Mundane News

[Ming the Merciless]

My winter tyres have arrived

 

[Gravity Aided]

mission accomplished, come on over we'll chat bikes

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I'm like in the outer outer outer Chicago suburbs,(Bloomington/Normal) so I may not be able to drop by today.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Beer o’clock . London Pride tonight

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'm like in the outer outer outer Chicago suburbs,(Bloomington/Normal) so I may not be able to drop by today.

I like Chicago with their toy train set going round & round

 

[Gravity Aided]

Cookists..
A question. I'm simmering an unsmoked gammon joint before putting it in the oven. (30 minutes, Gas Mk6 if you want to know)
Can/should I use the water as a stock base for a pea and ham soup? I was thinking of grating some potatoes, rinsing them and mixing with some cornflour as a thickener, and using the slow cooker.

Sound OK? 🤔

Chicken Boullion, good quality, or Better Than Boullion.

 

[Reynard]

Bad news for @Reynard! Due to bad weather teatime has been postponed

Heh, well I was having lunch about the time you posted that. I listened to the Grand Prix and it was rather snoresome...

 

[Reynard]

Cookists..
A question. I'm simmering an unsmoked gammon joint before putting it in the oven. (30 minutes, Gas Mk6 if you want to know)
Can/should I use the water as a stock base for a pea and ham soup? I was thinking of grating some potatoes, rinsing them and mixing with some cornflour as a thickener, and using the slow cooker.

Sound OK? 🤔

Generally, with a gammon, you should put first in plain water, bring to the boil, then discard water. That should sort the saltiness. And then put fresh water in along with onion, celery, carrots, peppercorns and bay leaf and simmer for however long per unit weight.

That second lot of stock will make amazing soup. But only salt it right at the end - as the others have said, it may not need it.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I like Chicago with their toy train set going round & round

The El? Or the Metra?

 

[DCLane]

Very wet over the hill in Manchester @DCLane

He said it was a bit damp. And windy. Anyway he got there safely and enjoyed his track session. I'm there tomorrow night for the same.

 

[Reynard]

Still very soggy & blowy here. Cats have been fed and am sat by the fire, listening to Arsenal v Burnley.

Afternoon has been productive. All the Christmas cards are written, pressies all wrapped and boxed up ready for posting and the last batch of Lebkuchen baked.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Beer o’clock . London Pride tonight

Aha, one of those Fullers Emptiers!

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm like in the outer outer outer Chicago suburbs,(Bloomington/Normal) so I may not be able to drop by today.

You have a long way to go to get to the seaside, don't you!?
Furthest place from the sea in England is only about 70 miles

 

[Deleted member 26715]

The El? Or the Metra?

Loop? Looks great looking down from the 20th floor

 

[Illaveago]

Well that race was boring !

 

[Kempstonian]

Heh, well I was having lunch about the time you posted that. I listened to the Grand Prix and it was rather snoresome...

Wasn't it just? A George Russell in a Mercedes might have at least given us an interest.

" Lewis Hamilton said he felt "destroyed" and just "happy to be alive" after his first F1 race back following coronavirus at the Abu Dhabi GP. "

Well maybe he shouldn't have driven then? He said earlier that he didn't feel too good. Was he worried that Russell might have got a little of the Mercedes glory?