Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

Instead of: Nice sausages, fried, and mash, it ends up as: soft sausages in dark gloop.

Yuk, sounds like the ones Heinz do in the same can as baked beans.

chris_m

michaels wrote: »

I like them both ways but:
(1) as much fat as possible should be removed in the cooking so oven bakeed on a rack is ideal, if pan fried then the oil needs to be drained off.

My usual way is in the oven, my alternative way is under the grill.

(2) It is possibel to cook them wrong especially on a bbq when you can cook the outside to black and leave the iniside raw...

Wouldn't be a proper barbie if they weren't like that - along with everything else, uncooked inside and done to a cinder outside

ivyleaf

chris_m wrote: »

Yuk, sounds like the ones Heinz do in the same can as baked beans.

Actually I like those but only with the baked beans. I don't like "sausage casserole", it just seems "wrong". I like them fried, with mash and a bit of tomato ketchup :drool:

PasturesNew

Here we go... money for nothing

Judith's mother's wooden bedside cabinets. Old/1950s/brown shiny wood in good condition. They were her mum & dad's wedding present. Jay Blade is the man who will do something with them. He likes adding quirky colour to things, so sounds like he'll be painting those in bright colours. He is based in Wolverhampton. Jay said restore outside, inside go mad with colour and put some holes in it so it becomes more modern. Might put colour on the kickboard. Labour/materials estimate £75 for the two. "I think you will double your money on these". He's now decided to paint them inside and put wallpaper on the shelves and the doors. He used PVA glue on the door and the wallpaper to get those bodged together.

One man just kept his shelving and took it home with him as he said she'd pricked his conscience and he should do something with them.

Richard has had an old toolbox case for 40 years. Solid suitcase, brown. A bit shabby/worn, but basically sound. Sarah's thinking it could be a "portable office" holding a laptop/keyboard and other stuff. That's off to Horse (Mark) electronics engineer by trade, also an audio engineer and loves old/antique radio equipment. He's in Manchester. She's now thinking it could be a speaker. Labour/materials £300-350, he thought it could sell for £450 if it sounds good. He's made a new handle for the box from his gf's old belt. He still has to jigsaw holes out for the speakers. He also cut a hole for the controls and has a bit of metal for that. Then he has to wire it up.

Keith - has an old sofa. Nothing special about it, red in colour, 2 seater. The charity shop didn't want it. Sarah will be reworking this item. She's in West Sussex. The sofa's now in her big barn - she'll rip off the covers then surface-stitch new covers. She's got some old linen pillow cases she got from a car boot sale ages ago and some other fabrics. She'll lay her fabric on the sofa to see if she comes up with an idea. She also scavenged some feather cushions at the tip. She's stapled the first layer of fabric to the sofa.
My note: this means the covers aren't removable/washable.... seems a bit daft for expensive resale.
She's used patches all over and used huge uneven stitches on it. She says it's "part of the charm". She's made cushion covers for it.
My note: What a bl00dy mess

The Bottom Line:
What's sold/not then ....?

Sofa went into one of her barn sales. She sold it. Materials £120. Sold £1200. Profit £1080. "Absolutely flabbergasted" said Keith who was tossing the old sofa out.

Cabinets. Materials/labour £75. Sold to a top vintage furniture dealer, Martin. He bought them for his shop. Sold £125. Profit £50.

Old Toolbox. It's now a portable speaker with rechargeable battery, USB, bluetooth. On/off switch, main volume control, input hole for smartphone/whatever, switch for internal bluetooth or not, digital voltage display so you can see how the battery's holding up.
Materials/labour £350. She's not sold it yet.

PasturesNew

Just watched a 2013 episode of Escape to the Country. They looked at a house they said was on at £395k I thought .... anyway, I looked it up to see if it'd sold and it was showing on Zoopla as having been on the market at £375k (Mar 2013) and it finally sold last year for £260k. Somebody got their pricing wrong!

silvercar

New foodie question (from an article in yesterday's paper): avocado or aubergine?

I love avocado (new favourite panini avocado/onion/cheese) but hat aubergine.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

New foodie question (from an article in yesterday's paper): avocado or aubergine?

I love avocado (new favourite panini avocado/onion/cheese) but hat aubergine.

I love both. I don't think there's any need for faithfulness when it comes to vegetables.

SingleSue

Both are meh for me...

Pyxis

I love both, too!



Although aubergine has fewer calories.

But avocado you can eat raw.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Just watched a 2013 episode of Escape to the Country. They looked at a house they said was on at £395k I thought .... anyway, I looked it up to see if it'd sold and it was showing on Zoopla as having been on the market at £375k (Mar 2013) and it finally sold last year for £260k. Somebody got their pricing wrong!

It feels so strange to hear these stories when local it is all about properties selling for 50% more than 2013...

silvercar wrote: »

New foodie question (from an article in yesterday's paper): avocado or aubergine?

I love avocado (new favourite panini avocado/onion/cheese) but hat aubergine.

Aubergine almost always good either in ratatouille or just drizzled with oil and roasted/bbq'd

Avacado - yuck