Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

I surprised myself by having müsli for the second morning in a row.

 

[PeteXXX]

Difficult to say without a picture. Might have been a flounder, they can have dark spots. Could also have been a brill, but they are more rounded, or even a baby turbot.

I was staying in a Birmingham hotel a few years ago and had a bar meal of plaice and it chips.
Well that's what the menu said, it was obviously flounder, which is a lot cheaper.

I told the waiter, who went to get the chef, who wouldn't show his face. So the waiter brought the box out from the freezer.
All it had on the box was "Flatfish". All the same the waiter said. I then gave him a mini lecture on fish species, which surprisingly he found quite interesting and he toddled off no doubt to tell the chef of his new found knowledge.

And don't get me going on "sea bass" it's bass.

The other thing which rubs me up the wrong way is when TV "chefs" use rainbow trout and pretend it is sea trout or salmon.

Rant over.

Could you vent your spleen on phrases such as 'pan fried', please?
😁

 

[raleighnut]

Could you vent your spleen on phrases such as 'pan fried', please?
😁

Oi I 'pan fry' some fish, lightly dusted with flour and seasoned with freshly ground Black Pepper and Sea Salt.

 

[fossyant]

Premium bonds news..

Just a measly £25 this month.

Bin news..

The recycling is out.

Hope you can find a 'bank' to pay it in. My wife has a cheque and one for her mum, but it's a trip to the big town or city centre for a bank. Out of the blue, her mum phoned up last night telling her to go pay her cheque in. Wife explained she wasn't working and there are no banks locally and would mean a special trip. We've had the cheque since before Covid.

 

[oldwheels]

Premium bonds news..

Just a measly £25 this month.

Bin news..

The recycling is out.

Me too disappointing £25 also this month.

 

[oldwheels]

Hope you can find a 'bank' to pay it in. My wife has a cheque and one for her mum, but it's a trip to the big town or city centre for a bank. Out of the blue, her mum phoned up last night telling her to go pay her cheque in. Wife explained she wasn't working and there are no banks locally and would mean a special trip. We've had the cheque since before Covid.

I have never tried it but I think you can now pay in cheques on line by taking a photo of back and front. Probably only some banks offer this but I have a handy local branch so no need to try.

 

[oldwheels]

Difficult to say without a picture. Might have been a flounder, they can have dark spots. Could also have been a brill, but they are more rounded, or even a baby turbot.

I was staying in a Birmingham hotel a few years ago and had a bar meal of plaice and it chips.
Well that's what the menu said, it was obviously flounder, which is a lot cheaper.

I told the waiter, who went to get the chef, who wouldn't show his face. So the waiter brought the box out from the freezer.
All it had on the box was "Flatfish". All the same the waiter said. I then gave him a mini lecture on fish species, which surprisingly he found quite interesting and he toddled off no doubt to tell the chef of his new found knowledge.

And don't get me going on "sea bass" it's bass.

The other thing which rubs me up the wrong way is when TV "chefs" use rainbow trout and pretend it is sea trout or salmon.

Rant over.

What about dogfish dyed pink and served up as rock salmon? Some dogfish are not too bad and conger is ok as well.

 

[Salty seadog]

Hope you can find a 'bank' to pay it in. My wife has a cheque and one for her mum, but it's a trip to the big town or city centre for a bank. Out of the blue, her mum phoned up last night telling her to go pay her cheque in. Wife explained she wasn't working and there are no banks locally and would mean a special trip. We've had the cheque since before Covid.

I get my prizes reinvested in bonds. I'm about 5 grand short of maxing out (so that's the minimum I want to win next month ). I'm sure you can get any winnings played into a nominated account automatically.

 

[Salar]

What about dogfish dyed pink and served up as rock salmon? Some dogfish are not too bad and conger is ok as well.

And yellow dyed haddock to imitate proper smoking.

 

[Salar]

What about dogfish dyed pink and served up as rock salmon?

Must admit I've never seen dogfish dyed, there flesh is naturally a light pink colour.

 

[Speicher]

I get my prizes reinvested in bonds. I'm about 5 grand short of maxing out (so that's the minimum I want to win next month ). I'm sure you can get any winnings played into a nominated account automatically.

Yes, my prizes are paid directly into my bank account.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Yes, my prizes are paid directly into my bank account.

What prizes, you're all in on the scam, get me to invest then rub my nose in it when you win & I don't!!!!!!!

 

[woodbutcher]

Difficult to say without a picture. Might have been a flounder, they can have dark spots. Could also have been a brill, but they are more rounded, or even a baby turbot.

I was staying in a Birmingham hotel a few years ago and had a bar meal of plaice and it chips.
Well that's what the menu said, it was obviously flounder, which is a lot cheaper.

I told the waiter, who went to get the chef, who wouldn't show his face. So the waiter brought the box out from the freezer.
All it had on the box was "Flatfish". All the same the waiter said. I then gave him a mini lecture on fish species, which surprisingly he found quite interesting and he toddled off no doubt to tell the chef of his new found knowledge.

And don't get me going on "sea bass" it's bass.

The other thing which rubs me up the wrong way is when TV "chefs" use rainbow trout and pretend it is sea trout or salmon.

Rant over.

Whats your view on the way we used to determine if a flattie was a plaice or not, which was to run your finger above the eye and there should be some boney lumps in an arc, six or seven l think .If not, he not a plaice !

 

[Salar]

Whats your view on the way we used to determine if a flattie was a plaice or not, which was to run your finger above the eye and there should be some boney lumps in an arc, six or seven l think .If not, he not a plaice !

That's right, plaice have a bony ridge behind the eyes, flounders don't.

 

[Salar]

The other one to watch out for is Basa aka river cobbler a type of catfish from Vietnam which can be passed off as cod. I believe the USA have banned it.

I think @Reynard had some a while ago. Not for me.