Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

I have put away a fair few afternoon teas in my time, hence the expertise in cake recommendations. Ido not make coffee and walnut cake now as the buttercream is too moreish and like mogadon to a diabetic. I was however given some advice about them which is to make it 3 layers tall rather than two for a much more impressive cake.

. Yes, that works well. The cake I pictured recently? Four slim layers. . I have lost my sandwich tins, have them would make three tier cakes simpler. I need to do a cake tin sort out but it will mean parting with some and I beg the week after I accept the missing bottom to my favourite spring form is not coming back it returns :rotfl:

GDB2222

zagubov wrote: »

That is excellent news! :T

It's good news about Gen, and I got a positive (or do I mean a negative?) result from my 5hit kit in the post today, too. Anyway, they did not find anything amiss.

ivyleaf

lostinrates wrote: »

. Good for you darling bugslet. Btw, I have missed you.


I am making afternoon tea for someone on Sunday who has never had afternoon tea or been to UK before. I'm trying to decide what cakes to bake. I'm guessing a boring old Victoria sandwich is probably a good choice. Still, I can lir it up. haven't decided what else. Fondant fancies are fun and pretty , but a bit of work for so few people IMO. It also needs to be cake that freezes well, because I'm guessing lots left over. Fir can take some to work though......new boy grovelling stuff.

Maybe coffee and walnut cake? or even rock cakes Hope you're feeling better now x Oops, now caught up and lots of other folk have suggested coffee and walnut too!

Generali Great to hear your news :T

Maggie So sorry you're not great atm. Dental work can be intolerable with M.E., can't it! I've had to cancel an appointment a few times.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

Plus varities of cake. ( for at home tea). Two types of finger sandwiches offered. For normal tea I think two cakes is perfectly acceptable, but my mother will be there, and I will be expected to offer two cut cakes and two uncut cakes minimum, I don't mind that at all really, if I get the correct sort, so we are not left with loads of stale cake of fir tries to eat four cakes. It needs to freeze or last very well till the Tuesday.

Cucumber sandwiches on flabby white bread, crusts cut off. Love them!

Smoked salmon on brown, with horseradish sauce.

Four cakes is crazily OTT.

I would tend to pass on the scones, though. Unless they have sultanas in.

GDB2222

Tomorrow, I am hiring a Luton van, and DS and I will cart all MIL's furniture to the dump. Some of it is quite good, in fact very good, but I can't even give it away. Today, North London Hospice came to have a look and declined to take anything.

I have sorted out a couple of heavy hammers, and tomorrow I will probably smash most of it up, so as to make it easier to load. We live in an insane society.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

I would tend to pass on the scones, though. Unless they have sultanas in.

But if it were your first ever English tea?


Nobody eats four cakes. There just has to be a suitable choice. Just like at dinner parties, you have to offer three puddings though nobody...well, er, yeah, alright, some people do have more than one pudding. But they shouldn't

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Tomorrow, I am hiring a Luton van, and DS and I will cart all MIL's furniture to the dump. Some of it is quite good, in fact very good, but I can't even give it away. Today, North London Hospice came to have a look and declined to take anything.

I have sorted out a couple of heavy hammers, and tomorrow I will probably smash most of it up, so as to make it easier to load. We live in an insane society.

That's really awful. Did you try the Red Cross? They have furniture only shops...

lostinrates

Pn, no idea what's happened, but sounds awful....non touch air hugs.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

That's really awful. Did you try the Red Cross? They have furniture only shops...

This is the second charity. The first turned up, said they would take a bit of the stuff, but not that day as the shop was full. Never heard from them again. Each time I go round to show the stuff, it's a good hour just getting there and showing it, plus the time on the 'phone.

We handed in 20 bags of good quality clothes plus 10 boxes of books. They told us later they got £30 for them. We thought of ebaying a few of the items, and estimated £30 each for those items.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Quick word of warning, before it's too late - most dumps won't allow you to turn up and do that. You'll need a license from the Council - even as a private individual. Also, the presence of a van might make the red flags go up.

Happened to my sellers, they were moving out on moving day and had a van, expecting to take some wardrobes and other bits/bobs to the tip and were turned away, hence the delay in me gaining access.

Check out your dump's policy now!

You might end up like me - having to turn it into matchsticks and do several covert trips over time.

Thanks. I was originally going to get a van with a man, and rang the dump to check. They said no to that, but they issued me with a permit for Friday provided I hire a van myself and drive it.