Free Association Thread 5

[Handley_Page]

HP you made me giggle! I live in the US South so we have turned being an uncivilized lot into an art form. I'm pretty positive my neighborhood grocery store doesn't carry anything approaching a marmalade of dreams, perhaps at a larger store...I can see myself pondering the jam aisle now!

As you may have heard, England is trying to escape the clutches of the EU, following a referendum last June (there's still a fight going on, but most of us are pi$$ed off with the politicking]. They don't have marmalade in the most of continental EU, but might serve some form of fruit conserve, which is NOT the same thing.
So the legislators in Brussels tried to impose the banning of the term 'marmalade' and substitute the term 'orange jam' (which it patently is not). There was uproar from makers and consumers alike, following which they agreed to ease off the pressure and permit Orange Jam to be called 'Marmalade' in the UK.

Incidentally, there was a big row about Cheddar Cheese, following the French protests about the name 'Champagne' (anyone making anything like it can call it what they like but not 'Champagne' but they can put a discrete lable ('Methode Champenoise') on the bottle.

I suggest you start with a "Fine cut" type (Frank Cooper's 'Oxford' is famous but you might find it a bit too rich).

 

[Emmeline]

As you may have heard, England is trying to escape the clutches of the EU, following a referendum last June (there's still a fight going on, but most of us are pi$$ed off with the politicking]. They don't have marmalade in the most of continental EU, but might serve some form of fruit conserve, which is NOT the same thing.
So the legislators in Brussels tried to impose the banning of the term 'marmalade' and substitute the term 'orange jam' (which it patently is not). There was uproar from makers and consumers alike, following which they agreed to ease off the pressure and permit Orange Jam to be called 'Marmalade' in the UK.

Incidentally, there was a big row about Cheddar Cheese, following the French protests about the name 'Champagne' (anyone making anything like it can call it what they like but not 'Champagne' but they can put a discrete lable ('Methode Champenoise') on the bottle.

I suggest you start with a "Fine cut" type (Frank Cooper's 'Oxford' is famous but you might find it a bit too rich).

Very interesting! Thanks HP

 

[SamScribble]

Very interesting! Thanks HP

Helpful neighbours

 

[Emmeline]

Helpful neighbours

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?... (so says Mr. Rogers lol)

 

[Handley_Page]

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?... (so says Mr. Rogers lol)

I'm more used to 'Trumpton'

 

[JKendallDane]

I'm more used to 'Trumpton'

Fifty plus years ago, Stingray was pretty hi-tech for us kids.

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[Handley_Page]

Fifty plus years ago, Stingray was pretty hi-tech for us kids.

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I remember this one better;
There's a whole raft of memories HERE

 

[SamScribble]

I remember this one better;
There's a whole raft of memories HERE

'What's that, Skippy? Someone's fallen down the old mine shaft?'

 

[Handley_Page]

'What's that, Skippy? Someone's fallen down the old mine shaft?'

You may not have seen these:
Skippy
chocolate bar.

 

[Emmeline]

You may not have seen these:
Skippy
chocolate bar.

Ooh, did someone say chocolate!?!

 

[JKendallDane]

Ooh, did someone say chocolate!?!

You got peanut butter on my chocolate! You got chocolate on my peanut butter!

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[Handley_Page]

You got peanut butter on my chocolate! You got chocolate on my peanut butter!

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I never could get my taste buds round Peanut Butter.

 

[JKendallDane]

I never could get my taste buds round Peanut Butter.

I wasn't a big PB eater either...except for the occasional "Elvis Sandwich" fix I would want.

Peanut butter slathered on white bread and layered with sliced bananas and four strips of bacon, then lightly grilled in butter. Yummmmm

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[SamScribble]

I wasn't a big PB eater either...except for the occasional "Elvis Sandwich" fix I would want.

Peanut butter slathered on white bread and layered with sliced bananas and four strips of bacon, then lightly grilled in butter. Yummmmm

I think that my heart came out of my chest, did two-and-a-half somersaults, and went back in again, just at the thought of that.

 

[Handley_Page]

I think that my heart came out of my chest, did two-and-a-half somersaults, and went back in again, just at the thought of that.

I though my stomach would vanish.

Toast & Marmalade please

 

[MagicaPractica]

I though my stomach would vanish.

Toast & Marmalade please

Sourdough rye bread toast for me, please. How did this devolve into a diner again?

 

[Emmeline]

Sourdough rye bread toast for me, please. How did this devolve into a diner again?

And it wasn't me this time!

It's someone else's turn to wear the apron, hehe.

 

[Handley_Page]

Sourdough rye bread toast for me, please. How did this devolve into a diner again?

Bloody Elvis. I thought he'd left the building ?

 

[MagicaPractica]

Bloody Elvis. I thought he'd left the building ?

He came back to escort everyone who died this past year across the threshold.

 

[SamScribble]

He came back to escort everyone who died this past year across the threshold.

Well, they should be able to form a pretty good All-Stars band.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Well, they should be able to form a pretty good All-Stars band.

No kidding, a lot of jazz greats. Dave Brubeck is an old fave.

 

[JKendallDane]

No kidding, a lot of jazz greats. Dave Brubeck is an old fave.

Street musicians in New Orleans

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[Handley_Page]

Street musicians in New Orleans

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Or jazz in Chicago, perhaps ?

 

[MagicaPractica]

Or jazz in Chicago, perhaps ?

Along with deep dish pizza?

 

[JKendallDane]

Along with deep dish pizza?

Damn! Now I have a craving for a pie from Pizzeria Uno.

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