Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

Ketchup at breakfast really upsets me. I can understand with sausage ( just) and bacon, might even do it myself occasionally. Catsup and egg / omlette around a family only table / flat shares is something that I would excuse my self from the table from. Its the strongest part of my weird ness of tomato/ egg. Red/yellow dislike.:o

I never face a cooked breakfast. So that is one problem solved.

silvercar

JL is excellent for extending warranties beyond the length usually given. Especially for Apple products, TVs, small electricals etc. They also price match to other stores.

Generali

I love a nice tomato but the only way to serve them at brekkie is to roast them: .pr1ck a small hole in each one with a paring knife or a fork, add S&P and roast for about 20-30 minutes.

I reckon we go through about 5 tins of tomatoes a week. I can't think of anything that we eat more of by weight off hand. Thanks to the EU for their ruinous farming subsidies they are crazily cheap here: we pay about 20% of the price of Aussie tinned toms to eat Italian ones.

Doozergirl

Spirit wrote: »

With DG slating Birmingham (City I was born in, and lived in until aged 4, and Pastures writing off my adult life as someone who shops in JL...I am feeling a tad worthless).

However if anyone wants a friend from a cultural wasteland with shiny hair...you know where to find me.

It's okay, Spirit. It'll be better when John Lewis opens in the spring.

I didn't slate the whole of Birmingham, but on a style front, there is a distinct lack of quirkiness. Quirkiness should thrive in a big city but people seem to play it very safe.

I like John Lewis a lot and I don't exactly avoid Birmingham, sharing a postcode.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

I never face a cooked breakfast. So that is one problem solved.

When I was competing I used to have a bacon sandwich quite often.

We quite often don't some for lunch when doing big work days.

This morning fir's breakfast was :

Two dry fried eggs, home made version of fluffernutter crumpet, marmite crumpet, cup of coffee, glass of buttermilk, yoghurt, plums, oh, slice of limoncello tart. More coffee. ( think he had macaroons when he took dogs out because I can smell them;) )

I had cardomon tea X3 , dry fry egg crumpet. .

Even if I am just having tea/ coffee watching someone else put ketchup on scramble egg makes me very uncomfortable. Its incredibly odd and I don't know why.


Tonight were having roast chicken and veg and maybe another plum pudding ( want to make a plum and marzipan tarte Tatin I saw online last night but have no marzipan, so DH thinks he would like clafoutis....but I really don't think LO clafoutis will travel back to London well, I don't know how it will freeze......theoretically I suppose it should freeze ok)

chewmylegoff

John Lewis is a decent enough department store, it's difficult to think of anywhere better, especially given that House of Fraser is trying to be all cutting edge and cool resulting in all the clothes being ridiculous and Debenhams appear hell bent in trying to compete (sans food) with Tescos. Marks and Spencer is ok but is like the pilot episode of John Lewis and I would only wear their clothes to paint the house in...

On the tinned tomatoes front, I don't think I've ever tried to eat the tomatoes on their own, I only use them as an ingredient in something else like lasagne or....lasagne.

Generali

Chicken, bacon and pea risotto chez Generali this evening. Nom, nom.

I took the Generalissimos to the RSL this afternoon. They have a Sunday raffle so I bought $20 worth of tickets. I won a $30 voucher to spend with them and $50 in supermarket vouchers.

GDB2222

What is an RSL?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSL - sigh, still none the wiser

lostinrates

I just wrote a rant to John Frieda customer services about packaging.

I did similar in my teens when their bottles were glass and suggested. Luxurious but seriously dangerous mixing slippery silicon wet hands and shower rooms with a tubular design glass thing, with instructions to use while wet, straight from the shower. I thought the blood would never stop.

Saving grace was I was still in the shower and there were lots of nuns to help me clean up.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

GDB2222 wrote: »

What is an RSL?

Here's an example....

http://waverleyrsl.com.au/

And this explains what they're all about....

http://waverleyrsl.com.au/about/

Returned Serviceman's League....

They have a network of clubs which operate on a semi-commercial basis for the use of local branch members and the general public can join as members.

Cheap-ish food and drink, and family facilities, gaming, community events, etc.

It's sort of the Aussie version of the Royal British Legion.... But with much better facilities.