The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

Awoke on the dot of 7:00, coffee brewing and I'm going to break curfew shortly.
A friend of mine used to work at Porton Down until recently, I'll ask if she's got any PPE stashed away that I can borrow 😁
Have a lovely day folks 🙏🌞🚶🏃🚲

 

[Dave7]

Moving on to serious matters. I'm running out of porridge oats. I usually buy Kavanagh's from ALDI but it's been out of stock for weeks. Makes delicious porridge.

I know we have porridge conniseurs in here. Recommendations please.

Not much help I'm afraid as we use the Quaker packs of instant.
TBH I mainly have them pre golf or pre ride and there is, sadly, not much of that going on

 

[Deleted member 1258]

good morning people, not a lot to do today, gate wants fixing and I should get the ironing done, and there maybe some gardening to do.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all. Back to pleasant weather which helps. I was sat out with 2 fleeces and a hat yesterday yesterday. Today its set to reach 17°.
I am about to put a loaf on to bake then a home made vegetable soup. I know there will be potato, onion, carrot, celery and some ginger going into the pot.
What spices do you add to your soups ?
In the past I have experimented but sometimes bordered on ruining it with too much. Maybe I should just stick to pepper with a dash of salt.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Moving on to serious matters. I'm running out of porridge oats. I usually buy Kavanagh's from ALDI but it's been out of stock for weeks. Makes delicious porridge.

I know we have porridge conniseurs in here. Recommendations please.

Eek! I noticed this morning I'm down to the last few grams of my Kavanagh's. So unless our local Aldi has supplies, I too would be grateful for suggestions.

 

[PaulSB]

I am glad I am not in yoir quiz group. I would not have a scooby doo.

I wouldn't bother next time but this would risk Mrs P's wrath as the others are her tennis buddies.

Once a month our local sports and social club runs a quiz. Always well attended and loads of fun. The quiz master is really good and designs the questions so everyone feels included - has a decent chance. Friday night we had 13 teams of couples - 28 people when the quiz masters are included - for the Zoom online quiz. It was brilliant. We scored 60/100, happy.

Last night we got 7/30 - pointless, in every sense. We aren't daft but 23 questions one can't answer??????

 

[IaninSheffield]

Morning all. Back to pleasant weather which helps. I was sat out with 2 fleeces and a hat yesterday yesterday. Today its set to reach 17°.
I am about to put a loaf on to bake then a home made vegetable soup. I know there will be potato, onion, carrot, celery and some ginger going into the pot.
What spices do you add to your soups ?
In the past I have experimented but sometimes bordered on ruining it with too much. Maybe I should just stick to pepper with a dash of salt.

Unless it's a mulligatawny or south east asian recipe, I'd steer clear of the spices. IMHO, a handful of fresh parsley is all that's needed to lift those ingredients ... with the salt & pepper you mentioned.

 

[PaulSB]

Morning all. Back to pleasant weather which helps. I was sat out with 2 fleeces and a hat yesterday yesterday. Today its set to reach 17°.
I am about to put a loaf on to bake then a home made vegetable soup. I know there will be potato, onion, carrot, celery and some ginger going into the pot.
What spices do you add to your soups ?
In the past I have experimented but sometimes bordered on ruining it with too much. Maybe I should just stick to pepper with a dash of salt.

I'd pop some cardamom in this one, goes well with carrot. Orange, carrot and cardamom soup is a good one.

 

[PaulSB]

Tomato soup with fresh basil is a good one.

 

[IaninSheffield]

I'd pop some cardamom in this one, goes well with carrot. Orange, carrot and cardamom soup is a good one.

+1 for that ... and especially carrot and coriander.

 

[Paulus]

Nice to have some cheer in these dismal times. In the veg garden today howking out grass tufts which do not rotovate too well I discovered I have worms. Perhaps I should rephrase that. My garden now has earthworms for the first time in 6 or 7 years. New Zealand flatworm got in probably in plants I bought in Shetland and cleared every earthworm in the garden. I discovered a strange sinister looking coil under a compost bin lid which I put into a glass jar I had handy. Not having a lid I put clingfilm over it and secured it further with an elastic band until I got something better. Came back about 15 minutes later and the jar was empty and discovered the suspect going down the table leg and heading for the floor. Got it into a more secure container with some damp moss and sent to a lab in Dundee for confirmation.
They are supposed to be able to hibernate with no food for several years but hopefully any escapees have now died. I trapped them under flagstones laid at random in the garden.
The soil structure does not seem to have suffered so hopefully all will now be well.

The New Zealand flat worm are a real menace as the destroy the native worms by wrapping themselves around the worm and then desolving it.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all, a bit gloomy outside at the moment, but forecast is for it to brighten up later.
I shall be out for a 20 mile or so ride later on to keep the legs ticking over.
Stay safe everyone.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Eek! I noticed this morning I'm down to the last few grams of my Kavanagh's. So unless our local Aldi has supplies, I too would be grateful for suggestions.

We've run out of Kavanagh's 😯
(I always add a scoop to my bread flour when baking, adds a bit of crunch to the crust)
Managed to get some Waitrose "essentials" porridge delivered, makes great porridge 👍
We make ours with Oatmilk, a couple of scoops in a bowl, cover with oatmilk and leave overnight to soak. Slice half a banana into the bowl before microwaving.
It's the most porridgy porridge I've ever tasted 👍

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Felt a bit under the weather yesterday - low level headache, nausea, fatigue etc. Thought, 'ere we go with the Corona thingy.
Had a good nights sleep and feel quite a bit better - not 100% though.
It's probably any one of hundreds of other bugs that go around.
MrsD thinks she had it last week.

 

[PaulSB]

The New Zealand flat worm are a real menace as the destroy the native worms by wrapping themselves around the worm and then desolving it.

Yep, horrible things, slimy, very unpleasant to look at and live exclusively off native worms. They are very common in Northern England though I'm glad to say we don't have any around us. Originally came from NZ in the 1960s when nurserymen began exporting from NZ to Europe.