Mundane News

[Reynard]

Time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

There's no such thing as good cheese

Post reported for being dairy contrary.

 

[tom73]

There's a cheese on toast café in Honley, West Yorkshire called Rarebites. I've been past it many times but haven't stopped. Need to do so.

However, I do wonder what the market is for a speciality cheese-on-toast café, on an intersection without parking, in a small West Yorkshire town.

Same as ones serving porridge , even known a few that sell crisp sandwiches. Bang on trend with website and social media to match.

 

[oldwheels]

Not been able to stop myself but my son managed to get this sign picture at last. Connel bridge in the background and today’s weather.

 

[Tenkaykev]

There's no such thing as good cheese

I've just been catching up with the " Kitchen Cabinet " radio show. The topic, coincidentally was cheese. Someone asked " why do the French have so many different cheeses ? " to which the response was, " because they keep trying to make Cheddar " 🤣

 

[tom73]

I haven't used a toastie machine in years... Besides, they don't work terribly well if your bread is anything else but perfectly square LOL... Either a frying pan for me, or, more usually these days, my George Foreman grilly thing.

The key to simple food is using the best ingredients, because there's nowhere to hide. And good cheese is a food of the Gods.

N.B. good cheese isn't always expensive. I've had some very spendy stuff that was bloody awful, and some affordable stuff that wouldn't be put to shame on a decent cheeseboard.

I use a ridge monkey great bit of kit for toasties and much more one always go's in the camper.
Your right about good ingredients for basic stuff, growing up it was mostly simple cooking.
But mum bought the best she could with what money we had that and always made with love.

 

[tom73]

I've just been catching up with the " Kitchen Cabinet " radio show. The topic, coincidentally was cheese. Someone asked " why do the French have so many different cheeses ? " to which the response was, " because they keep trying to make Cheddar " 🤣

It's been said that we make more varieties of cheese than the french. Need to adopt a standard cheese recipe in WW2 a cheddar type.
Put pay to many farm house cheese makers. Everyone just got use to cheddar and many knew no different.
But it's been on the up for a good few years now. Food program did an podcast about cheese last year things are changing.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Post reported for being dairy contrary.

Udderly agree

 

[biggs682]

Still quite breezy outside
Black bin is kerbside

 

[Oldhippy]

At least for now anyway. If it gets breezier maybe not. 😁

 

[Jenkins]

Take a selection of spanners. Around 18mm or bigger. Maybe Allen keys too.
Also expect two plug and sockets, depending on how the bike is controlled.

I knew it was an 8mm allen key for the wheel bolts, but couldn't remember what I read about removing the connector and there was something nagging in my mind about special washers. Having checked Ribble's Youtube page where there's a brief 'how to' video, it turns out the connector is a simple pull apart/push to fit but there's black arrows on black plastic to line up, a small 'c' clip to hold things in place and special directional washers to make sure the wheel is put back in correctly. Which would have been fun in the dark!

There were leaflets that came with the bike covering it all when it was delivered and are exactly the sort of thing I'd have filed away as essential future reading - do you think I can find them now...

 

[KnittyNorah]

Productive afternoon. Dropped the parental's prescription off at the quack, did all the prep for tonight's supper so just need to throw everything together and put the rice cooker on, and then got the new-to-me scanner (Canon Lide 220) working with my Sony Vaio. Still need to tweak the settings as it (currently) doesn't like black & white newspaper quality images.

Enjoyed a nice and a Nurenberger Lebkuchen bought in Aldi. I think that next Christmas, if I decide to buy Lebkuchen, I shall buy them from Aldi. They are SO much nicer than the ones from Tesco. The ones from Tesco had very little flavour other than an overwhelming sweetness.

Both girls are curled up next to each other on the desk that's in the space under the stairs.

I don't buy my German christmas treats from anywhere other than Lidl or Aldi. Gluehwein from Lidl (the same brand I used to buy when I lived in Berlin!) and lebkuchen from Aldi; sadly no pfeffernuesse this year. I was commiserating with a German friend about the absence of pfefferneusse.
UK versions of gluewein are all too heavy on the cloves, I find, and therefore reminiscent of the dentist and the year I tried Aldi gluehwein, I was very disappointed - then I looked at the label and saw it had been manufactured in the UK (probably the same place as makes the ones sold in Tesco, Morrissons etc).

 

[classic33]

I am eating cheese on toast.

I like cheese on toast.

I thought you preferred Marmite!

 

[classic33]

one of my best friends has 3 names all beginning with "M". in high school I nicknamed him "M cubed"
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Some of the teachers had nicknames for me.
Unfortunately most would never get past the swear filter on here. You'll just have to guess, I guess.

 

[Gwylan]

Met a friend for pub lunch. Just under 50km ridden. Windy. Sunny before pub and rain on way home. Great beer offer at pub.

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Can I have the first one free and pay for the second one?