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Possession

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

Celeriac !

See? it even looks satanic!!!!!!!

Smoosh

Popperwell wrote: »

Don't know how far back it is and whether you just found us but many of us have put a little description of ourselves so if you have lurked you may have seen them:p

Wish I had made notes myself as you do forget(well I do)best way though of getting to know each other is just chat...and read away.

Ooo, no, I didn't see that! I only found this thread today whilst I was browsing the forums

Hopefully I will get to know all of you!

GreyQueen

Smoosh wrote: »

Hi everyone. Hope it's ok if I join in here, feeling very down with how tough things are at the moment and would be nice to chat to others.

:j Welcome to the madhouse, Smoosh.

Possession wrote: »

I believe the tins of Branston which are sold in Sainsbugs are silver-plated, and the ones in Waitrose are gold-plated.
Mar celeriac is closely-related to celery, and is therefore also satanic.

Celery is perfectly edible if you steam it with carrots and serve it with butter. Can't abide it raw.

I saw a celeriac once on the market and had to ask what it was..........:p never eaten one, though. I'm a small-c conservative when it comes to food.

Just checked; my Lidl-Branstons obviously came off the common packaging line and are tin-plated. Damn. Mother always told me not to buy cheap tins. Actually, that's a doggone lie, she always told me not to buy cheap tools.

Sorry, VJsMum, for leg-pulling and please don't bring your ironing pile around. Your reward will be in later life, when you are surrounded by your (beautifully-pressed) children and grandchildren and I shall be a bitter and twisted and somewhat crumpled old bat in the nursing home.

Actually, three meals a day and plenty of tea and books.......how old d'you have to be to qualify, again?

lora

GreyQueen wrote: »

Fuddle, I would have liked to have seen your sister's face when you mentioned about the Branston beans being 4 for £1 at Lidl and she trying to turn it around by bragging that her's came from Sainsbugs!:rotfl:

Gosh, hope the superior ones destined for Sains didn't rub shoulders at the factory with the common ones earmarked for Lidl. She must've been spitting tacks to realise she'd overspent unneccesarily.

It's a trifle Hyacinth Bucket to care which store your branded product came from, IMO. And I've known some frightfully grand people to shop at Lidl, cooing over the prices in their cut-glass accents with glee. Getting rich is one thing, staying rich generation after generation requires wiliness and you won't find a lot of old money blinging or boasting.

I had a lovely chat at the end of a jumbly with one of what I call the county set, the posh but non-arrogant kind. Daughter of a general and from one of the biggest houses in the village. She adored a jumble sale and we had several happy minutes comparing our best-ever finds.:rotfl:

When I was a student, I spent 2 summers on the trot in a meat packing plant (I was a vegetarian at the time, too) and I can tell you that the stuff going through the slicer was the same but the "top web" (the printed plastic film which is heat-sealed to the bottom web) was changing. Oh, and the premium supermarkets were having their premium prices printed on it. It was the exact same product in different packaing.

I have been stocking up on the Common Branstons at Lidl and am feeling pretty darned pleased with myself. Have pottered on the lottie and watered a pal's greenhouse as she is away.

Right, need tea!

Same thing for whisky. Worked one summer where same whisky going into the bottle-just a change of label

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FUDDLE - you have something worth much more than material things, you have the love you give and get from DH ans DDs, you have a wealth of common sense, you are brave and adventurous on their behalf in all you think and do, what you have my girl is QUALITY - and that is worth much more than a £250k house and Baked Beans from Sainsbugs!!!!!! Keep the faith Cheers Lyn xxx.

Popperwell

Smoosh wrote: »

Ooo, no, I didn't see that! I only found this thread today whilst I was browsing the forums

Hopefully I will get to know all of you!

Kind of thread that some worry that you lose of track of but you can easily fall in and out of and a bit like a soap opera it's easy to return to even if you don't manage to read through the previous pages...

Even here we'll gives ideas, tips on being thrifty and mainly lots of support. Threads elsewhere on MSE may be more direct and answered so...

Smoosh

GreyQueen wrote: »

:j Welcome to the madhouse, Smoosh.

Celery is perfectly edible if you steam it with carrots and serve it with butter. Can't abide it raw.

I saw a celeriac once on the market and had to ask what it was..........:p never eaten one, though. I'm a small-c conservative when it comes to food.

Just checked; my Lidl-Branstons obviously came off the common packaging line and are tin-plated. Damn. Mother always told me not to buy cheap tins. Actually, that's a doggone lie, she always told me not to buy cheap tools.

Sorry, VJsMum, for leg-pulling and please don't bring your ironing pile around. Your reward will be in later life, when you are surrounded by your (beautifully-pressed) children and grandchildren and I shall be a bitter and twisted and somewhat crumpled old bat in the nursing home.

Actually, three meals a day and plenty of tea and books.......how old d'you have to be to qualify, again?

Thank you

Smoosh

Popperwell wrote: »

Kind of thread that some worry that you lose of track of but you can easily fall in and out of and a bit like a soap opera it's easy to return to even if you don't manage to read through the previous pages...

Even here we'll gives ideas, tips on being thrifty and mainly lots of support. Threads elsewhere on MSE may be more direct and answered so...

It does seem very fast moving! But I will do my best to read what everyone's posts and pop in whenever I can. Until I start university in a couple of weeks, I don't have much to do, so you'll probably see me around a lot!

Possession

GQ I have tried over the years, with celeriac coleslaw and celeriac dauphinoise, and I'd like to like it, but I'm afraid it's one of satan's vegetables. (The other ones are celery and turnip, so if the SHTF I'm up the creek with British winter veg).
Welcome Smoosh!

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That celeriac is UPSIDE DOWN - those bits at the top aren't tentacles at all they're roots, but if you didn't know that you could cast it as a baddie in Dr.W*o!!!!!!!! They do taste good though, just like the root on the bottom of a regular celery - my favourite bit!!!! Cheers Lyn xx.