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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 19:18:35 GMT
The scary thing is I'm old enough to remember that Robinson Crusoe series in the 60's ! I'm in the same camp. Unforgettable theme tune. I think this has been covered on another thread - but in "those days" there were numerous foreign "adventure" series shown for us kids - Robinson Crusoe, White Horses, The Flashing Blade, and several others I can't remember - all good innocent fun for us young kids who didn't know much better back then.
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Post by Northy on Jul 5, 2018 19:34:29 GMT
You're a braver man than me just looking at the damn thing 😊 My dictionary/ phrase book is a godsend. My French was never brilliant but useable. It's quite fun messing up sometimes. 8.15 cup of tea, breakfast and it's started to chuck it down again. Still 21 degrees. "Bonjour, madame - je m'appelle Chuff." THEN LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I just prefer 'fook off frogie'
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Post by Northy on Jul 5, 2018 19:35:49 GMT
Our lawn is a very, very pale shade of yellow now - not a hint of green in sight. Loads of plants have died as well - looks like a restock with drought tolerant plants is in order. It's just like a coir mat now
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 20:45:09 GMT
I'm planning on planting a couple of palm trees with one of those hammocks slung between, TV in the conservatory facing out with a few bluetooth speakers then train the dogs to fetch my drinks. The new music we're coming out to at the Bet 365 is this. Gonna be hot again on Friday Man The scary thing is I'm old enough to remember that Robinson Crusoe series in the 60's ! Me too but don't listen to the music or you'll be singing it for days
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 6, 2018 9:19:32 GMT
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Post by potterinleeds on Jul 6, 2018 9:55:19 GMT
I think this has been covered on another thread - but in "those days" there were numerous foreign "adventure" series shown for us kids - Robinson Crusoe, White Horses, The Flashing Blade, and several others I can't remember - all good innocent fun for us young kids who didn't know much better back then. Best theme tune of my early childhood. Robinson Crusoe always used to send me to sleep.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 6, 2018 10:29:23 GMT
Interesting concept there Murph but there's about as much chance of that happening as there is of me being the first man on Mars!.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 11:45:58 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Jul 6, 2018 12:22:51 GMT
Those grits are a weird old thing, when I tried them they tasted like porridge laced with sand. Disgusting.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 6, 2018 12:45:39 GMT
Those grits are a weird old thing, when I tried them they tasted like porridge laced with sand. Disgusting. I've eaten fish heads in Portugal (not bad) eels and any number of other curious things but a line has to be drawn at some point.
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 6, 2018 17:43:30 GMT
Those grits are a weird old thing, when I tried them they tasted like porridge laced with sand. Disgusting. Jamie Oliver (I can't abide the guy) doesn't agree with you, Ely - I just Googled 'USA recipes with grits' and in this one he says: “Grits are a delicious base for all sorts of wonderful things and their buttery, cheesy texture is just divine.” www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/rich-grits/ Wiki says this - and I especially like the very last bit: 'Grits is a porridge made from corn (maize) that is ground into a coarse meal and then boiled. Hominy grits is a type of grits made from hominy, corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization with the cereal germ removed. Grits is often served with other flavorings as a breakfast dish, usually savory. The dish originated in the Southern United States but now is available nationwide, and is popular as the dinner entrée shrimp and grits, served primarily in the Southern United States. Grits should not be confused with boiled ground corn, which makes "hasty pudding" or "mush" or may be made into polenta using coarse ground corn, or with the "mush" made from more finely ground corn meal. Grits is of American Indian origin and is similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world, such as polenta and mieliepap. The word "grits" is derived from the Old English word "grytt," meaning coarse meal.'
Wonder if any of our American Oatcakers eat them?
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 6, 2018 17:54:47 GMT
Those grits are a weird old thing, when I tried them they tasted like porridge laced with sand. Disgusting. I've eaten fish heads in Portugal (not bad) eels and any number of other curious things but a line has to be drawn at some point. Fish heads? Fish heads? FISH HEADS? Oh, mate!
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Post by elystokie on Jul 6, 2018 18:29:59 GMT
Those grits are a weird old thing, when I tried them they tasted like porridge laced with sand. Disgusting. Jamie Oliver (I can't abide the guy) doesn't agree with you, Ely - I just Googled 'USA recipes with grits' and in this one he says: “Grits are a delicious base for all sorts of wonderful things and their buttery, cheesy texture is just divine.” www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/rich-grits/ Wiki says this - and I especially like the very last bit: 'Grits is a porridge made from corn (maize) that is ground into a coarse meal and then boiled. Hominy grits is a type of grits made from hominy, corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization with the cereal germ removed. Grits is often served with other flavorings as a breakfast dish, usually savory. The dish originated in the Southern United States but now is available nationwide, and is popular as the dinner entrée shrimp and grits, served primarily in the Southern United States. Grits should not be confused with boiled ground corn, which makes "hasty pudding" or "mush" or may be made into polenta using coarse ground corn, or with the "mush" made from more finely ground corn meal. Grits is of American Indian origin and is similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world, such as polenta and mieliepap. The word "grits" is derived from the Old English word "grytt," meaning coarse meal.'
Wonder if any of our American Oatcakers eat them? I had them (on the insistence of a local) in a bar in Mobile, Alabama in about 86, a few of us did, don't think anyone liked them, no idea what sort they were but I've given anything of that ilk a wide berth ever since
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 6, 2018 18:33:14 GMT
I've eaten fish heads in Portugal (not bad) eels and any number of other curious things but a line has to be drawn at some point. Fish heads? Fish heads? FISH HEADS? Oh, mate! I did my usual 'pin the tail on the donkey' with the seafood part of the menu and ended up with the head of a dogfish. Basically a small shark. You have to admire the Portuguese for working that one out. Once the waitress had given me the necessary instruction about how to tackle it all was fine.
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 6, 2018 21:19:31 GMT
Jamie Oliver (I can't abide the guy) doesn't agree with you, Ely - I just Googled 'USA recipes with grits' and in this one he says: “Grits are a delicious base for all sorts of wonderful things and their buttery, cheesy texture is just divine.” Wonder if any of our American Oatcakers eat them? I had them (on the insistence of a local) in a bar in Mobile, Alabama in about 86, a few of us did, don't think anyone liked them, no idea what sort they were but I've given anything of that ilk a wide berth ever since "Traaaa 'em - yorrrr gonnn' lerrrve 'em, boyyyyyy" ( **pppppt!**) Was it a hol or not? Either way, did you get any further afield, eg. San Diego? They've got some seriously big stuff parked up off the coast there - right up your street!
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 6, 2018 21:29:00 GMT
Fish heads? Fish heads? FISH HEADS? Oh, mate! I did my usual 'pin the tail on the donkey' with the seafood part of the menu and ended up with the head of a dogfish. Basically a small shark. You have to admire the Portuguese for working that one out. Once the waitress had given me the necessary instruction about how to tackle it all was fine. No, sorry. No. Just no. In fact noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Noooooooooooooooooooooo chance. NOT A HOPE. (** shudder**) That's one plate that would - with apologies - have been sent RIGHT back. With a new request for a cheese butty.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 3:27:27 GMT
I did my usual 'pin the tail on the donkey' with the seafood part of the menu and ended up with the head of a dogfish. Basically a small shark. You have to admire the Portuguese for working that one out. Once the waitress had given me the necessary instruction about how to tackle it all was fine. No, sorry. No. Just no. In fact noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Noooooooooooooooooooooo chance. NOT A HOPE. (** shudder**) That's one plate that would - with apologies - have been sent RIGHT back. With a new request for a cheese butty. All those fish eyes staring at you as you eat it's mate's head - yuk ! Are you supposed to eat the eyes or do you pick them out and put them on a side plate ? Defo not for me ! I eat a lot of fish (I on a restricted diet on health grounds) and I really like a nice piece of fish but that would just be too much to even contemplate. I can't eat octopus either (I have tried it once) - all those suckers just really turn my stomach.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 6:10:43 GMT
Ahhh, Robinson Crusoe, White Horses... just that theme music brings back so many memories.
Anyway, back to the weather. Another week or so of dry and hot conditions ahead. I’m loving it as I work outdoors but as I’m in the lawn management game things are somewhat difficult at the minute. At least most people understand that the weather is to blame for the straw like turf and not me. I reckon it’s been early April since we saw any sustained spells of rain in these parts.
How long did the ‘76 spell last ? I was just a kid playing football every day, that’s all that mattered to me 😁
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 7, 2018 6:15:53 GMT
I'm not doing this on purpose, Chuff, honestly I'm not. Below is a USA cookery website I registered with about 4 years ago & they email me recipes every week. Just look what they've just this minute sent! www.thespruceeats.com/shortcut-chicken-and-andouille-jambalaya-4129491?utm_campaignLook, there's no getting away from it - with the final arrival of this recipe a few minutes ago I think all the omens are in place & you should face up to them whilst you're over there and go and have a plateful of 'IT'.....
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 7, 2018 6:40:41 GMT
No, sorry. No. Just no. In fact noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Noooooooooooooooooooooo chance. NOT A HOPE. (** shudder**) That's one plate that would - with apologies - have been sent RIGHT back. With a new request for a cheese butty. All those fish eyes staring at you as you eat it's mate's head - yuk ! Are you supposed to eat the eyes or do you pick them out and put them on a side plate ? Defo not for me ! I eat a lot of fish (I on a restricted diet on health grounds) and I really like a nice piece of fish but that would just be too much to even contemplate. I can't eat octopus either (I have tried it once) - all those suckers just really turn my stomach. That's exactly what I thought, Dees - every word of it, especially about the eyes - I could have written the whole same thing myself. I eat mostly fish too, and hardly any meat. Never had octopus & never could AT ANY PRICE (mainly the suckers). The closest I've come to that sort of horror-on-your-plate thing was in a truly superb paella (my first & it's been my favourite dish ever since) in Seville many moons ago - mixed in amongst all the rice and veggies, etc., there were lots and lots of tiny baby thingies about an inch high, all with their tiny leggy whatsits still attached & with teeny suckers all over them - Gawd 'elp us - they got pushed to the side of the plate.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 6:55:56 GMT
I ordered some whitebait once. Breaded Fish it said on the menu so I imagined something like a bowl of small fish fingers which, to my mind, was an ideal choice of starter.
I realised my error when a bowl of 30, very lightly breadcrumbed sticklebacks arrived at our table, heads, tails the lot. Tasted like they’d been marinated in cod liver oil for 8 months aswell.
Managed 4 or 5 then offered them around the table. Hardly surprising there were no other takers. Politely declined the rest with the excuse that I didn’t want to spoil my main course 😉
I could taste the little gits for days after...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 6:57:34 GMT
I'm not doing this on purpose, Chuff, honestly I'm not. Below is a USA cookery website I registered with about 4 years ago & they email me recipes every week. Just look what they've just this minute sent! www.thespruceeats.com/shortcut-chicken-and-andouille-jambalaya-4129491?utm_campaignLook, there's no getting away from it - with the final arrival of this recipe a few minutes ago I think all the omens are in place & you should face up to them whilst you're over there and go and have a plateful of 'IT'..... Is that what you'll be cooking tonight murph ? Sounds lovely !
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 7, 2018 7:07:29 GMT
Ahhh, Robinson Crusoe, White Horses... just that theme music brings back so many memories. Anyway, back to the weather. Another week or so of dry and hot conditions ahead. I’m loving it as I work outdoors but as I’m in the lawn management game things are somewhat difficult at the minute. At least most people understand that the weather is to blame for the straw like turf and not me. I reckon it’s been early April since we saw any sustained spells of rain in these parts. How long did the ‘76 spell last ? I was just a kid playing football every day, that’s all that mattered to me 😁 (Never saw that programme & have never heard the music - maybe the prog was more aimed at boys. I was probably watching My Friend Flicka or Champion the Wonder Horse ---- or Four Feather Falls!) The summer of '76 was absolutely incredible. Really no pun intended, but I'm certain it's burned on the memory of everyone who experienced it - it was SO amazing. The hot weather seemed to start late-springtime, then built up to scorching by summertime and just went on and on like that, right through the year without any break in the sweltering heat. I'm sure it was still hot well into late Autumn. There was a nationwide ban on washing cars, etc., and publicity abounded re. conserving water, eg. 'use less water - shower with a friend' or 'baths should have no deeper than 4" of water'. It was the most amazing summer!
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 7, 2018 7:11:37 GMT
Is that what you'll be cooking tonight murph ? Sounds lovely ! NO CHANCE! (I do do a Jambalaya, Dees, but it definitely hasn't got any 'you-know-what' in it!)
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 7, 2018 7:50:09 GMT
I ordered some whitebait once. Breaded Fish it said on the menu so I imagined something like a bowl of small fish fingers which, to my mind, was an ideal choice of starter. I realised my error when a bowl of 30, very lightly breadcrumbed sticklebacks arrived at our table, heads, tails the lot. Tasted like they’d been marinated in cod liver oil for 8 months aswell. Managed 4 or 5 then offered them around the table. Hardly surprising there were no other takers. Politely declined the rest with the excuse that I didn’t want to spoil my main course 😉 I could taste the little gits for days after... Little gits! Yep, I was thinking about whitebait earlier on when we were talking about eating all the bits, etc., but whitebait are so tiny and all completely covered in batter so it's not really noticeable. I had them for lunch at a London restaurant once...... and coincidentally I'm absolutely certain it was in 1976! I've always taken a keen interest in foody stuff, so before ordering the whitebait I fully knew exactly what they were, and how they'd be cooked & served, etc. - it was just when I was waiting to be served and actually thought about it (tiny heads, eyes and fins, scales, tails, etc.) that it became very much a case of quickly coming up with a silent mantra mentally convincing myself that all was well ( "ummmm..... just don't think about the eyes, ummmm..... don't think about the eyes, ummmm..... don't think about the eyes") to cope with them. However, I managed to eat them okay - and it was such a posh place I also didn't want to get glared at by looking at my lunch and promptly having hysterics - but I haven't had whitebait since and don't plan them for the future.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 7, 2018 8:00:56 GMT
All those fish eyes staring at you as you eat it's mate's head - yuk ! Are you supposed to eat the eyes or do you pick them out and put them on a side plate ? Defo not for me ! I eat a lot of fish (I on a restricted diet on health grounds) and I really like a nice piece of fish but that would just be too much to even contemplate. I can't eat octopus either (I have tried it once) - all those suckers just really turn my stomach. That's exactly what I thought, Dees - every word of it, especially about the eyes - I could have written the whole same thing myself. I eat mostly fish too, and hardly any meat. Never had octopus & never could AT ANY PRICE (mainly the suckers). The closest I've come to that sort of horror-on-your-plate thing was in a truly superb paella (my first & it's been my favourite dish ever since) in Seville many moons ago - mixed in amongst all the rice and veggies, etc., there were lots and lots of tiny baby thingies about an inch high, all with their tiny leggy whatsits still attached & with teeny suckers all over them - Gawd 'elp us - they got pushed to the side of the plate. Octopus and squid are lovely. Just don't overcook it. Mussels, oysters they're all brilliant. I drew the line at snails though.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 7, 2018 8:04:39 GMT
Is that what you'll be cooking tonight murph ? Sounds lovely ! NO CHANCE! (I do do a Jambalaya, Dees, but it definitely hasn't got any 'you-know-what' in it!) Remove the sausage and might just stand a chance. 😊
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 7, 2018 8:07:20 GMT
Ahhh, Robinson Crusoe, White Horses... just that theme music brings back so many memories. Anyway, back to the weather. Another week or so of dry and hot conditions ahead. I’m loving it as I work outdoors but as I’m in the lawn management game things are somewhat difficult at the minute. At least most people understand that the weather is to blame for the straw like turf and not me. I reckon it’s been early April since we saw any sustained spells of rain in these parts. How long did the ‘76 spell last ? I was just a kid playing football every day, that’s all that mattered to me 😁 (Never saw that programme & have never heard the music - maybe the prog was more aimed at boys. I was probably watching My Friend Flicka or Champion the Wonder Horse ---- or Four Feather Falls!) The summer of '76 was absolutely incredible. Really no pun intended, but I'm certain it's burned on the memory of everyone who experienced it - it was SO amazing. The hot weather seemed to start late-springtime, then built up to scorching by summertime and just went on and on like that, right through the year without any break in the sweltering heat. I'm sure it was still hot well into late Autumn. There was a nationwide ban on washing cars, etc., and publicity abounded re. conserving water, eg. 'use less water - shower with a friend' or 'baths should have no deeper than 4" of water'. It was the most amazing summer! I spent most of that summer on the footplate of steam engines shovelling coal into a hot firebox. Great fun. Not 😥
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 7, 2018 8:53:35 GMT
NO CHANCE! (I do do a Jambalaya, Dees, but it definitely hasn't got any 'you-know-what' in it!) Remove the sausage and might just stand a chance. 😊 Exactly what I thought! Use sensible sausage instead!
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 7, 2018 9:02:24 GMT
There was a nationwide ban on washing cars, etc., and publicity abounded re. conserving water, eg. 'use less water - shower with a friend' or 'baths should have no deeper than 4" of water'. It was the most amazing summer! I spent most of that summer on the footplate of steam engines shovelling coal into a hot firebox. Great fun. Not 😥 You spent 1976 stuck next to a hot firebox????? Bluuuuuuuuuuuudy 'ell! Man of Iron! I spent it in whatever patches of shade I could find - I can't cope with hot weather at all!
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