Hello From My Englishness

[Hornblende]

Of course once we've let the boys in, they'll have to stay for the remainder of the isolation period...

Wait, I forgot to specify the girls...

 

[AngelicaS1780]

Wait, I forgot to specify the girls...

Maybe, if you ask very nicely, Numi will indulge you.

 

[Polranny]

Whatever would we do to occupy the time (other than limericks)....I can cook!

I can cook too. I can also do joined up writing and play a mean game of Scrabble

 

[Hornblende]

Maybe, if you ask very nicely, Numi will indulge you.

Well she is open to experiences.

 

[where_is_RUTH]

<ears prick up - tail wags excitedly>

I think they mean she'll try Morris dancing? Or smashed avocado on toast (whatever that is?)

 

[Polranny]

You do a Morris dance to smash the avocado then you slather it on toast

 

[MrDevereaux]

Morris dancing is all well and good, what about Ford dancing?

 

[numeniusa]

This is all sounding lovely, boys, girls, people to cook delicious stuff, I love smashed avocado on rye toast.

Morris dancing, though?

One has to draw the line somewhere... I will not be flapping my hanky for anyone

 

[numeniusa]

You say that like they are bad things! OK, I wouldn't fancy Morris dancing (my knees are bolloxed) but the tunes are good....Avocado on toast does need chopped chilli on top

Chopped chilli? Interesting. I've had it with a wee bit of feta and some mint mixed in. Gorgeous.

*scratches your head*

 

[AngelicaS1780]

This is all sounding lovely, boys, girls, people to cook delicious stuff, I love smashed avocado on rye toast.

I love butter and grape jam on rye toast.
Or very lean corned beef, coleslaw, and Russian dressing.

 

[Polranny]

A jar of chopped jalapenos in the fridge just in case (handy for ragu too)

Forget the chopped chili, I have a jar of chili flakes, so much easier

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

A jar of chopped jalapenos in the fridge just in case (handy for ragu too)

and if you're roughing it, a quick cheese and chilli nachos snackerooo or cheese on toast with them and Worcester Sauce. Quick and makes a tongue very tingly

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

Ah... but Lee & Perrins Worcester Sauce or Henderson's. I was brought up with Worcester Sauce but was in Sheffield, asked for some Worcester and received what can only be called an 'old-fashioned look' and told 'nah, lad, ya want Henderson's'

has to be Lee & Perrins Worcester Sauce, can't have a Bloody Mary without it or cheese on toast

 

[Polranny]

has to be Lee & Perrins Worcester Sauce, can't have a Bloody Mary without it or cheese on toast

May I have a bloody cheese on toast, Mary? Its Worcestershire Sauce btw!

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

May I have a bloody cheese on toast, Mary? Its Worcestershire Sauce btw!

thought it looked a bit short

 

[numeniusa]

Hello CB, we haven't met, how are you doing? *waves*

Chilli flakes are brilliant. One of my fave Italian dishes is spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino, which is a delicious mouthful to say and to eat. It's garlic, olive oil and chilli flakes, you can buy little packets of a 'mix' to which you just add the spaghetti and the olive oil. Good store cupboard recipe.

https://www.caber.org/img/prodotti/Insaporitori/CABER-Spagghy.jpg

Spagghy is a brilliant name

 

[londoner2]

Hello CB, we haven't met, how are you doing? *waves*

Chilli flakes are brilliant. One of my fave Italian dishes is spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino, which is a delicious mouthful to say and to eat. It's garlic, olive oil and chilli flakes, you can buy little packets of a 'mix' to which you just add the spaghetti and the olive oil. Good store cupboard recipe.

https://www.caber.org/img/prodotti/Insaporitori/CABER-Spagghy.jpg

Spagghy is a brilliant name

Perhaps you could use some of your time in isolation to curate a collection of store cupboard recipes for all those of us who will no doubt be confined to home at some point in the future?

 

[numeniusa]

Perhaps you could use some of your time in isolation to curate a collection of store cupboard recipes for all those of us who will no doubt be confined to home at some point in the future?

Jack Monroe was on the radio this morning talking about her book of tinned stuff recipes, did you hear that? What do mean you don't listen to Woman's Hour?

She did enthuse hugely about tinned peaches, which I abhor. Ugh.

 

[Polranny]

Jack Monroe was on the radio this morning talking about her book of tinned stuff recipes, did you hear that? What do mean you don't listen to Woman's Hour?

She did enthuse hugely about tinned peaches, which I abhor. Ugh.

I bought a tin of corned beef today. Why? Because it was there and on special at £2.
I draw the line at tinned spinach, sorry Popeye! Fruit cocktail - who gets the tiny bit of cherry?

 

[numeniusa]

If you search for 'peperoncino spice mix' quite a few come up which can be ordered online.

There's also this recipe, which looks worth a go:

7 grams dried parsley flakes
30 grams dried roasted garlic flakes
30 grams dried chilli flakes
2 tsp sea salt

You just mix all that up together and store it in an airtight jar. About a teaspoon will do the trick on your spaghetti, plus a good slug of olive oil, of course. Parmesan optional.

Now I'm hungry!

 

[Polranny]

If you search for 'peperoncino spice mix' quite a few come up which can be ordered online.

There's also this recipe, which looks worth a go:

7 grams dried parsley flakes
30 grams dried roasted garlic flakes
30 grams dried chilli flakes
2 tsp sea salt

You just mix all that up together and store it in an airtight jar. About a teaspoon will do the trick on your spaghetti, plus a good slug of olive oil, of course. Parmesan optional.

Now I'm hungry!

Hush....there'll be panic buying of those ingredients

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

- who gets the tiny bit of cherry?

shhhh, I'm keeping it for someone special .....

 

[Spiritedlady]

Hush....there'll be panic buying of those ingredients

I love it when talk turns to food although I consider avacados to be exceptionally overrated. ( with or without the chilli flakes). I’m working from home today so the challenge will be to stay away from the kitchen anyway.

 

[londoner2]

I love it when talk turns to food although I consider avacados to be exceptionally overrated. ( with or without the chilli flakes). I’m working from home today so the challenge will be to stay away from the kitchen anyway.

I have seen avocados described as 'pale, green, snot-like orbs of blandness'.
Does that sum it up for you too?

 

[Polranny]

I love it when talk turns to food although I consider avacados to be exceptionally overrated. ( with or without the chilli flakes). I’m working from home today so the challenge will be to stay away from the kitchen anyway.

I would have thought there may be other challenges.
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