Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

PasturesNew

Re the peacocks - yes, it's a sauce for peacocks I was struggling with earlier. I went and had a bath, got dressed, turned off all the electricals and then thought ..... "I'll have one last look for the soy" - and there it was, in the box of "stuff I've got, but haven't opened yet, so I need to keep it out of the way as there's no room for it in the cupboard". So, I'm now all dressed up and nowhere to go.

Added my soy and Chef Nuke gave it all a quick rustle .... and it's missing something; actually I think it needs to lose something. Recipe had asked for "brown sugar". Not a useful ingredient in a recipe as there are SO many .... and, it'd appear, I got the wrong one. So, next time I'll lose the brown sugar entirely as I think that's far too strong a taste for my peacock sauce.

Generali wrote: »

If you have vanilla then give custard a go. 1 bowl and 1 pan.

Heat some single cream

You lost me on two points:
- 1 pan. While I have a pan (in case/for the future), it's not something I dare to use. I've a gas hob - never used gas, scared of flames.
- cream. I hate the thought of cream, it makes me cringe... I've never bought any. I don't mind hidden cream in things, where I've not seen it go in, if it makes the end result good .... but I dislike the idea of cream. It's a thing from when I was growing up and the cream on the top of milk looked rank. I've had one or two instances where I've been served a dessert and the server's just poured cream over it!!!! NOOOO!!!!!! ASK ME!!! I'd have said NOOOOO!!! and now I have to eat it and smile and leave the cream and pretend it was all lovely and I was just too full up

Generali wrote: »

and you can rinse off the vanilla pod

No - it's a little plastic bottle of liquid from Aldi.

michaels wrote: »

Or you can buy it in a tin, carton or even fresh in the cooler section of your local supermarket and warm it in the microwave.

I use instant packets. They store indefinitely in the cupboard, then I can just use how much I want by adding boiling water

PasturesNew

Lunch was simple ..... plain basmati rice, served with some dodgy sauce I tried to make (that was, of course, intended as a sauce for peacocks).

Taste was fine - but the taste of the sauce wasn't the taste I was specifically after for what I had in mind. If I just gave the sauce a name and passed it off to somebody else they'd not spit it out, they'd just be a bit confused by the taste as it's nice, but neither one thing, nor the other.

So eating it (zero waste and all that) with plain rice wasn't a hardship as such, just disappointing that the first attempt didn't turn out to be "the best Roast Peacock Sauce EVER".

Next time .... it'll be better/marvellous. Ditch the dark brown sugar and double the water I think. Also, next time, I'll make half the volume next time as I wasn't sure on portion size when I first lined up all the stuff today.

ukmaggie45

Joy unbridled! :beer: IDS has resigned! :j

I may get somewhat pished to celebrate later on... But then why wait? :beer:

Generali

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Joy unbridled! :beer: IDS has resigned! :j

I may get somewhat pished to celebrate later on... But then why wait? :beer:

Not a fan then?

I am a Tory and I'm not a fan either although he has some interesting and clearly thought through ideas about poverty.

FWIW, I oppose Labour because I believe that their policies, while well meaning, keep the poor in poverty.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

It might count as "bonding" as they'll appreciate that I am in touch with the lives of poor people if I can pronounce Aldi correctly and know the price of something.

I recently found out that Ikea is pronounced ick-ee-a rather than eye-kia.

Generali

silvercar wrote: »

I recently found out that Ikea is pronounced ick-ee-a rather than eye-kia.

The French call it Eee - Key but then they call wifi Wee Fee so what do they know?

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

I recently found out that Ikea is pronounced ick-ee-a rather than eye-kia.

I think I heard about this on the telly - where they said that it's the foreign way of saying it. The Brit way is eye-kia.

ick-ee-a ..... is just WRONG isn't it.

Maybe other cultures don't have the word icky.

Generali

Out of interest PN, why buy a pan you are terrified to use?

I'm crap with heights so never bothered buying a v. tall, wobbly ladder.

oldandhappy

GDB2222 wrote: »

It's beautiful. However, buying it might be the cheapest part of the deal. You could rename it, Chateau Moneypit.

this is why these places do not sell...so many lovely looking buildings I have noticed just about where ever you go....empty....we have one just by the church here and its huge has carved horses in all the upstairs windows for some reason! its around 500,000 Euros as gossip goes... have not seen it advertised here but know it is own by a Dutch family....Ours is 1801 stone built house with no upstairs access but apart from that its a perfectly renovated property as we only like playing in the garden now at our age...regards Dianne:D

zagubov

oldandhappy wrote: »

this is why these places do not sell...so many lovely looking buildings I have noticed just about where ever you go....empty....we have one just by the church here and its huge has carved horses in all the upstairs windows for some reason! its around 500,000 Euros as gossip goes... have not seen it advertised here but know it is own by a Dutch family....Ours is 1801 stone built house with no upstairs access but apart from that its a perfectly renovated property as we only like playing in the garden now at our age...regards Dianne:D

Welcome to the thread!


I'd always understood that in France, old quaint houses aren't seen as desirable (except to foreigners). I somehow imagined there wasn't such a tradition of DIY, fixing up and extending things and it was more a case of you bought something big nought for your needs and in a fit state to be moved into.

I shudder to think what state the French demolition industry must be in now that outsiders are buying up and renovating anything with four walls and a roof!