Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Choose Greece - you might as well see what you're allegedly about to have to pay for.

Humph.

You might have a point, sadly.

I've only spent a short time in Greece - a fortnight's family sailing holiday in Paxos, a small island near corfu, twice, and 10 days in Athens for a debating competition. So I've never actually paid out my own money to go there!

The sailing in Paxos was fantastic - I was 15, and my siblings were 13, 9 and 8 the first time we went, and we returned the following year. We were staying in a house on land, and during 10 of the days, we had a choice of sailing various small boats (lasers, laser 2s, toppers, wayfarers, a catamaran or two) or windsurfing, one day we went n a yacht to the nearby island of Anti-Paxos, and the other two we walked all over the island so my Dad could see every old Church in the place.

PasturesNew wrote: »

And, for me - when I had a job - it was the reminder that now was that loooong stretch until Xms for the next days off, with only dwindling light and warmth to come

My Mama usually says about Christmas / New Year time, "lighter ever day now until summer!"

My not-so-darling Dad likes to email or phone us all in late June, saying, "darker every day until Christmas"......

neverdespairgirl

lostinrates wrote: »

Oblique reference to suggesting a coffee or tea in bath.....:o

What a good idea!

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

What a good idea!

Will email.....but I have never taken a cup of tea in the Pump Room, might be just the company to change that with? I have had a glass of horrid tasting spa water there.....:D

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

When I'm sick bed ill I just want quite plain food usually. Chicken soup alone would be perfect. Chicken soups with too much spice (presuming I were not on pills or gut rotting and able to eat it) would be too much.

Jelly is also good. All that kind of protein stuff that's way on the throat and yet not too hard to digest .

You are such a food husband. . (Food should have read good, but,apt so can stay!). Some prepped fruit might be nice to pick at, and lots of nice drinks.


Also, although they are really for geriatrics you can get sort of tonics full of iron and stuff for recovery and these are quite a boost in return to health (though might just be the idea of taking a 'tonic')

It's pretty plain really: chicken stock with veggies, noodles and a little oomph. The oomph is the bit she likes.

Strawberries are just coming in to season here so are v cheap: $1 per half pound and v good so she had Eton Mess for pudding. I bought the pavlova cases.

Me and the kids just had the same pudding after home made beef pie. Yum!!!

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

It's pretty plain really: chicken stock with veggies, noodles and a little oomph. The oomph is the bit she likes.

Strawberries are just coming in to season here so are v cheap: $1 per half pound and v good so she had Eton Mess for pudding. I bought the pavlova cases.

Me and the kids just had the same pudding after home made beef pie. Yum!!!

Perfect then.

I feel quite good this morning, sorted out some business calls, got that GP visit out of the way.....even thinking quite clearly.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I bought the pavlova cases.

I read - of course it could just be marketing guff as I read it on the Internet - that the "latest big thing" that will replace the annoying/omnipresent cup cakes is giant meringues.

I've always been a fan of the crisp/dry meringue that I used to get at school dinners. After leaving school meringes tended to be on shop-bought Lemon Meringue Pie, which has a soft topping (not the same) .... only other time I've had a meringue (3-4x) has been at work when somebody's brought in a box of mixed cakes from a bakery for their birthday and there's usually one (if you're quick enough) that's two meringues with cream in the middle.

Never had Eton Mess.... certainly not going to go to all that effort just for me as I'd have to eat it all.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I read - of course it could just be marketing guff as I read it on the Internet - that the "latest big thing" that will replace the annoying/omnipresent cup cakes is giant meringues.

I've always been a fan of the crisp/dry meringue that I used to get at school dinners. After leaving school meringes tended to be on shop-bought Lemon Meringue Pie, which has a soft topping (not the same) .... only other time I've had a meringue (3-4x) has been at work when somebody's brought in a box of mixed cakes from a bakery for their birthday and there's usually one (if you're quick enough) that's two meringues with cream in the middle.

Never had Eton Mess.... certainly not going to go to all that effort just for me as I'd have to eat it all.

Seriously? You could bash together a mess really cheaply from discounted broken shop bought (dry) meringue and some strawbs and a little tub of cream.

Or one of those meringues with cream in in and a few strawberries if pushed.

Meringues are already better than cupcakes, aren't they? . A nice chewy nut meringue for example.....

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

What a good idea!

Have emailed you.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I read - of course it could just be marketing guff as I read it on the Internet - that the "latest big thing" that will replace the annoying/omnipresent cup cakes is giant meringues.

I've always been a fan of the crisp/dry meringue that I used to get at school dinners. After leaving school meringes tended to be on shop-bought Lemon Meringue Pie, which has a soft topping (not the same) .... only other time I've had a meringue (3-4x) has been at work when somebody's brought in a box of mixed cakes from a bakery for their birthday and there's usually one (if you're quick enough) that's two meringues with cream in the middle.

Never had Eton Mess.... certainly not going to go to all that effort just for me as I'd have to eat it all.

Pavlova (aka Australia's favourite fruit) is just really the local version of meringue.

Eton mess is meringue mixed with cream and chopped strawberries. It's a great simple, cheap pudding as it tastes good and is reasonably healthy for the kids/Missus as it has fruit, protein and dairy.

I don't understand why you'd be suspicious of it as I'd think it would be right up your street.

lostinrates

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