magazines on it to get a sense of how many spots he wanted. Once happy, he drew round the CDs with a pencil and then coloured in with paint in shades to match his living room. It looked really good.

I love silk scarves and have loads, but haven't worn one in ages.

I can't decide whather to do it on a canvas/mdf sheet or straight onto the wall yet...plus slight snag is I think I would need a week off to do it.:)

we had a really good look at the colours plus there were loads of different ones; small, giant etc.

At the Sensations exhibition in 93 it blew me away (along with the Myra Hindley picture which was huge and painted just with child handprints...a very emotive piece) and the print has turned up loads on wrapping paper, textiles etc over the years but seeing them again we could see that every single colour was a different shade of each other.
Almost like a pantone chart on selected shades.

I bought a small print for reference.

Then I would love the Paul Smith swirl rug to go on the floor and the rest of the room stark white including the floor.

The dead fly mountains on a giant circle was totally hideous (and went unsold back in 2008 at the dodgy Sothebys sale). Obviously no-one in the world wanted that in their lounge.

michaels wrote: »

We have goose and duck down ones (probably only rrp 250 quid from department store reduced to £50) but I prefer using polyester as it is not too hot at 4.5 tog and it can be washed/replaced whenever I want whereas the expensive ones can not be effectively cleaned in my mind.

We've only had it 6 weeks so I won't worry about washing yet but I will take it down the launderette and wash + dry it there I guess.