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In our defence, Brits haven’t evolved to deal with the avocado- we should stick to potatoes and swede...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...ruit-has-become-a-health-hazard?source=images

Side note I had a salt baked celery root a few months back, on a fake meat roast dinner - it was bloody gorgeous... it cut like butter...

I dont get it I guess. I have cut myself a hundred times in the kitchen but never from a silly avocado pit that pops right out.

And celery is maybe the most underused veg. Braised celery with walnuts is a go to.
 
I dont get it I guess. I have cut myself a hundred times in the kitchen but never from a silly avocado pit that pops right out.

And celery is maybe the most underused veg. Braised celery with walnuts is a go to.

If you like that, have you had celeriac in.a creamy sauce?
 
This thread has really taken off. I like avocados just for the guac aspect. In fact I made some last night with fish tacos.

And Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond are all pretty fucking rad.

I love kids movies. I think I am taking my kids to see Toy Story 4 today. And like the last 3 Toy Story movies I will probably cry.

Probably my favorite Dolly Parton song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9Q6Bt1m9Q

I’m happy. Ugliest Son said Billy Joel was “ fucking rad “ ..... I’m keeping that. We all know he’s cool. For the record I am sentimental about certain Billy Joel songs because of an album from my youth( but you don’t get to fill Wembley at 70 by being shit). I’m not really big on Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones or the Eagles etc but I acknowledge them as deserving of their position and adulation.

Guacamole is fine. Avocados are fine but if a plague of locusts fell upon them all I’d survive.
 
I’m happy. Ugliest Son said Billy Joel was “ fucking rad “ ..... I’m keeping that. We all know he’s cool. For the record I am sentimental about certain Billy Joel songs because of an album from my youth( but you don’t get to fill Wembley at 70 by being shit). I’m not really big on Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones or the Eagles etc but I acknowledge them as deserving of their position and adulation.

Guacamole is fine. Avocados are fine but if a plague of locusts fell upon them all I’d survive.

So yeah I probably own 6000 albums but my favorite is Glass Houses. Really first album I can remember just from riding around in backseat with my folks. I recently took LP from folks collection. Did you see him at Wembley?

And I like Eagles and early Bruce and fucking adore Brian Jones era Stones.
 
So yeah I probably own 6000 albums but my favorite is Glass Houses. Really first album I can remember just from riding around in backseat with my folks. I recently took LP from folks collection. Did you see him at Wembley?

And I like Eagles and early Bruce and fucking adore Brian Jones era Stones.

Yep. I saw him Saturday..... I was a bit gutted because I bought tickets a few months ago and then someone has joined my office who can get tickets very cheaply. He had BJ tickets for £15 and I paid £70. He also had tickets for the Eagles who played Sunday and Fleetwood Mac who played earlier in the week. I hated Wembley though... I saw Chris Stapleton at the O2 and loved it but generally prefer smaller venues like Hammersmith, Shepherds Bush and Brixton.
 
Yep. I saw him Saturday..... I was a bit gutted because I bought tickets a few months ago and then someone has joined my office who can get tickets very cheaply. He had BJ tickets for £15 and I paid £70. He also had tickets for the Eagles who played Sunday and Fleetwood Mac who played earlier in the week. I hated Wembley though... I saw Chris Stapleton at the O2 and loved it but generally prefer smaller venues like Hammersmith, Shepherds Bush and Brixton.

Nice! I have never been to Wembley but yes to all those smaller venues. Whenever I see a show at Shepherds Bush I try and sneak in a stay at KWest too.
 
Dont I already draw enough attention to myself? A celery thread would just be the last straw lol. Do try that Salmon and Celery with Olives though.

Ahhh - am afraid I am a veggie... a proper one that counts fishes off the menu... (sorry I know being a awkward veggie cunt is unattractive to a chef - blame my brothers, when I went veggie at 11, they said it was a fad and wouldn’t last - turns out I am overly stubborn... one of them still greets me with a “still veggie then?” As though after 30 years I might have suddenly changed by mind)

I use celery a lot mixed in with carrots and simmered with a sprig of thyme...
 
I do love a good staged shot... and George is completely impartial I’m sure...

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Ahhh - am afraid I am a veggie... a proper one that counts fishes off the menu... (sorry I know being a awkward veggie cunt is unattractive to a chef - blame my brothers, when I went veggie at 11, they said it was a fad and wouldn’t last - turns out I am overly stubborn... one of them still greets me with a “still veggie then?” As though after 30 years I might have suddenly changed by mind)

I use celery a lot mixed in with carrots and simmered with a sprig of thyme...

Okay fine but we cant be friends then lol. Seriously no meat?

Braised celery? Celery salad with walnuts and blue cheese? Buttermilk Potato Salad with Celery? All go tos for me dude.
 
Okay fine but we cant be friends then lol. Seriously no meat?

Braised celery? Celery salad with walnuts and blue cheese? Buttermilk Potato Salad with Celery? All go tos for me dude.

No meat... I know... I am an annoying cunt, if it makes you feel any better, it is the only thing I’m fussy about - I pretty much eat everything if it’s veggie. I stayed at a gorgeous hotel in Spain once, dinner included, that was used to 5-star celeb guests... the dining room was covered in pics of Al Pacino and Robet de Niro and the like shaking the chef’s hand... I wondered how we got in so cheap but when we turned up to find armed guards we found out they’d been subject to an ETA attack and were still trying to rebuild the business - Anywhos amazing chef but I’m worried because I’d told them on the phone I was veggie and they’d said it was fine but the menu was all pigs trotters and stuff like that... not a vegetarian dish in sight (and Spain isn’t veggie friendly at all... ) and the first night the chef comes out to ask me what I like and don’t like - it stumped me because no one has ever done that in a restaurant before, normally I’m the apologetic pain in the arse... Anywhos - told him I’d eat whatever and for a whole seven nights he cooked up a different six, six! course meal just for me... and it was divine... and not one dish was repeated, some were tiny palate cleansers but six!... he said he enjoyed it, he’d never had the challenge of cooking a veggie menu for a whole week...

We actually had lunch included in the cost as well but just couldn’t face it - that six course evening meal became our very extravagant only meal...

Ha - I haven’t thought about that meal for years, I kept annoying the wine guy by filling my own glass and every-time he clocked me doing it he’d flounce over and make a big song and dance of filling my water glass :D
 
I do love a good staged shot... and George is completely impartial I’m sure...

You mean like when Jeremy Cunt happened to be out running and accidentally bumped into some cretin ... there just happened to be a film crew on hand to capture the ensuing conversation.

Trust the DailyFail to play the ‘poor Boris’ card ...
 
No meat... I know... I am an annoying cunt, if it makes you feel any better, it is the only thing I’m fussy about - I pretty much eat everything if it’s veggie. I stayed at a gorgeous hotel in Spain once, dinner included, that was used to 5-star celeb guests... the dining room was covered in pics of Al Pacino and Robet de Niro and the like shaking the chef’s hand... I wondered how we got in so cheap but when we turned up to find armed guards we found out they’d been subject to an ETA attack and were still trying to rebuild the business - Anywhos amazing chef but I’m worried because I’d told them on the phone I was veggie and they’d said it was fine but the menu was all pigs trotters and stuff like that... not a vegetarian dish in sight (and Spain isn’t veggie friendly at all... ) and the first night the chef comes out to ask me what I like and don’t like - it stumped me because no one has ever done that in a restaurant before, normally I’m the apologetic pain in the arse... Anywhos - told him I’d eat whatever and for a whole seven nights he cooked up a different six, six! course meal just for me... and it was divine... and not one dish was repeated, some were tiny palate cleansers but six!... he said he enjoyed it, he’d never had the challenge of cooking a veggie menu for a whole week...

We actually had lunch included in the cost as well but just couldn’t face it - that six course evening meal became our very extravagant only meal...

Ha - I haven’t thought about that meal for years, I kept annoying the wine guy by filling my own glass and every-time he clocked me doing it he’d flounce over and make a big song and dance of filling my water glass :D


That sounds spectacular!
 
Afternoon everyone!

It's 26C today in the northern expanses. What's it like for you?

Yes, yes I realise I can find this information out faster by asking google, but I felt like starting a conversation about the weather.

So deal with it *cheeky smile*
 
Ahhh - am afraid I am a veggie... a proper one that counts fishes off the menu... (sorry I know being a awkward veggie cunt is unattractive to a chef - blame my brothers, when I went veggie at 11, they said it was a fad and wouldn’t last - turns out I am overly stubborn... one of them still greets me with a “still veggie then?” As though after 30 years I might have suddenly changed by mind)

I use celery a lot mixed in with carrots and simmered with a sprig of thyme...

Haha I guess that makes me an improper vegetarian cos I still like fish, cheese and eggs.
 
It makes you a pescatarian over here... ;). Although you can call yourself an improper veggie if you like :D

I think I will call myself an improper veggie. I sure hope someone dips me in something creamy and gives me a good nibblin' :D
 
No meat... I know... I am an annoying cunt, if it makes you feel any better, it is the only thing I’m fussy about - I pretty much eat everything if it’s veggie. I stayed at a gorgeous hotel in Spain once, dinner included, that was used to 5-star celeb guests... the dining room was covered in pics of Al Pacino and Robet de Niro and the like shaking the chef’s hand... I wondered how we got in so cheap but when we turned up to find armed guards we found out they’d been subject to an ETA attack and were still trying to rebuild the business - Anywhos amazing chef but I’m worried because I’d told them on the phone I was veggie and they’d said it was fine but the menu was all pigs trotters and stuff like that... not a vegetarian dish in sight (and Spain isn’t veggie friendly at all... ) and the first night the chef comes out to ask me what I like and don’t like - it stumped me because no one has ever done that in a restaurant before, normally I’m the apologetic pain in the arse... Anywhos - told him I’d eat whatever and for a whole seven nights he cooked up a different six, six! course meal just for me... and it was divine... and not one dish was repeated, some were tiny palate cleansers but six!... he said he enjoyed it, he’d never had the challenge of cooking a veggie menu for a whole week...

We actually had lunch included in the cost as well but just couldn’t face it - that six course evening meal became our very extravagant only meal...

Ha - I haven’t thought about that meal for years, I kept annoying the wine guy by filling my own glass and every-time he clocked me doing it he’d flounce over and make a big song and dance of filling my water glass :D

Oh wow that seems overwhelming both as a chef and guest. I struggle with veg. Usually very bean and potato based. Who was chef/establishment?
 
Afternoon everyone!

It's 26C today in the northern expanses. What's it like for you?

Yes, yes I realise I can find this information out faster by asking google, but I felt like starting a conversation about the weather.

So deal with it *cheeky smile*

It’s currently 18C and overcast.

I’m dealing with it.
 
Apparently it’s 24 degrees in London - I haven’t been out all day so cannot confirm. It is hellish muggy though. I expect it’s a trillion degrees in Florida where Ugliest Son is.

Are you sure that a weather chat is the way forward ?
 
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