Brit thread.

[fifty5]

Story of my life!

I post cooking instructions and get two gorgeous dames drooling - over each other!

Enjoy, I'll just go and keep qiet in a corner, somewhere... on my own... <sniff>

Eff

 

[lewdandlicentious]

any brits around?

Yep!

 

[Guest]

Story of my life!

I post cooking instructions and get two gorgeous dames drooling - over each other!

Enjoy, I'll just go and keep qiet in a corner, somewhere... on my own... <sniff>

Eff

We were drooling over the bacon.

Well, Goldie did offer to cook it for me, so I guess I would've been drooling over her, too.

Lou

 

[matriarch]

We were drooling over the bacon.

Well, Goldie did offer to cook it for me, so I guess I would've been drooling over her, too.

Lou

We always seem to come back to bacon sarnies and chip butties.

Wierd that.

People will begin to think its the only thing Brits eat, and forget about the tripe.......and faggots.......and toad in the hole.........and liver and onions.......and...........damn! I'm hungry now !

 

[Guest]

We always seem to come back to bacon sarnies and chip butties.

Wierd that.

People will begin to think its the only thing Brits eat, and forget about the tripe.......and faggots.......and toad in the hole.........and liver and onions.......and...........damn! I'm hungry now !

LOL! I know, anyone would think we're obssessed.

Oh, and don't forget the fish and chips with mushy peas, love.

I made sure I bought some bacon when I went shopping earlier. LOL

 

[matriarch]

LOL! I know, anyone would think we're obssessed.

Oh, and don't forget the fish and chips with mushy peas, love.

I made sure I bought some bacon when I went shopping earlier. LOL

God, I wish I had. I spent all last evening with two buddies making chocolates, sweets, candies and cakes for Children in Need tomorrow, my house reeks of chocolate still, and the thought of eating anything sweet for a couple of months, makes me want to heave. Hence egg, chips and beans for tea........but I did miss the bacon. *sigh*.

 

[Guest]

God, I wish I had. I spent all last evening with two buddies making chocolates, sweets, candies and cakes for Children in Need tomorrow, my house reeks of chocolate still, and the thought of eating anything sweet for a couple of months, makes me want to heave. Hence egg, chips and beans for tea........but I did miss the bacon. *sigh*.

Ooooh, eggs, chips and beans, the ultimate comfort food. YUM!

That sounds brilliant, good on you, babe! I made some collecting boxes with my girls earlier, for Children in Need. We're gonna go around the school and collect pennies. I might even dress as a teddy bear.

 

[matriarch]

Ooooh, eggs, chips and beans, the ultimate comfort food. YUM!

That sounds brilliant, good on you, babe! I made some collecting boxes with my girls earlier, for Children in Need. We're gonna go around the school and collect pennies. I might even dress as a teddy bear.

Two of our bosses are dressing as Big Ears and Noddy......I have the dubious pleasure of applying their makeup.
Went to the local costume/theatrical shop at lunch time to get stage makeup. None of the girls were willing to donate their lipstick for big ears' cheeks, or their eyeliner for Noddy's freckles.

 

[Guest]

Two of our bosses are dressing as Big Ears and Noddy......I have the dubious pleasure of applying their makeup.
Went to the local costume/theatrical shop at lunch time to get stage makeup. None of the girls were willing to donate their lipstick for big ears' cheeks, or their eyeliner for Noddy's freckles.

Miserable things!

Oh well, it's good to hear you are really entering into the spirit of it. Not that I'd expect you to be any different.

Lou

 

[lewdandlicentious]

Two of our bosses are dressing as Big Ears and Noddy......I have the dubious pleasure of applying their makeup.
Went to the local costume/theatrical shop at lunch time to get stage makeup. None of the girls were willing to donate their lipstick for big ears' cheeks, or their eyeliner for Noddy's freckles.

Sad bastards!!!!

 

[matriarch]

Sad bastards!!!!

The bosses or the girls?

 

[Guest]

The bosses or the girls?

I think he meant the girls, for not giving up their make-up.

If I know him well enough (and I'm sure I do ), he would've put a big grin after it, if he meant the bosses were sad, in a sarcy way. As he put the sad face after it, it meant he thought the girls were sad, in a miserable way.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Lew!

 

[lewdandlicentious]

I think he meant the girls, for not giving up their make-up.

If I know him well enough (and I'm sure I do ), he would've put a big grin after it, if he meant the bosses were sad, in a sarcy way. As he put the sad face after it, it meant he thought the girls were sad, in a miserable way.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Lew!

I shan't, because you aren't!

Sorry Mat, that wasn't very clear!

I meant the sad bitches that wouldn't donate.

 

[SlickTony]

Shit, Slick, all you have to do is boil it in a pan of water. The oatmeal, etc. (etc.) just need making hot....Now the tatties and bashit neeps require secret ingredients (mostly, lots of butter) and skill to get the lumps out.And when it comes to the gravy...

The really difficult part about trying to cook a haggis in my part of the world is getting hold of the ingredients. Doesn't it require the stomach of a sheep? Americans are frightened of "specialty meats" and sheep stomachs are hard to get hold of, although beef tripe and menudo is fairly easy to come by, due to the presence of Latino communities in some parts of the U.S.

Sorry, don't do neeps. We go for the greens in the American south, but I consider it best to leave out the neeps.

 

[fifty5]

The really difficult part about trying to cook a haggis in my part of the world is getting hold of the ingredients. Doesn't it require the stomach of a sheep? Americans are frightened of "specialty meats" and sheep stomachs are hard to get hold of, although beef tripe and menudo is fairly easy to come by, due to the presence of Latino communities in some parts of the U.S.

Sorry, don't do neeps. We go for the greens in the American south, but I consider it best to leave out the neeps.

Ingredients for haggis? Good grief, I thought they were caught (or built) by professionals... Ghillies or some such...

And neeps are yellow, not green!

 

[SlickTony]

yellow, not green!

Well, they've got green tops, don't they? Americans like to eat that part. I just can do without the neeps themselves. They taste like some kind of chemical. Beetroots, now, can be enhanced (or ameliorated, depends on your POV) with the addition of ginger or raspberry vinaigrette, but you can't do much for a neep.

 

[doormouse]

runsssssssssssssss>>>>>>> through waving her aussie flag

Yay it's the final aussie idol tonight... my sexy Marty's out so....

GO ANTHONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

 

[Goldie Munro]

Well, they've got green tops, don't they? Americans like to eat that part. I just can do without the neeps themselves. They taste like some kind of chemical. Beetroots, now, can be enhanced (or ameliorated, depends on your POV) with the addition of ginger or raspberry vinaigrette, but you can't do much for a neep.

I had the most delicious 'neeps' or turnip or swede (depends where you come from!) tonight in a very posh restaraunt - very buttery and just yummy!
Neeps rock!

 

[doormouse]

hummina hummina hummina....

OMG mat love the AV!!!!!

Woooohoooooooo

 

[Guest]

Was that blur a doormouse?

Nice to have seen you in here, DM. Take good care of yourself, hon.

Lou

 

[fifty5]

Well, they've got green tops, don't they? Americans like to eat that part. I just can do without the neeps themselves. They taste like some kind of chemical. Beetroots, now, can be enhanced (or ameliorated, depends on your POV) with the addition of ginger or raspberry vinaigrette, but you can't do much for a neep.

Green tops? S'pose so, but they don't make it into the shops over here, just the yellow root with its purplish brown skin.

And to make them delicious, just add lots of butter when you mash them up.

Goldie's right: Swedish Turnip rocks!

Eff

 

[SlickTony]

If I'm going to add enough butter to make neeps palatable, I might just as well inject it directly into my veins.

 

[Guest]

If I'm going to add enough butter to make neeps palatable, I might just as well inject it directly into my veins.

Hahaha!

Try some ground black pepper, too, that helps. But only a little bit...

 

[matriarch]

I shan't, because you aren't!

Sorry Mat, that wasn't very clear!

I meant the sad bitches that wouldn't donate.

Quick update............Noddy and Big Ears looked suitably ridiculous, as befits senior council management. They collected around £350, so it was worth the £2 it cost for the make up.

Our chocolate/sweets/cakes sale, raised £150.....so it was worth putting up with the smell of chocolate that permeated the house for days afterwards.

And as a bonus I found a recipe for a chocolate/alcohol/cream cake, that is truly death by chocolate. And no cooking. Anyone wants the recipe, let me know. Its called Scottish Whiskey Gateau, but as I don't like whiskey (don't hit me!), I replaced it with Brandy. We decided to rename it 'Any-Booze' Gateau. Lots of chocolate, lots of cream, eggs, sugar, and booze. Absolutely divine.

OK. Back to the neeps.

There is always confusion between turnips and swede, depending on which part of the UK you live in.

I personally adore swede and carrot cooked and mashed together, seasoned with a goodly twist of black pepper, and butter, served with mashed tatties, sausages and onion gravy.

To die for !!!

 

[fifty5]

And as a bonus I found a recipe for a chocolate/alcohol/cream cake, that is truly death by chocolate. And no cooking. Anyone wants the recipe, let me know. Its called Scottish Whiskey Gateau, but as I don't like whiskey (don't hit me!), I replaced it with Brandy. We decided to rename it 'Any-Booze' Gateau. Lots of chocolate, lots of cream, eggs, sugar, and booze. Absolutely divine.

Sounds like it may resemble something we call Boudoire Gateau:

Build a wall, using Boudoire Fingers, saturated in brandy, as the bricks, and chocolate mousse as the mortar. Finally cover with a thick rendering of whipped cream. Leave overnight to mature...

Drool!

Another death-by-richness sweet is even easier:

Fold together equal quantities of lightly whipped cream and advocat. Serve.

OK. Back to the neeps.

There is always confusion between turnips and swede, depending on which part of the UK you live in.

I personally adore swede and carrot cooked and mashed together, seasoned with a goodly twist of black pepper, and butter, served with mashed tatties, sausages and onion gravy.

To die for !!!

Yup!

Eff