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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 25, 2021 17:39:15 GMT
The Hartington Cheese Shop
Market Place, Hartington, Nr. Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 0AL.
Just happened to find this lovely & interesting cheese shop on line - you can scroll through their menu for 'all cheeses'. If we've got the RAF in today, the shop's range includes 'Dambuster Cheddar' and Hartington Bomber. Got to admit I feel tempted to try their 'Peakland White Cheese with Smoked Tomato & Garlic' @ £6.03 for 250g. The 'Y-Fenni' - 'a variety of Welsh cheese‚ consisting of Cheddar cheese blended with mustard seed and ale' @ £6.43 for 250g looks good. (Sudden alarm bells - just noticed it's a Cheddar [>migraine], so I'll have to steer clear, bugger it.) And finally, just for Lawrie, they have…… Stinking Bishop! 'Full fat pasteurised cows' milk soft cheese made with vegetarian rennet. The rind is washed in perry which gives it its characteristic flavour‚ brown/pink rind and pungent smell' - but quite pricey @ £11.15 for 250g. Their postage is a bit high @ £7.50, but that will be the need to use express delivery.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 25, 2021 17:32:56 GMT
Worst cheese I ever had was in the south of France, still taste it now errggghhh. Some mouldy old blue stuff on a burger, it tasted like death to start off with and my stomach churned constantly for hours afterwards and the taste lingered for what seemed like days afterwards despite brushing and repeatedly mouth washing. Vile stuff The French just don't like us Brits, though, do they, Quez?! They still have a similar very sour aftertaste following Agincourt, Trafalgar & Waterloo. (Wait for it, wait for it............)
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 25, 2021 7:34:34 GMT
Thx, Cap'n xxx There, y'see, Chuff - Lawrie also speaks the truth! Good news murph, I think I've found the perfect machine which means a trip to Aberystwyth to see one up close and personal in the shops, it might just begin with the letter 'P'. 👍 Two weeks later....... and we're all still on tenter'ooks, Chuff............... did you get one yet?
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 9:56:24 GMT
I was being watched whilst doing a bit locally tonight. Amazing, stunning pics, Alsy - as always. They're so professional. You really must arrange to have an exhibition. Did you see the Sennell tonite (p.3)? I thought of you. Apparently Peak Wildlife Park at Winkhill near Leek (I'd never heard of them) are creating new 'walkthrough' zones enabling people to get closer than they could before to wildlife, eg. red squirrels and other British native species, plus penguins & lemurs. I bet you & your camera would be in your element. Perhaps the place could then feature some of your fabulous pics on their website. I've had an idea about your brilliant pics, Alsy, and how many more people could enjoy them + they could benefit a charity. I'm sure the RSPB &/or British Trust for Ornithology must have a Gift Shop on their www with (eg.) packs of Gift Cards/Notelets for sale? You could try donating some of your pics to them for use as illustrations for their goodies. In times past I would've also suggested the National Trust, but I steer well clear of them these days as they now seem to be run by a load of clueless woke-bots who couldn't find their own *ss in a brightly-lit room with the aid of a map, torch & satnav. Just a thought about the RSPB, anyway.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 9:23:14 GMT
You know when they do a bit of a crowd scan during the footie on telly and then usually zoom in on a bit of crumpet?I was at England vs Trinidad & Tobago in Nuremberg during the 2006 World Cup and they presumably couldn’t find a bit of crumpet worth showing (although hard to believe) so they zoomed in on me and my mate. Neither of us noticed it on the big screen, but suddenly both of our phones burst in to life with loads of “I’ve just seen you on the telly” type texts. Hi, Yoky........ Bit of crumpet here. Yes - again at a SCFC footie match. It was a 1970s Cup Tie - an evening midweek away game. Next day everyone at work said 'ooooh - kept seeing you on the TV last night'.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 9:05:15 GMT
I’m still here, just about 😊 Well thank goodness for that - we've still got Mets & Clay...... ......... but no Quietman - he's been gone for some months. Come back, JD!
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 8:54:47 GMT
I've recently become rather partial to a baked Camambert or such in one of them wooden boxes, a french stick etc. Perhaps currently indulging a little too often... You read my mind, Cheesy - ever since the thread opened I've been intending to post that I love Camembert & Brie - I remember Lorraine Pascale did it once on one of her TV cookery shows a few years ago - I wonder if it's on YT?! Well, that was easy to find - so here's Lorraine Pascale doing Baked Camembert, although she doesn't stud the cheese with garlic - she bakes it separately. (? I'm not sure about the honey, though - I think I'd probably leave it out!) The Good Housekeeping clip does stud the cheese with garlic, which was what I had in mind, and for ANY recipes, no matter what, you can't go wrong with Good Housekeeping, whose Cookery Institute is second-to-none and has been for years & years. (Chuff, do you remember me telling you about 3 yrs ago about an excellent basic cookbook? It was from GH.)
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 8:47:35 GMT
You read my mind, Cheesy - ever since the thread opened I've been intending to post that I love Camembert & Brie - (the only thing wrong with them is where they come from, ie. Get stuffed, little Macron and Up yours, Delors, not forgetting De Gaulle's 'non!') Also wanted to mention that Camembert baked in its box is supposed to be delish. Never tried it but always fancied having a go, and if I did I'd go for the version where you stud it with slivers of garlic before baking it and then when it's all melty eat it spread on a baguette. I remember Lorraine Pascale did it once on one of her TV cookery shows a few years ago - I wonder if it's on YT?! At this rate I'll just have to get myself a red gingham tablecloth & an old vin rouge bottle caked in wax to use as a candlestick. Camembert baked in its box is a must do murph. Hot baguette and you're away. 👍 Comin' up!
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 8:18:05 GMT
I've recently become rather partial to a baked Camambert or such in one of them wooden boxes, a french stick etc. Perhaps currently indulging a little too often... Fondue voodoo... Goats', sheeps', buffalos's.. {never had it with maggots in}.. Nice with an apple... You read my mind, Cheesy - ever since the thread opened I've been intending to post that I love Camembert & Brie - (the only thing wrong with them is where they come from, ie. Get stuffed, little Macron and Up yours, Delors, not forgetting De Gaulle's 'non!') Also wanted to mention that Camembert baked in its box is supposed to be delish. Never tried it but always fancied having a go, and if I did I'd go for the version where you stud it with slivers of garlic before baking it and then when it's all melty eat it spread on a baguette. I remember Lorraine Pascale did it once on one of her TV cookery shows a few years ago - I wonder if it's on YT?! At this rate I'll just have to get myself a red gingham tablecloth & an old vin rouge bottle caked in wax to use as a candlestick.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 7:52:13 GMT
I lob a baby bel in the centre of my burgers so when you bite into em cheesy gooey goodness oozes out. Doesn’t seem to work with any other cheese🤔 You could also slice one up & put it in an omelette, Badge........ same result - delish. I do that with smoked cheese, but I use those shaped like a torpedo & never, for some reason, buy Baby Bel - probably b/c they're so small!
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 7:42:34 GMT
Of Karl Marx's seven children, only 3 survived childhood......two of those went on to commit suicide, the other dying of cancer in her mid thirties. Similarly, Shakespeare's line was extinct within two generations. He had four grandchildren, none of whom produced any offspring. When Shakespeare died, in his will he left his wife, Anne Hathaway, 'his second-best bed'. Wonder who got the best one......
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 7:35:16 GMT
New York was briefly called New Orange. Before it was the Big Apple, it was New Orange. When the Dutch captured New York from the English in 1673, they renamed it New Orange in honour of William III of Orange. The following year, the English regained control and ditched the "Orange." For similar reasons New York was nearly called New Amsterdam, Dees! (In fact it might have been for a while... (CBBLIU ) They also, at the same time (ish), had a Governor (ish) called Peter Stuyvesant (?sp). I used to love his ciggies! As you can see, I'm not in the mood for fact checking this morning, Dees, & am relying on my memory. Famous last words.)
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 24, 2021 7:23:57 GMT
Queen Anne beats that; at least 16 pregnancies, only 3 survived to childhood when they died, leaving her no immediate heir. Centuries of marrying your cousin and in-breeding does result in that eventually, (along with having nonce tendencies, apparently). Yep. Spot on, RnWnB. Same with the ancient Egyptians. Tutankhamun's line similarly ended with him, but that was no surprise as his lot were so extreme at inter-owsyerfatherin' that he nearly ended up marrying himself. His wife, Ankhesenamun, was from a similar 'family' background and it's often said that her grandfather was also her father, so work that one out, folks. The marriage of Tut and Ank produced two daughters but both babies died prior to birth, probably as a result of the deformities they each had - (there y'go - caused by inbreeding) - and were mummified like tiny bundles and placed in Tut's tomb.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 23, 2021 21:19:16 GMT
What was the extent of Matty Etherington's gambling debts when he joined us? I seem to remember he was in a hell of mess and it was sth like over a million that he owed? I'll always be full of praise for the Club in helping him overcome the problem.
Gambling's like a lot of things, though - be sensible about it in great moderation and enjoy an odd flutter, from time to time, if you want to - or place a regular bet if you want to, as some of our posters do, eg. '£5 weekly on Stoke games' - and keep things under control and feel great when you end up with a win. The key is always keeping yourself as the one in charge, because when things get out of hand and the interest turns into an obsession, and it's the gambling that is then in charge, often with people gambling more and more money to try to win back what they've lost but only losing more, that's where the trouble starts. Happy to say it's a pastime that never tempts me.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 23, 2021 21:00:04 GMT
If it wasn't for gambling our club would be fucked True. I hate their name for our place, though - 'The Britannia Stadium' had a FAR classier ring to it.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 23, 2021 20:56:23 GMT
Gambling is a fun activity if you accept it for what it is. A gambling firm is there to make a profit, the only way it makes a profit is if the majority of gamblers lose. I’ve just finishing working in betting shops after 14 years. I must admit I rarely had any sympathy for problem gamblers. Because of the rules I had to try to help every problem gambler, not that there were many at all, but even fewer that would admit that they had a problem. One thing that always got on my nerves was how regulated the industry is compared to other potentially harmful industries mentioned above. In the bookies we’d have to record every responsible gambling interaction, the trigger they showed, how we approached them, their reaction, the outcome etc. And believe me there are enough signs to choose from. We’d have a log of nom de plumes (which were a pain in the arse when you didn’t know them!). I could go on and on but compare it to fatty who goes into maccies in the morning, three double muffins and five hash browns with a full fat coke, back at lunchtime for a few Big Macs and then mixes it up at tea time with three nugget sharer boxes. Nothing the staff have to do, no logs, no nom de plumes, no pissing about on a computer when there’s better things to be doing. Or someone who manages to go the offie for their third pack of fags that day. Nothing the staff have to do. It’s never the take-away’s fault when someone dies of an obesity related illness, it’s never the off licence’s/pub’s fault when someone dies of lung cancer caused by smoking or alcohol related illness, but it’s always the bookies’ fault when someone’s got a gambling problem.Sorry for the rather incoherent rant. Glad I don’t have to put up with it any more! An incredibly valid point. Also a superb post in general. Well said, CP.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 23, 2021 20:40:43 GMT
Never had peri peri chicken, Chuff - I know from press mentions that it's sth Nandos (whoever they are) are famed for, but I've never seen or been in one. Is the one you do at home sth you do from scratch, and prepare all the ingreds yourself, or a ready-made one? I wouldn't mind trying it. Peri peri is one of my absolute favourites but not the shite Nando’s do. I’m going to my favourite food pub tomorrow and I shall post a pic on here of it. Portuguese in origin with about 25 ingredients to make the sauce properly but it’s worth it😋 Yes chef! xxx (Is it peri peri or piri piri? Or is that sth else???!!!) EDIT: Just Ggd it - apparently it can be either spelling.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 23, 2021 20:33:52 GMT
Jacket spuds with whatever (my favourite is soured cream and chopped Smokey bacon. Fajitas are quick and easy Stir fry with prawns/salmon/chicken Carbonara Omelette Burgers homemade are mega quick Steak obviously with salad if you’ve got no time Or as Cranny says, set aside a couple of spare hours and batch cook stuff like bolognese, chilli, curry, stew etc
See - Badge always knows where it's at.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 23, 2021 20:28:25 GMT
Make the effort. Make the full amount of any recipe and either freeze or have the same the next day. Tinned tomatoes, garlic, onions, cheese are your staples I reckon. Learn how to make stuff from scratch rather than tip shit out of jars. The more you do you'll realise that one typical recipe can be changed into umpteen variations with a slight tweak. Oh, this, this, this, this, this! Well said, Cranz! If you haven't got a Slow Cooker, get one! Double or treble-up on the ingredients' quantities and make enough of, eg., a chicken (or beef, pork, lamb, etc,) & vegs sort-of casserole to serve maybe 8-12 people and pile the excess into Lakeland plastic boxes, label & stick in the freezer. This way it takes the same effort (and electricity, if you look at things that way - most of us don't, but maybe we should in this new, 'green' and fuel-conscious age) to make 8-12 meals as it does to make the original meal for two people. Defrost the freezer boxes' contents in the fridge overnight to use the next day or do them in the micro for 5 mins (or whatever timing they need) then re-heat and you have a home-cooked meal with all the convenience of a....... convenience meal. I also love making all sorts of different soups, which can definitely be a meal in themselves, and I guarantee my own take on a sort-of Minestrone would even make a man of some of the more dodgy posters on 'ere.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 23, 2021 20:06:35 GMT
One handy and tasty quick cook is the peri peri chicken cook in a bag. Two chick breast in 35 mins in the oven then add whatever else you fancy. Usually rice or noodles here. Plus you've got a spare piece of chicken for sandwiches or another meal. Never had peri peri chicken, Chuff - I know from press mentions that it's sth Nandos (whoever they are) are famed for, but I've never seen or been in one. Is the one you do at home sth you do from scratch, and prepare all the ingreds yourself, or a ready-made one? I wouldn't mind trying it.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 22, 2021 20:07:43 GMT
Great minds think alike, Badge - I'm sure I recommended that www on here ages ago. I've saved loads of recipes from there but have never actually made anything yet as my activities in general have been severely curtailed over the past couple of years courtesy of Ulcergate. If you sign up with them they'll email you every week with one or more recipes.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 13:19:47 GMT
Nice when using for cheese on toast 👍 Well is mexicana a sort of cheese, then, Quez???? CBB Googlin' it. (Clue to self - this is a cheese thread. ) Never heard of it. Thought mi amigo Badge was just referring to a miscellany of Mexican stuff in general, eg. sombreros, giant cacti, caustic whisky, card games in saloons with be-feathered, sassy hostesses in low-cut frocks with voluminous skirts..... and nachos for tea - hence my previous quip about Señor Raul Julia, who was definitely a bit delicioso.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 12:55:53 GMT
Chuff, I hope you won't mind me mentioning it, but before planting them in the wild, how about checking with '?????' to By '?????' I can't think of the name of the appropriate association - would it be the National Trust? Or Wildlife Trust, etc? Beat me too it Murph I was going to suggest something similar. As for wildflower meadows I've decided to not buy any bedding plants next year as I have some wildflower seeds. I used a few I had this year and they performed brilliantly so now I have a larger supply I intend to sow those instead. Absolutely love the sound of your idea for next year's flowers, François. It goes without saying that the bees, etc., will love them. Re any planned new woodland planting schemes for Chuff's oaks, I'll have to hit Google & see if I can find anything out.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 12:48:48 GMT
Great pics, BJ, and what a fab selection of birdie feeding hangers you've done for them. I really, really want to get some teasels growing here as I know the birds love them. I know Dees grows them, too. Yes Murph, teasels and sunflowers specifically for the birds, and lavender, daisies, cosmos, zinnias, rudbeckias etc etc for the bees. Brilliant! And Shirley you must also have a buddleia for bees???? Sorry - didn't mean to call you Shirley.
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 12:43:35 GMT
What are you going to do with them ? Oak trees tend to get BIG don't they, although being in pots should curtail their growth. Plan is to keep one and invest in a good sized tub so it won't have to be moved regularly, one of them appears quite vigorous so I'll plump for that. As for the others there's the area at the back of my place behind the old school chain link fence where no one can access apart from me and my neighbour which will be perfect. I'll be long gone before they'll be a problem. 🙂 Chuff, I hope you won't mind me mentioning it, but before planting them in the wild, how about checking with '?????' to see if there is a new national or regional planting scheme going on anywhere for a forest? I think there are quite often these planting programmes happening, and as they are precious oak trees it would be great to think they'll go somewhere where they'll never be disturbed and might live for hundreds of years....... I'm wondering if there is a plan going on somewhere to plant sth like a forest in commemoration of HM the Queen's 70th Anniversary next year????? I'm sure I've read that there's sth like this happening, and it might be nation-wide? (Maybe wildflower meadows?) By '?????' I can't think of the name of the appropriate association - would it be the National Trust? Or Wildlife Trust, etc?
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 12:18:25 GMT
Yes, I was going to post that info about Good King Hal as well Murph, but thought it was a bit too gory for lunchtime . Apparently he weighed around 400 lbs - big lad ! Living to the ripe old age of 55 which sounds pretty young but the then life expectancy of males was estimated to be 30-40 yrs old. Yep. He was also over 6 feet tall when the average height for men was about 5'6". What a guy! NOT!
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 12:13:14 GMT
Before I got to your last line there, Dees, I was preparing to do a response saying that 'Henry VIII's corpse also exploded Then, presumably, they went like THIS > Good job they didn't have Naked Attraction in those days. I doubt the Henster would have got many takers. I've never watched it, Jeezy, but I gather it's like an identity parade for dating???? In 'Ennery's case the person doing the choosing would no doubt have had several palace guards wielding pikes standing behind them and giving them a bit of a poke with the sharp ends if they looked in danger of 'forgetting' the prior instruction "pick out the obese one with the stinking, ulcerated legs - OR ELSE".
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 11:58:53 GMT
Before I got to your last line there, Dees, I was preparing to do a response saying that 'Henry VIII's corpse also exploded Then, presumably, they went like THIS > Yes, I was going to post that info about Good King Hal as well Murph, but thought it was a bit too gory for lunchtime . Apparently he weighed around 400 lbs - big lad ! He really was an arrogant, self-centred, disgusting creep. Pity his poor wives!
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 21, 2021 11:43:56 GMT
Bit of a gruesome one. William The Conqueror's body "exploded" at his funeral. William died after his horse reared up during a 1087 battle, throwing the king against his saddle pommel so forcefully that his intestines ruptured. An infection set in that killed him several weeks later. As priests tried to stuff William into a stone coffin that proved too small for his bulk, they pushed on his abdomen, causing it to burst under the pressure. Mourners supposedly ran for the door to escape the putrid stench. Similarly Henry The Eight's body apparently also ruptured and leaked in his coffin prior to his funeral. Before I got to your last line there, Dees, I was preparing to do a response saying that 'Henry VIII's corpse also exploded when in his coffin' through a build-up of gases - he was massively obese, had syphilis and other STDs, and his legs were covered with ulcers that stank so badly that people could smell him two or three rooms away. I don't know how much truth there is in the following theory, but it's thought that the STDs he had were a major reason preventing him from getting his wives pregnant easily - yet he of course always blamed them in his manic desire to have a male heir. One cheery thought is the recorded fact that after this monster died and later exploded, his bodily fluids seeped out of the bottom edges of his coffin and were licked at by many of the dogs around the place - but only for one or two licks! Then, presumably, they went like THIS >
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 20, 2021 23:25:58 GMT
Too many tomatoes, courgettes and cucumbers, a couple of teasles and bird friendly stuff for Murph, an overgrown pond. This year I've been putting new paths and trellises in.....the rest of the garden has never been so neglected. Great pics, BJ, and what a fab selection of birdie feeding hangers you've done for them. I really, really want to get some teasels growing here as I know the birds love them. I know Dees grows them, too.
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