Mundane News

[postman]

Well i told you this moving lark was easy. Well it just got even better. Tonight we are going to crack open a bottle of fizzy,prosecco or something,well that led me to go to the off license. I am now the proud owner of four cans of Budweiser can't say i have had this before, got to celebrate daughter coming home,she and Mrs P are having a right clear out of things,i have nailed the dining room door shut,i'm not taking any chances.

 

[woodbutcher]

Heh, well I *am* half Belgian.

It's not just the frieten-mayonnaise, but the chocolate, the cheeses, the charcuterie, sausages, waffles and those poncy little decorated cake things you see in the brood en banketbakkerij...

P.S. M'mother hails from Ghent but lived on the coast until she moved to the UK.

Ahh ! now l get the picture . In another life l had a lot of Belgian customers and l have spent many hours eating and drinking in their most convivial company ! Mind you , and this is not the place to go into any details, some of my Belgian business "compadres" had "interesting" intentions and backgrounds. No criticism inferred , l have fond memories of them all !

 

[Illaveago]

What worms did they use before they invented the worm Consensus? . It seems to get everywhere these days.

 

[classic33]

I'd have trouble getting up off that!

You can just throw a blanket over yourself and fall asleep on it.

 

[Reynard]

Well, the bread dough is made and is slowly getting on with itself.

Have gone for 2 parts atta flour to one part white bread flour at 70% hydration, with some malted flaked wheat and a dollop of honey thrown in for good measure.

 

[Reynard]

Ahh ! now l get the picture . In another life l had a lot of Belgian customers and l have spent many hours eating and drinking in their most convivial company ! Mind you , and this is not the place to go into any details, some of my Belgian business "compadres" had "interesting" intentions and backgrounds. No criticism inferred , l have fond memories of them all !

Belgian hospitality (especially in the Flanders) is epic.

The only thing the Belgians don't do terribly well is a decent cup of tea. Which is a problem, since, like most dwellers here in Albion, I drink tea by the gallon.

 

[Reynard]

Had to put the bread dough in the fridge to slow it down. The thing was in danger of going into orbit!

 

[classic33]

Belgian hospitality (especially in the Flanders) is epic.

The only thing the Belgians don't do terribly well is a decent cup of tea. Which is a problem, since, like most dwellers here in Albion, I drink tea by the gallon.

Beginner

 

[Andy in Germany]

I got off at Lahr-im-Schwarzwald and cycled the last 30k. Very nice it was too...

 

[Andy in Germany]

I went red stickering on Friday and got some bacon. Lidl has a "Buy it or we chuck it" shelf, and I'll only get meat if it's there.

Now I'm having a BLT for the first time in years.

 

[Illaveago]

Eh, the old home made versus takeaway thing...

I got taught how to make chips by an elderly Belgian lady who was a family friend. She'd been in service as a cook in the 1930s and her chips were just the bees knees.

My mum and dad were in service . I think my dad was a butler up in Derbyshire at one time . He was quite young at the time but if you think about it quite a lot of men had been wiped out by the 1st WW.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Eh, the old home made versus takeaway thing...

I got taught how to make chips by an elderly Belgian lady who was a family friend. She'd been in service as a cook in the 1930s and her chips were just the bees knees.

I’ve always wondered. What’s so good about bees knees?

 

[classic33]

I went red stickering on Friday and got some bacon. Lidl has a "Buy it or we chuck it" shelf, and I'll only get meat if it's there.

Now I'm having a BLT for the first time in years.

If it's not there, you can't buy it!

 

[Illaveago]

I’ve always wondered. What’s so good about bees knees?

I think they are hairy !

 

[Reynard]

Beginner

Yes, but I *am* half your size...