Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

tomterm8

Generali wrote: »

That or

Decent family man...worries recently...rampage...hostage...finally holed up...before turning the gun on himself.

Seriously though, thank you to all of you for your support. It didn't feel overwhelming or underwhelming, just Nice.

"He seemed like such a nice man. I can't believe it"

:D:D

lostinrates

So if gen is using the 'cancer survivor' headline is the 'turns gun' one available?


Generali, DH came home with a beautiful little cook book for me, I was a bit underwhelmed by it initially but on reading through there are some really nice things in it. Fennel seed brittle for example. I've made a lot of brittles, but fennel seed would be so logical an extension of the idea of candies fennel seed. Hibiscus jamun.......oh, I love the sound of that, some beautiful pairing ideas. I might have come up with mint sorbet. But I doubt With my thought process I would have partners with candied kumquats.

Lots I wouldn't like too mind.

And one for Pastures...Yorkshire pudding.....with turmeric.

Its called mantra : the rules of indulgence by Jehangir Mehta.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

And one for Pastures...Yorkshire pudding.....with turmeric.

I'm sure I've eaten food that's had turmeric in it before .... probably it's shoved in curries. But I don't know what it tastes like.... it's a yellow one isn't it.


In the past I've done Yorkshires with herbs and Yorkshires with onions/herbs ... and I know you can make a dessert by adding fruit/sugar (but never bothered to).

My experience of food is "plain food" mostly. I love spicy stuff.... but don't have the knowledge/experience of individual spices to know which ones do what. I'd just look at a recipe and if I saw things I recognised/had/could get I'd use them... otherwise I'd move on to a simpler one.

In cookery programmes they always say "taste it - and adjust/season to taste" - and I always think "if you taste it and it's rank, how do you know what's wrong or what to add?"

lostinrates

Hmm.

I suppose I know from experience. But also by smell. I have to cook to smell a lot rather than taste ( makes it hard when I cannot smell much, but haven't had that for a over a year now, maybe since I started these drugs actually).

Turmeric is yellow yes.

Do you know what cinnamon tastes like? And how it smells? If do can you see they're kind of the same.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Do you know what cinnamon tastes like? And how it smells? If do can you see they're kind of the same.

Yes, I've had that a few times.... I think maybe a cinnamon biscuit or bun... and maybe on the top of custard tarts at school dinners?

Edit: Just looked that up, that's nutmeg it seems to be saying.

But I know cinnamon smell from my sister's Xmas candles/smellies (I think).

Edit 2: Ah, just wiki'd it - and you get it in an indian curry too (you just throw it away). Didn't know it was cinnamon, I always call that bit "the piece of wood".

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yes, I've had that a few times.... I think maybe a cinnamon biscuit or bun... and maybe on the top of custard tarts at school dinners?

Edit: Just looked that up, that's nutmeg it seems to be saying.

But I know cinnamon smell from my sister's Xmas candles/smellies (I think).

Edit 2: Ah, just wiki'd it - and you get it in an indian curry too (you just throw it away). Didn't know it was cinnamon, I always call that bit "the piece of wood".

Nutmeg is delicious. Its good with spinach too. You could try cinnamon again quite inexpensively by buying something at the bakery at a super market or something. Cheaper than experimenting. And yes, you get sticks in some curries.

We use lots of cinnamon, and buy it in big bags ( because that's cheaper than those piddle bottles if you know you'll use it) . I might put a pinch in a coffee or apple tea for example. A sprinkling on some lamb ( with other spices) or on porridge or on some baked apple. I use it with lots of sweet and savoury food really. Some people cannot stand it.

lemonjelly

Cinnamon rocks! Brill in crumbles.

PasturesNew

It all comes down to simple things with me: if I've not experienced it then I am unlikely to buy/use it in case I don't like it. Nothing worse than spending time/money gathering ingredients together, to make something lovely .... that tastes rank because then you are still hungry, have a kitchen full of washing up and still need to find something to eat and start again with cooking

I've had little chance in life to experience tastes/foods without any form of commitment. So my mum's basic roasts/stews, regular boiled veg, school dinners, works' cheap canteens and some cheap indian restaurants is pretty much my lot.

Once, at work, some sales rep took me and my boss to a "special fish restaurant" .... and I chose cod in batter/chips because if I'd chosen anything new and hated it (skin/eyes, or taste) then I'd have sat there with nothing to eat, which would be daft.... and feeling guilty at wasting it.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

It all comes down to simple things with me: if I've not experienced it then I am unlikely to buy/use it in case I don't like it. Nothing worse than spending time/money gathering ingredients together, to make something lovely .... that tastes rank because then you are still hungry, have a kitchen full of washing up and still need to find something to eat and start again with cooking

I've had little chance in life to experience tastes/foods without any form of commitment. So my mum's basic roasts/stews, regular boiled veg, school dinners, works' cheap canteens and some cheap indian restaurants is pretty much my lot.

Once, at work, some sales rep took me and my boss to a "special fish restaurant" .... and I chose cod in batter/chips because if I'd chosen anything new and hated it (skin/eyes, or taste) then I'd have sat there with nothing to eat, which would be daft.... and feeling guilty at wasting it.

Yep, that's why I suggested one bun. no big investment or meal endangerment.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm getting twitchy now and pacing about. Phoned the EA a couple of hours ago, held on the line for awhile, then they offered to get him to call me back and he hasn't.

I was away for the week on a residential course for work when it all happened. That was fun trying to call the EA and solicitor to chase stuff up in coffee breaks etc!

I treated myself to a bottle of fizzy wine (from a nearby supermarket) in my hotel room the night exchange happened