Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

zagubov

It had to happen. Popped into a local restaurant to book a valentine's meal and spotted on the menu that starters include
Mushrooms stuffed with... among other things,,,mushrooms.:j:beer:

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

If you have a muffin tray then that will make a yorkshire, so will a mini fry pan with a heat proof handle. Size isn't really important, all you need is something that will let you get the fat/oil (fat works better IME) sizzling hot before you put the batter in. That means metal realistically.

I know.... but if I had a muffin tray I'd have thought of that. I don't.

michaels

Is the milk pan too small/unsuitable handle?

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I know.... but if I had a muffin tray I'd have thought of that. I don't.
I have one tray ..... which I bought last week.
Although, I actually like BIG Yorkshires, with the soggy bottom part. Not puffy, crisp, dry, small ones. I love the sort that really soaks up baked bean juice

My frying pans are in storage - and probably don't have a heat proof handle (it's on my To Do list to work out how you'd know). Edit: I just checked and my frying pan handles aren't heatproof. They posh ones - Tefal Red Spot..... but not oven-proof.

I know all I need is .... but I don't have these things.

I have one metal roasting tray, one small (milk) saucepan ... and some microwave/plastic cookware Oh - and a couple of flat pizza trays with big holes in the bottom (to crisp the bottoms).

Apart from the baked beans bit I agree with you, I like Yorkshire pudding to have soft bottom. Light on top and at the edges and a bit of British heft about the base of them. It's the point of them really.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Is the milk pan too small/unsuitable handle?

Yes. It cost about £3. Plastic handle.
Maybe the words "milk pan" didn't convey size.... it's a "tiny saucepan, smallest, dinky".

Spirit_2

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I have to buy wellies today. Thinking of either bright pink, or white with floral patterns. Any thoughts?

There is more to welly buying than colour. It is not like choosing a car

Full length or 3/4 length? Depends on girth of you calves or knees.

Rubber or neoprene? Depends on whether you want warmth or not.

Yellow or Green? Boats or Countryside

Welly warmers or socks with garters

Spirit_2

michaels wrote: »

Zero rated for what? Calories? Enjoyment?

(I notice this is a topic that crops up many times in your posts - I'm wondering if chocolate body paint is a big component of the G household inflation 'basket')

Melted chocolate gets everywhere without trying anything erotic here.

My daughter has been making cake pops today. We have clothes, table, floor and many other items painted with chocolate...and with sprinkles of vermicelli or hundreds & thousands stuck on too. To hold the pops whilst covered in wet choc they were poked ito an upside down colander, then when sprinkled stuck into rounds of florists oasis and put into the fridge.

She has rushed off to ride now with a box of them to share at the yard. I have cleaned up.

There are more to decorate when she gets back. I have an interest with making the process cleaner/more productive and have approached Mr S to make a cake pop holder that I have 'designed'..

a piece of wood with holes drilled in it, to be covered in cling film each time to keep it clean.

What do NP think? Will it work? What would be better?

Spirit_2

zagubov wrote: »

I reckon we were attending a mass with a marriage ceremony. Not a specifically catholic wedding IYSWIM. It was catholic enough to keep everybody happy but if you said was it a "proper" catholic wedding then in the eyes of some hard-hearted pedants maybe it wasn't. But, I wouoldn't go out of my way to keep people that cold-blooded happy.

The invitation didn't mention a catholic wedding or a church wedding, and the couple didn't try to claim it was one. Everybody present was delighted, and no lightning struck any participants. :beer:

A former member of my staff got married in a registry office with 'stranger' witnesses i. The next week her father walked her up the aisle to her church 'wedding'. The ceremony was not 'traditional'. That it was a blessing was completely missed by devout members of her family... so they never found out that her groom had been married and divorced.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I know all I need is .... but I don't have these things.

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Gointo a hardware store and but a 'traditional' whir and blue edged enameled metal small pie dish.

It works as a pie dish, a small roast tin for a chop, small dish for cottage pie or for making yorkshire puddings.

Cheap and functional.

BertieUK

CKhalvashi wrote: »

We've unknowingly eaten and served a lot of horse, and customers have complained about the new products Tesco are forcing us to use, as they've taken the horse meat off the shelves.

I think that says it all

CK

I saw a joke related to a person who had purchased a Burger in a fast food restaurant and when asked by the waitress if he would like anything on his burger he replied 'a fiver each way' which I thought was quite humerous.:)