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Thanks ed - I'm sure I'll get the hang of it when I'm trying to quote, edit the quote to the bit I'm answering and write my own post….. 🙄 Sometimes things are simpler…. the way they was.
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But everyone hated the current version when it was introduced…
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If you don't like this try the new lottery website!
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Too true sweetie - I took a sabbattical, and wandered back when I worked out how to use it 😁
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""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
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Hope you enjoy the swimming. I have never learnt to swim.
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ed - I was in fArmf00ds again today, and spotted the tinned haggis. Just for interest, I picked up a tin. I don't think there was a wee haggis inside it, in salted water or whatever. It was clearly more……. 'stew' consistency. I looked at the ingredients, I'm not sure I'm curious or not as to what 'lamb lobes' are…..
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Greying X
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""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends3 -
looked up lamb lobes GP …….. Glad I had a veggie haggis instead.
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@Greying_Pilgrim - lamb lobes are just another kind of offal hun - in this case lung - for meat eaters who eat offal it's not an issue, but for the squeamish or super-tasters among us it does have an odd texture/taste compared to everyday meat iyswim. Personally I don't enjoy the taste of liver or kidney but can handle both tongue and heart. OH often orders steak and kidney pie for one, and I go with chicken & leek or mushroom. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
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Yeah, I call lungs 'lights' hun, but realise it may be a dialect thing. I was under the impression that haggis was more than just chopped lung tho. And for sure it is a dish constructed of offal, as the original casings were stomach or intestine. I thought there might have been heart and liver/kidney in there too.
I was just curious as to what the tin did contain, as I hadn't considered it might be a whole haggis. But it was clearly just the components, minus the casing, from the ingredients description, and cooking instructions.
Greying X
Grocery spend February 2026 £199.06/£235
Non-food spend February 2026 £35.68/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 2/12 - £0/£120 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends3
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