Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

tweets

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Made in Northumberland:)

Found 3 deli shops in Grainger market with the most fabulous food stuff. I could have spent hours there just raking around:D

Finished off at a convenience store buying 10 Domestos at £1 each:) Im looking for Robinson’s squash for £1 too:)

Robinsons squash 2 bottles for £2 in Tesco

davemorton

TrulyMadly wrote: »

We are experimenting:D

Japanese eggs soaked in saltwater......:D

What are japanese eggs, from a certain type of bird, or from Japan?? Did they start off fresh? And why in brine?

davemorton

Ahhh TM
http://www.grillachef.com/2010/05/salting-through-eggshell.html

tweets

3Dogs wrote: »

Much talk of snow. We haven't had any down here in Portsmouth or New Forest but I am travelling up to Tiptree in Essex early tomorrow morning, M25/Dartford crossing, then up M11/A14 home. And VERY early on Monday morning I am travelling up the A1 then across M62 to Rochdale to arrive by 8am :eek:, so wondered what the snow situation is like on either of my journeys please, from people who live on the route

3Dogs think auto.armadillo lives Rochdale way hope she is lurking and sees your post

TrulyMadly

davemorton wrote: »

What are japanese eggs, from a certain type of bird, or from Japan?? Did they start off fresh? And why in brine?

No just hens eggs...the salt soaks through the shell and they taste beautiful. These have been soaking a little while now but will sit there for another 4 days I think. You can use them in Ramen/ Asian dishes:)

davemorton

TrulyMadly wrote: »

No just hens eggs...the salt soaks through the shell and they taste beautiful. These have been soaking a little while now but will sit there for another 4 days I think. You can use them in Ramen/ Asian dishes:)

4 days :eek: the recipe I posted said 36 hours. Are they already boiled?

bubbs

davemorton wrote: »

4 days :eek: the recipe I posted said 36 hours. Are they already boiled?

You wanna know alot:rotfl::p:p

TrulyMadly

tweets wrote: »

Robinsons squash 2 bottles for £2 in Tesco

Thanks tweets but I’m looking for A Small Shop where I can buy 10 for £10 and get my £5 credit:)

Savvybuyer

3Dogs wrote: »

Much talk of snow. We haven't had any down here in Portsmouth or New Forest but I am travelling up to Tiptree in Essex early tomorrow morning, M25/Dartford crossing, then up M11/A14 home. And VERY early on Monday morning I am travelling up the A1 then across M62 to Rochdale to arrive by 8am :eek:, so wondered what the snow situation is like on either of my journeys please, from people who live on the route

You'll probably be okay travelling from Hampshire to Essex. However, travelling to Rochdale:eek:. There is already snow in Greater Manchester today, Yorkshire was just cold but get over the Pennines and the snow was coming down this morning. It then stopped around lunchtime but obviously there is still snow on the ground. The worry is travelling very early on Monday morning through Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Sheffield and Birmingham, the West and North Midlands, all places that are expected to have snow falling for most, if not all, of Sunday and it will either still be snowing, with up to 20cm of snow expected in some parts of GM, possibly even more farther south in the Midlands, or will be turned to ice.

I couldn't have visited M today - although Google maps is surprisingly showing the same journey time although that journey was via motorways so should be okay. I did my additional store visit to M during a three-hour window of opportunity on Thursday evening before the snow really started, even then parts farther west had started a little amount of snow falling but it wasn't sticking. It will have done by now I imagine. I suspect all of the places I visited on Wednesday will now be covered and, with the heavy snow expected tomorrow, I am just currently battening down and staying in (all shopping was done on Thursday) - it may be ice for a significant part of Monday and I need not bother with M this time but can just miss the Monday and later in the week should improve.

However I have been out at M in snow and ice on one occasion in the past. It was on one of my long journeys and mostly fine during the day in many parts of the area I visited. However, it was by the hour at the end, that the snow had come down quite a lot and on the way back, which required a very indirect route, some of it due to me not reading maps properly:o, I got through an area where it had snowed even more. It was also uphill part of the way around there and I only just managed to keep the car going. I managed to get home, eventually, travelling at about 10 mph all the way, and what it did was turn a one or one and a half hour journey into a four hour one. On one part, the car got picked up, skidded along the (empty, it was past midnight) pavement a few metres and then landed on the road in the right position and kept going the route it should have done:eek::eek:. I will not be trying this again very soon. You need very careful driving and your wits about you if you are going to attempt such a journey. Even the carefulest of drivers can come unstuck. Stay safe. If it's not absolutely necessary, I would give up trying to go to Rochdale on Monday (you have a lot farther to travel than I did, and some of it on motorways that mine, on that occasion, wasn't, which should be a little better but even so...) - and, if you travel and have to go much more slowly and carefully, the journey time is obviously extended and do you really want to be trying to travel in GM around rush hour? People may well stay off the roads but travelling may still be difficult. Also, if you do attempt any journey, make sure you have enough fuel.

Nellie35

Dizzy_Ditzy wrote: »

For the Birmingham folks - we are going next Saturday. Could someone tell me please the best parking for the barclaycard arena? Looking for the best, safest and cheapest parking for around 6 hours or so

Oooooh jealous, wish I was going. Assuming this is Queen & Adam Lambert. I did try to get tickets for Manchester or B'ham without success Have a great time