Nice People 13: Nice Save

vivatifosi

I don't own a mixer either Pastures. There's not a lot I need to do that I can't do with your fork, or a whisk, or a stick blender. I hasten to add that I will never, ever, be a contender in the Great British Bake Off, nor am I a great cook. I also don't like cakes very much.

vivatifosi

Pastures, your cooking situation is not unlike mine. I am married and live with my husband, but we cook and eat two totally different meals every day. That may sound odd to people, but I don't eat meat and am allergic to potatoes, which he loves and he doesn't like the stuff I eat. Therefore I don't stretch my repertoire by cooking for several people. I don't cook for him as I can't taste it to make sure it is ok, he doesn't cook for me as he doesn't like the smells.

Plus in my case, my family and his are great cooks, and they would rather cook than eat my food (I don't blame them). There are some things that I can cook just fine, just not very many and mostly due to lack of practice outside of what I eat.

However I did make the all time greatest food blunder. Angel Delight. Two ingredients, one instruction. Added milk to powder not vice versa. Doh!

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Sister only eats carrots cut one way, dad wants them the other way. In the end you just accept that you get what you're given

I prefer carrots cut into 'batons' rather than 'circles'. They somehow taste different

I'm not generally a huge fan of carrots though.

vivatifosi

Nikkster wrote: »

I prefer carrots cut into 'batons' rather than 'circles'. They somehow taste different

I'm not generally a huge fan of carrots though.

I love carrots. Am quite happy to eat them however they are cut. Or whole if baby carrots. However I don't like cake very much at all. Unless it is lemon drizzle cake. Only lemon drizzle cake.

We're a funny lot aren't we?

hjd

Nikkster wrote: »

I prefer carrots cut into 'batons' rather than 'circles'. They somehow taste different

I'm not generally a huge fan of carrots though.

My MIL insisted that FIL would only eat carrots cut one way. She was totally scandalised when I cut them up in my normal way.
FIL ate them all, no complaints or comments.
When MIL decided you liked something, that's what you got. Took me years to get out of Angel Delight and Babycham, neither of which I really liked but said yes to once to be polite. It's fair to say she wasn't a gourmet cook (nor am I) and everything had to be cooked for as long as possible, plus an extra margin for error.

michaels

Nikkster wrote: »

I prefer carrots cut into 'batons' rather than 'circles'. They somehow taste different

I agree - no idea why this is true - perhaps it needs a PHD study?

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

Really sorry to hear that mate.

The first of mine to go was when I was 19: she died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect quite a lot of people were quite shocked when I got cancer as I live a pretty healthy life: 2 hours cycling a day, eat well, don't smoke. The media seems to promote the idea that we can live in a certain way and live forever* but it just ain't so. People were clearly taken aback when I said that my cancer came from getting an infection rather than from being some kind of immoral reprobate that smokes/drinks to excess/eats carbohydrates.

We can shade the odds in our favour by living well but ultimately we will all die at some point and we can't delay in the inevitable forever. All we can do is live in the best way you feel able to and hope for a pain-free ending.
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*Led by the Daily Mail's attempt to split all foods into 2 groups: those that cause and cure cancer. Admittedly there does seem to be some overlap between the 2.

IIRC, every fifth cancer's caused by an infection. The public don't seem clued up, because of, as you mentioned, the DM's oncological ontology project dividing the universe into things that cause or cure cancer.

zagubov

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Mate of mine died yesterday, relatively fit, didn't smoke, played sports, had a sudden and fatal heart attack in his late 40's.

The first of my friend group to die of 'natural' causes.

Been a few passed away in car/bike/plane incidents, in dodgy parts of the world from work related issues, or from various other misadventures of the recreational variety, but that's the first from just getting older.

Bit of a shocker really. I'd have laid good odds he'd have outlived me, despite being a good few years older.

A reminder of our mortality.

I'm sorry to hear that, Hamish. I've been to a few funerals of my contemporaries, The Black Dog twice, lung and brain diseases, cancer, complications of polio.

I'll second PN's suggestion of a letter, especially if he's survived by his parents. Can mean a lot if you can say how much he's done for you or meant to you.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

I prefer carrots cut into 'batons' rather than 'circles'. They somehow taste different

I'm not generally a huge fan of carrots though.

Same here. I remember someone explained how cutting sandwiches into triangles made them taste better.

For that matter, I'm always puzzleded how the shape of pasta affects the quality of the meal. Lasagne's totally different to (and much better than) spaghetti even when the sauce is similar. Penne take the heat and flavour out of everyuthing- makes the meal taste like it's made from just six ice cubes and a pound of air.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

zagubov wrote: »

The first of those houses looks like it was bullt for Tracy Island!
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F.A.B....:)

And yes, it really does, doesn't it?





All you need to add is a giant swimming pool (purely for firefighting purposes, of course, not as a personal extravagance ) and it'd be pretty close to perfect.

I'd quite like a house that's a bit different like that, it's probably prohibitively expensive, but they really do look interesting.