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Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues
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Wind-up fail, I'm afraid. Occasional pics of food - quite interesting. Random pics of food several times a week over several months - irritating.
Talking of food... I have the best next-door neighbours. Earlier this evening I was just wondering what to do for food when they phoned to say their girls had decided they weren't hungry and only eaten one slice of pizza each, so as a family they had loads left over and would we mind coming round and eating it for them...
It was a tease rather than a wind up, I'd not want to wind either of you up!0 -
I have the best next-door neighbours. Earlier this evening I was just wondering what to do for food when they phoned to say their girls had decided they weren't hungry and only eaten one slice of pizza each, so as a family they had loads left over and would we mind coming round and eating it for them...
Any normal people .... would have boxed it up for the next couple of days.
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lostinrates wrote: »... good thing to so with left over blackberries ....
Here's an idea I added to my collection this week, that'd work as well for 6 blackberries as 60:
Blackberry Butter Cream Cake Frosting:- 10-15 g of softened butter for each blackberry you've got
- Icing sugar equivalent to double the weight of the butter.
- Blackberries.
Then use that to top buns/cakes, or anything you could use a sweet frosted topping on.
What's great about it is it's possible to make this with just 1-2 blackberries, if you've wandered in from outside with them.
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Here are 3 others that use blackberries in my collection:
Blackberry Liqueur: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/superscrimpers/articles/homemade-party-food-and-drinks
Philadelphia No Bake Blackberry Cheesecake: http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/philadelphia-fruit-smoothie-no-bake-cheesecake-106175.aspx
Blackberry Slump (blackberries with dumplings): http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/blackberry_slump/print/0 -
I love the idea of black berry slump! I'm a sucker for a dumpling. Wish I could eat a dumpling,0
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PasturesNew wrote: »They're a cult..... luring you in with food.
Any normal people .... would have boxed it up for the next couple of days.
RUN!!!
If I remember correctly (I give myself a 50/50 chance) - didn't Lydia move next to some of her friends? I'm pretty sure she looked into buying next to friends, but can't quite remember whether that became her house or not...0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I still think it's a bit bizarre to invite somebody over for your leftovers. If you like them that much invite them for tea.... but offering leftovers (of pizza of all things) smacks of weird.....
Shoved into plastic boxes in the fridge it'd be good for 3-5 days; cold pizza's lovely.
CULT ALERT!
I know what you mean - there is no way I'd invite someone round to take my leftovers - that would already have been assigned to another meal.
Edit - plus what I'd have cooked would probably already be considered past the point of a leftover by the majority!0 -
I know what you mean - there is no way I'd invite someone round to take my leftovers - that would already have been assigned to another meal.
Edit - plus what I'd have cooked would probably already be considered past the point of a leftover by the majority!
Leftovers are brilliant. I spent far too long living as a student. Cooked a meal every night.
A mate who had his own place used to make a giant load of chili or stew at one go and put it into pint glasses into his freezer then thawed it when needed.
When I saw that I felt like Homer Simpson in the episode when he saw people in an iron lung and cursed himself for using his own lungs all his life, like an idiot! :rotfl:
I din't know how good leftovers could taste until I tried some Indian food reheated. Often tasted even better than first time.
And the startling thing is how much better they taste earlier in the day. Don't know why that is but it's true.:DThere is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
On Sundays my mum would just turn the oven on and get on with sorting the dinner out. She never had to check inside the oven as there was never anything left in there.
Except one night.... I'd had a chinese takeaway and (no idea why) thought it'd be a good idea to put the foil packets in the oven.
So, my leftovers were heating up - mum eventually opened the oven, saw them, realised it was mine and called me .... I got out of bed, got a spoon and ate itThat was about 30 years ago.
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Ugh - I wish I knew whether I had a house, then whether I had a sofa. I've seen a sofa I really like
I don't know why I even looked. Was always going to be a bad idea.0 -
I would eat both of the pizzas myself and then scowl at the neighbours.0
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