Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

ukmaggie45

ivyleaf wrote: »

Maggie I have diverticular disease too; the first thing i was told after the colonoscopy (3 years ago) was that I'd need to avoid anything with tiny seeds, such as tomatoes, raspberries and strawberries (all of which i really like), but the literature i was given to take home said it is really a question of trial and error, since a food that upsets one person's system may be fine for someone else, and I am indeed able to eat tomatoes, raspberries and strawberries

Atm I'm having problems higher up; I've been producing too much stomach acid, so have now been told to double my acid-reducing meds. Also having a blood test next week, as I'm getting pain that could be from my pancreas. Such fun. Hoping "It will all be over by Christmas"

Thanks ivyleaf for you input. I've been looking at diets, and it does seem to be a try it out and see how it affects you for some of the stuff. My current breakfast (most days but not all) is home made humus on toast with a 3 bean salad plus beetroot, tomato (minus seeds), celery, spring onion and sweetcorn. Yum! Lunch is more normal, meat of some description with veg and whichever accompaniments are appropriate (eg Yorkshire pud, apple sauce,) or various stews or fish meals. Trying to eat more oily fish for the anti-high-cholesterol diet too! :eek:

Sorry you're having other digestive probs. Good luck with the blood tests. Hope it isn't pancreas. I know so much what you mean by hoping it'll all be over by Christmas.

Talking of the C word I better get back to the online shopping... I hit a wrong button the other day and now am on a month's free trial of Amazon Prime! :eek: At least I've managed to turn off the subscription so won't get charged when it finishes. The good thing is that it's made getting prezzies sent to DD's family in London easier - they come up for New Year, but big or heavy items like books aren't much fun for them to carry home on the train.

ukmaggie45

PasturesNew wrote: »

My current Xmas dinner plan is pretty much thought out except the turkey bit. Not sure whether to buy a whole crown and shove it in the SC, or buy a whole breast and cook it, or buy some ready-cooked breast and nuke then bake it for 10 minutes.

There'll be: yorkshire, little sausages, stuffing, roast spuds, roast parsnip, brussels with chestnuts, carrots, cauli, brocolli, peas, gravy. Maybe mashed spuds too.

Not sure if there'll be a baked onion - probably not/no need.
I might/not make a nut roast too.

I think I might invite myself over! Sounds super. Yum! :j

We're hoping to get to the caravan, so we'll prob just get a chicken. But we'll do all the trimmings - chipolata sausages, bacon rolls, plus bacon on the chicken breast too to keep it moist, stuffing. Roasties, Brussel sprouts, peas, carrots. Gravy of course! And OH has bought the cheapo Aldi Champers that got a best buy from Which.

The butcher in Abersoch is really good, plus he Knows Us. So we'll get a decent chicken from him. We certainly did last year!

Pyxis

You can buy small cans of ready-mixed drinks, like rum and cola, bourbon and cola, gin and tonic and various cocktailly-type drinks., including Pimms, Pina Colada, and others.
That way, you could have a little drink on Christmas Day, but not have to wade through a bottle.

I quite like the gin and grapefruit mix.

You can also get tiny bottles of wine. I think they're 30cl, just enough for one large glass or two small ones.

Then there are the miniature bottles of spirits.


These are all great for a one-off treat.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

You can buy small cans of ready-mixed drinks, like rum and cola, bourbon and cola, gin and tonic and various cocktailly-type drinks., including Pimms, Pina Colada, and others.
That way, you could have a little drink on Christmas Day, but not have to wade through a bottle.

I quite like the gin and grapefruit mix.

You can also get tiny bottles of wine. I think they're 30cl, just enough for one large glass or two small ones.

Then there are the miniature bottles of spirits.


These are all great for a one-off treat.

Those don't really appeal; if I'm going to get any it needs to be something I'd actually choose/like, rather than something just because "it's available".

Hate wine really
Don't like spirits either.

Alcohol-wise, I'm a "bit of a miserable sod" as I've always driven, so rarely had a chance to drink, so become "not bothered about it" over the years.

PasturesNew

I was flicking round the channels and caught the tail end of a Location, Location, Location revisited.... there was a couple who'd bought a flat they hadn't been shown by the original programme. Phil announced to them that they were still up £30-40k even in a stagnant/falling market ... although those figures could be "all show" for the show.

So, who are these people we see on the likes of Location x3? I always thought they were "fairly regular people, with fairly regular/good jobs, who mostly lived in London".

I quickly googled this couple and found they'd got married and their wedding was in Hello Magazine!!

Not "fairly regular people" at all.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/weddings/200909282108/wedding/TakbirUddin/AmyBeeson//

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was flicking round the channels and caught the tail end of a Location, Location, Location revisited.... there was a couple who'd bought a flat they hadn't been shown by the original programme. Phil announced to them that they were still up £30-40k even in a stagnant/falling market ... although those figures could be "all show" for the show.

So, who are these people we see on the likes of Location x3? I always thought they were "fairly regular people, with fairly regular/good jobs, who mostly lived in London".

I quickly googled this couple and found they'd got married and their wedding was in Hello Magazine!!

Not "fairly regular people" at all.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/weddings/200909282108/wedding/TakbirUddin/AmyBeeson//

Still don;t know who they are. Assume one of them is "famous" if they are in hello.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Still don;t know who they are. Assume one of them is "famous" if they are in hello.

Well, me neither, but they're certainly not "regular people" to get their faces into that.



Maybe not "famous", but "well connected", which makes me spit that they were on telly "getting help to find a house" when they're clearly just too idle to use their contacts to help them make a decision.

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have a problem with alcohol ....

We didn't have Xmas Day booze when I was growing up; it just didn't feature. Mum/dad might've had a little sherry or something, but nothing more.

I don't really drink. Now, I wouldn't mind, maybe, a single little drink on Xmas Day, but really couldn't face getting through a whole bottle.

So, do I buy booze, knowing it'll sit there until next year again, or I might drink it over the year, but didn't "need" to buy it.

Options on this would be to get a cheapo bottle of baileys from Aldi/Lidl, or some advocaat and make snowballs. Not really bothered about any form of fizz.

So I'll probably not bother getting any booze in whatsoever and just stick with Pepsi, some banana milkshake and a pineapple/coconut fruit juice (maybe).

I don't want to "buy everything/anything just because it's Xmas".

I haven't had a drink on Christmas day since I was 20 as I have always been the driver. Boxing day would be a late start day for drinking after getting back from now ex mum in law's, getting back from mum and dad's firstly via a taxi and then when ex finally passed his test, in the car with him driving.

Since the split, the only time I drink over the entire period is New years eve.

Mind you, I am not a huge drinker anyway, last time I had anything alcoholic was the 1st of October, before that it was the first week of July as I only drink when out and never at home.

vivatifosi

I'm not a big drinker either. I once had a conversation with my doc where she asked me how many units I drink. I said "about seven, I think" to which she replied that I should consider cutting back a bit. I then had to explain that I meant about seven per year.

I drink a,couple of glasses of wine on planes because it helps me sleep, occasionally on New Years Eve and at weddings and special occasions. I like red wine, vodka, tequila, gin, Pimms and Bailey's. Not keen on whisky, rum or beer. But most of all I like champagne truffles.

I do however make a vodka arrabiata sauce for pasta. It contains passata, chopped chilli, garlic, a bit of olive oil, and about a third of one of those little vodka miniatures.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

vivatifosi wrote: »

I do however make a vodka arrabiata sauce for pasta. It contains passata, chopped chilli, garlic, a bit of olive oil, and about a third of one of those little vodka miniatures.

I almost always cook with alcohol.

Sometimes I also put it in the food being cooked.... :beer: