Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

neverdespairgirl

lemonjelly wrote: »

This made me :rotfl:

I believe they're the same. courgettes are basically baby marrows?


Tomato crop coming along, & definitely have a decent sized crop, but still none are reddening yet...

They are relatives, but not the same. Marrows aren't ripe until they are huge, corgettes just get huge when you turn your back on them for 5 minutes.

Nikkster

michaels wrote: »

I'm going to sound old now (well I am so no point pretending), I know bands have always had silly names but is there a sort of silly name inflation at work, what was silly i the 70s no longer registers on the silly-meter now so instead they have to be really out there now?

Pink Floyd? (Its Pink Floyd night on 6 music)

SingleSue

Got this book coming down for James...even he should be able to follow it!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0956746470/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

chewmylegoff

Nikkster wrote: »

Pink Floyd? (Its Pink Floyd night on 6 music)

Jefferson Airplane (more 60s I suppose)
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Generali

Nikkster wrote: »

Pink Floyd? (Its Pink Floyd night on 6 music)

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was the great 70s band name

There were some great names around in the 1980s including:

The Mighty Lemon Drops
Half Man Half Biscuit (albums include Achtung Bono, Back in the DHSS, CSI: Ambleside and Trouble over Bridgewater)
Furious Pig
The Mighty Wah
Virgin Prunes
Aztec Camera
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
Campervan Beethoven
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

Etc.

Generali

michaels wrote: »

I'm going to sound old now (well I am so no point pretending), I know bands have always had silly names but is there a sort of silly name inflation at work, what was silly i the 70s no longer registers on the silly-meter now so instead they have to be really out there now?

All of you lot with your green fingers makes me think of havign a small vegetable patch but in all honesty we struggle to find the time to cut the grass and keep the brambles under control so a veg patch would never happen. I think about half our weekly food bill is on fruit and veg, I can't help thinking there must be a huge mark-up on these and that a well organised internet business could clean up offering slightly more reasonable prices.

My advice? Start with a herb garden and a grow bag with half a dozen strawberry plants.

Herbs have the largest markup of any food it seems and even I have consistently failed to kill rosemary and thyme plants.

A decent growbag and 8 strawberry plants will cost in the region of £10-20 to set up. That will provide great strawberries for most of June and July.

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

You should get him to go through it with you and mark up the ones he fancies, then try 2-3 of them before he goes.

There are so many questions with food ... that can only be answered by somebody else giving input. By that I mean - imagine if you'd never seen yorkshire pudding batter .... or pancake batter.... without seeing it for yourself you'd never know when you'd got it right. Seeing it once, knowing it's right, is enough for life.

I saw a US TV Chef butcher a Yorkshire on camera once. He was so proud as he got his piece of !!!!!! out of the oven and presented it.... it was dire.

And many recipes have that "how much" moment. Or "do what?"

Apparently, that is the joy of the book, it has been written for students who have absolutely no idea what implement is which or the posh terms for things...oh and lots of photos. It has also been done with 'normal' ingredients, not the hugely expensive and weird ones and has a section for ultra cheap dishes (under a pound).

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was the great 70s band name

There were some great names around in the 1980s including:

The Mighty Lemon Drops
Half Man Half Biscuit (albums include Achtung Bono, Back in the DHSS, CSI: Ambleside and Trouble over Bridgewater)
Furious Pig
The Mighty Wah
Virgin Prunes
Aztec Camera
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
Campervan Beethoven
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

Etc.

You beat me to Half Man Half Biscuit whose every song title is a work of art.:D

I raise you
!!!

lemonjelly

Generali wrote: »

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was the great 70s band name

There were some great names around in the 1980s including:

The Mighty Lemon Drops
Half Man Half Biscuit (albums include Achtung Bono, Back in the DHSS, CSI: Ambleside and Trouble over Bridgewater)
Furious Pig
The Mighty Wah
Virgin Prunes
Aztec Camera
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
Campervan Beethoven
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

Etc.

One of my favourite names for a band ever, is:
We Were Promised Jetpacks.:)

lemonjelly

zagubov wrote: »

You beat me to Half Man Half Biscuit whose every song title is a work of art.:D

I raise you
!!!

!!! are great!:j