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lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's just boiled pastry really isn't it.

Yep, exactly. That's what the word means.

In Italy you ask for una pasta when you want a pastry for breakfast too. well, where DH is from, In Milan its a bit different. Not like peasanty DH

I don't think our shopping habits our that different, I buy dried pasta at supermarkets, I'm just not looking very well obviously.

Spirit_2

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 am very sorry to read this.untimely and sudden natural death is shocking and a cause for reflection.when it is your peers it can be a wake up call.

my mum used to say "nobody owns tomorrow".

Yorkie1

zagubov wrote: »

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.

I don't think I'd ever heard that it could be caused by an infection. Every day's a school day.

vivatifosi wrote: »

I do think that part of the problems with pasta is that the Italians consider what they want from a meal and select the appropriate sauce/pasta combination. They would not put the same sauce with a spaghetti as they would with a penne or a tagliatelli, unless of course they were flogging it to us Brits, as here you can get anything. So spaghetti is fine, but with the right sauce, same with penne. A good guide here:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/perfect-pairings-how-match-pasta-shapes-sauces

I tend to eat wholewheat pasta as it is less bloaty, but that leads to a whole different discussion as to what goes.

I have an ancient pack of macaroni somewhere at the back of a cupboard. I tend only to buy spirals as they are quite good for picking up sauces and feel less cardboardy than penne to me when eaten.

M&D have given me some posh pasta from Belgium. I'm saving it for a special occasion (whenever that might be)

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's nice to see Spirit was reading/thanking earlier - even if we were too dull to speak with

I cannotkeep up. you are all chatting 19 to the dozen.

my sister is staying with me whilst dd and oh are both away. she talks non stop too. yesterday the physio was here and she was said she could see we were sisters but found it strange that sister has an Irish accent and I do not.

DD arrived in Brisbane yesterday to fly to cairns amidst massive security then a slim dark skinned man walked through arrivals and was whisked away. it was nice of POTUS to be there to welcome her, I mean we think she is pretty special but that was not necessary.

today she was lying by the pool at the hostel. hostels have come on a bit since I last stayed in one I think.

lostinrates

I'm running low on milk and some other stuff for RP. After the dogs are done and the chooks in fir and I will pop out I think and shall see where the macaroni lurks while there.

Nikkster

silvercar wrote: »

Is NDG OK?

I think she's posted a few times recently on other threads on the board, just not here.

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

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?

Ooh - I like carrot cake. That's my favourite variety of carrot I'm not really into cake either. I much prefer savoury food (except one day a month).

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Waitrose have one in the basics range 95p for 500g
Sainsburys is £1.40/Kg, or 500g for 95p
Asda Chosen by You range at 50p for 500g
Tesco Pasta Made in Italy, £1.30 for 1Kg, or 89p for 500g
Morrisons, 95p for 500g. Or a mini macaroni for 79p for 250g.

I thought you'd be looking for pasta in specialist Italian food shops (of which I have no knowledge) - and choosing pasta based on the region where the wheat was grown, or the century in which the stones of the grinding mills were hand-hewn by Italian peasants on remote mountainsides. Not picking up random, cheap bags, ad hoc, from supermarkets.

You are not trying very hard - Morrisons 3kg spaghetti is 99p

Masomnia

I keep getting phone calls from unknown numbers I never used to but the last few weeks it's been getting more and more frequent. I think it's because I've signed up to so many jobs websites, and/or people have got my number from my CV.

I've tried googling the numbers but to no avail. I don't usually answer the phone to unknown numbers on the basis that if it's important they'll leave a message, but if it's a potential job I don't want to leave it!

I'm worried now it'll just get sold on, and on, and on... and they'll never leave me alone.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Location of taste receptors on tongue meaning shapes hit right receptors sooner on first entry in mouth( or avoid wrong ones? )


Or size / age, of carrot lending itself better to a particular shape.

I'm a rounder of carrots, more because its easer......on the slant though, for some implied effort.

Perhaps they also cook slightly differently. Or they get cooked slightly differently depending on what shape they've been cut into.