Mundane News

[dicko]

Has @dicko set an alarm to remind himself

Yes I have ⏰

 

[Reynard]

An ombre day here chez Casa Reynard, starting off sunny and ending up grey and drizzly. And a day with a biting north-westerly that made it decidedly unpleasant to be outside.

Slept OK-ish, but feel really tired. Today's main task of Tesco being Tescoed has been accomplished. And rather successfully, thanks to a moment of serendipity i.e. being in the right place at the right time when they brought out a load of YS stuff half an hour before closing. I was just doing one last circle of the store to make sure I'd not forgotten anything, when out came about ten crates of chilled stuff. All dated for tomorrow, but marked right down in order to shift it.

So I'll admit that what I *did* have in my trolley went back into the cabinet (someone else took that as soon as I put it back), and I picked out a lamb breast joint, two packs of sausages, three packs of "finest" pigs in blankets, three packs of basa, some giant langoustines, maple-cured streaky bacon, a job lot of free range chicken breasts, two trays of beef mince and a fairly sizeable tomahawk steak.

I do regret putting the duck I'd picked out back as I adore duck, but due to its weird shape (two supremes, so breast & wing attached) it'd have taken up more space in the freezer than items without bones - hence the executive decision to swap it for the lamb. Which also meant I ignored the whole large chickens marked down to £2.10 each. I've neither the time nor inclination right now to expend the effort in boning out a middling-quality bird.

I will, however, de-bone the steak in order to get it into the freezer, but shall keep the bone and freeze it. Then when I next make stock for soup, it can be used for that.

Green bins were also bounteous today, as I picked up a job lot of crisps on YS, as well as spaghetti, sweetcorn, baked beans, tin foil and cling flim.

Just had supper - the last of the cauliflower soup, pasta with a ham ragu, and a slice of bread pudding for afters.

 

[Reynard]

I must take the Turkey Crown out of the freezer tomorrow, I must take the Turkey Crown out of the freezer tomorrow, I must take the Turkey Crown out of the freezer tomorrow………repeat

Which reminds. I must take the guinea fowl out of the freezer tomorrow afternoon.

 

[cyberknight]

turbo session done
interesting as the saddle on that bike is practically new and i had no issues at all with it whereas the other saddles are a few years old and the stitching has hardened which may be the issue i have ? set up is the same as the other bikes so i am tempted just to get a new saddle the same and see if that fixes the issue.

 

[Jenkins]

Following the coffee and sausage roll earlier, it was still bright and sunny so I went out for the planned walk into town and along the seafront. Where was everyone? Few people in town, plenty of space on the prom, seating available in the cafes, no queues at the takeaway food & drink places and even the Morrisons car park was half empty when I took a short cut through there.
I did take the opportunity to get the train tickets printed out for the first of my trips in March while I was out and thoroughly enjoyed the two and a bit hours plodding around.

It was bitterly cold in the wind though and, if anything, it sounds like it's picked up a bit this evening.

 

[tyred]

I accidentally put the General Chat section on ignore. I was wondering where it went.

 

[Jenkins]

That's this evening's hot chocolate finished. As the scaffolders are coming on Monday to take down what they put up a few weeks ago, I really should have an earlyish night.

In other news, according to my Garmin smart watch my fitness age is 10.5 years lower than my actual age

 

[Saluki]

I braved M&S today as I had voucher which were getting a bit close to the use by date. I may have wine in the house, and chocolate biscuits.

 

[Reynard]

I have just made a big pot of Polish-style beetroot soup. It's traditional for Christmas, but the parental and I are very fond of it anyways. it tastes even better, given that the beetroot were free.

Namely that they rolled off a trailer just outside my gate.

 

[Gravity Aided]

After they came up with coronation chicken, it's been anything goes. Even the bacon gets medallions.

No wonder The Civil List had gotten so bloated.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Which reminds. I must take the guinea fowl out of the freezer tomorrow afternoon.

We do not get guinea fowl in our markets over here in The States, but I do live in the shite part of the middle. So others may. I suppose a Chukar Partridge could be obtained, if i wanted to spend a whole week-end hunting one.

 

[lazybloke]

I have just made a big pot of Polish-style beetroot soup. It's traditional for Christmas, but the parental and I are very fond of it anyways. it tastes even better, given that the beetroot were free.

Namely that they rolled off a trailer just outside my gate.

I had the weirdly-named "Chistmas Turkey" pizza tonight. Weird because it vegetarian!
It had beetroot on it!
Rather nice...


In other news, I've just realised it's another Christmas without a sausage-roll-themed Number One.

 

[Reynard]

I am in need of a

 

[Reynard]

I watched a film (Patriot Games) this evening - a rare thing for me. Now it's time for bed.

Nunnight one and all.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Good morning...

We have snow... okay, not very much, but if this was the UK London the news would be full of "snowmageddon" stories...