I totally blown it guys :( - No I never! He likes me!!!

Georgiegirl256

Morglin wrote: »

It's actually a parsley sauce, which each shop makes to it's own recipe.

I usually just have beef gravy.

"Early pie and mash is very much different to the dishes we enjoy today, the first pies were filled with eels as these were cheap and plentiful and caught right from the Thames.

Pie and mash grew up in and around London with it's roots stuck firmly in the East End of London. The River Thames was a big influence in how food traditions were formed as it provided fresh water and salt water fish in good supply. London also had a great variety of meat, vegetable and fruit brought up the Thames from all over the world.

The main dish today is pie, mash and liquor. This is a baked minced beef pie with mashed potato. Liquor is unique to pie and mash shops who all claim to have their very own secret recipe for the green parsley gravy. Due to the simplicity of the dish, pie and mash is freshly made, prepared and cooked on the premises each day.

Eels are another London speciality which are often sold in pie and mash shops. In the early days, these eels were caught locally in the Thames for vendors to then prepare and sell. Eels can now be offered as jellied eels or stewed eels in many pie and mash shops.

The traditional way to eat pie and mash is to cover your beef pie and mash with liquor and a liberal amount of salt and also vinegar. Many pie shops now offer chilli vinegar (vinegar containing pickled chillies) to give your pie and mash a bit of spice.

In modern times, pie and mash shops can also offer other types of dishes such as vegetarian pies, shepherds pie and also normal gravy and peas or beans to accompany your meal. Occasionally you will come across a Pieshop that makes and bakes sweet dessert pies with cherry, blackberry or apple fillings which are perfect with custard or ice cream.

Pie and mash is known as a London Cockney favourite and pie and mash shops were prevalent all across London and particularly the East End. These have reduced in numbers over the last 10 years but pie and mash remains a favourite of the Nation as pie and mash can now be enjoyed all over the Country."

Lin

Ah I see, thanks! I like parsley, but don't know if I'd want it on my pie, although I'd probably give it a try! Don't like the sound of eels though! :eek: I don't like mince either, so would probably have the vegetarian pie!

Pie and mash is very popular up here too along with tattie pot, my favourite meal!

RuthnJasper

fivetide wrote: »

Oduliet,

as a single British bloke.... can I buy you a drink

I think she's taken... But I'm up for it, hehe! :wave:

PlymouthMaid

Good luck Oduliet - don't scare him off by declaring your feelings too strongly but do approach him again and tell him that you were embarrassed by what happened and would love to go out again. I love the Chunder Bolt joke and that shows that he was more amused really than horrified.

meritaten

um - I don't know what to say - not sure about English guys but Welsh guys never hold getting '!!!!!!' against a girl. laugh it off and ask if he wants to try again? suggest the next time you avoid the pub and have a 'fun' day at the local tourist attraction?

Oduliet

daisiegg wrote: »

But it is the only time she posts. I am still deeply suspicious that this is remotely genuine...but it is entertaining and not harming anyone and I for one am happy to play along

To end your skepticism about me, I usually use the internet just before bed. I am 5 hours behind you guys and I work from 10am to 7pm. When I start work it is 3pm with you guys, and when I finish it is midnight over there. This is why I post at this time, after work I have many things to be done and this hour is what I use to catch up on the news, or my social network accounts. I am genuine :Alycra which i look great in. gaffer tape. gaffer tape. gaffer tape bodge. lycra. cycling lycra. tweeps. gaffer tape. bird next door. birds love it. birds love it. gaffer bodged. shaved legs lycra. lycra which i look great in. gaffer tape

Oduliet

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about :rotfl:

Me as well it is like reading some secret code :rotfl:
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Oduliet

Tweeps wrote: »

I've contributed to both of this girls threads and things she says makes me think she has had a difficult life. She says in this one about losing weight and hiding away all her life and in the other thread she says about being the victim of bullying and she is lucky if she even gets asked on a date. I honestly feel she has never had a relationship before and if her confidence is high enough to make a move on this guy then do as your mum told you and go sieze the moment Oduliet. You sound really sweet to me and if i was single, i'd take you on a date

Eeeek! You can tell that about me? I have never had a long lasting relationship, it wasn't really a relationship come to think of it. I just tell people I have an ex so they don't think I'm a loser. My upbringing was hard, my dad was a junkie and he would spend all our money on PCP. I was bullied at school because all my clothes came from the swap meet as we had no money and I never had any friends. I have friends now and money, but the emotional scars from my childhood still haunt me.
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Oduliet

PlymouthMaid wrote: »

Good luck Oduliet - don't scare him off by declaring your feelings too strongly but do approach him again and tell him that you were embarrassed by what happened and would love to go out again. I love the Chunder Bolt joke and that shows that he was more amused really than horrified.

Thank you. I do always scare guys off and now my idea of seizing the moment could strike him as me coming on too strong. I'm just going to ask him if he would like to go see a movie with me instead.
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Oduliet

After reading your comments I'm now hungry for pie and mash!! I also put my picture on my profile. I'm just a plain Jane see? Nothing special. I just long for the day where I meet a guy who sees me for me.

To be time accurate. Good morning people of the UK, have a blessed Sunday.

Pyxis

Hi Oduliet!
You don't look like a plain Jane to me!

:rotfl:the unintelligible interchange between Morglin and myself - it was to do with the cockney accent of East London and the south (sarf) London accent!

The definition of a cockney is someone born within the sound of Bow bells, the bells of the church in Bow, St. Mary-le-Bow.
Bethnal Green is another part of East London.

Chizz-aw-erst was my attempt at writing Chislehurst in the cockney accent! (Chislehurst is a town in Kent, now a suburb of Greater London.)

Luvvaduck! = 'love a duck!' -it's a cockney expression of surprise. I don't know why!! And perhaps a bit old-fashioned now!

The reference to black cab drivers - the traditional black taxi cabs - it used to be said that they wouldn't take you if your journey involved crossing the river Thames into South London, which was seen as uncharted territory!!! (Again, it's a London thing!)

Regarding the cockney accent, you might find this amusing, if you can stand the wait for the initial advertising to end!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjGNJ5JL8w

But PLEASE don't try this new-found skill out on your guy! :rotfl:
Come to think of it, do you know what part of Britain he's from? I know he lives in Winchester, but was he from there originally?