When you just nip out on the bike for something....

[Fab Foodie]

Spam I agree, the McSpicy maybe, but baked beans are just uncouth.

Even Crosse and Blackwell?

 

[Fab Foodie]

I managed to combine one of last year's centuries with a trip to Argos (in Bognor Regis, so that was 50 on its own).

Winner!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Some of the best adventures and times can be had when you think you will be only 5 mins out and the universe nudges you on

You're right! It must be twenty years ago when one summer evening i said to the former Mrs Accy that i was just nipping out for a packet of fags...yes,i smoked 2 cigs a day in those days. I don't know why but i ended up doing 43 hilly miles on my Halford's Apollo (used for getting to work and back on the canal foot/cycle path) mountain bike. To do 43 miles on such a thing is something i just could not achieve now!!

 

[Salty seadog]

Sat night we had friends round for a home-cooked curry-night:
Beef bhuna gost
Goan hot and sour pork
Chana masala
Dhal
Raitha
Friday night’s trip to Sainsburys left me short of ground coriander and cumin seeds (not exactly rare items - but deliveries etc).
Sat morning decided to nip to the new farm shop a mile down the road on the 2-speed Brommie, they have a good range of spices.
Off I went at 9ish...no luck! Choice was then to turn around to the town (busy on a sat morning) or push along the road to the next farm shop which sell organic spices. The wind was at my back, sun shining, along I went....
Farm shop 2 had the coriander but no cumin seeds. Damn! What to do? Nearest supermarket was now coop in Sandwich, so I pushed-onwards.
Sucess!
That meant grinding back home along the ancient highway by the links courses into a gusty strong SW headwind! 90 mins and 16 miles later I made it home, Wimpers was about to call the Coastguard...any excuse for a bike ride.

Food was great btw :-)

I've been to the Argar farm shop a few times. I was after a steak. They had a few pre cut ones on the counter. I asked the butcher if he had a sirloin I could get a thicker cut from. Or if came and he put his knife down on it. 'bit more' I said a couple of times. Ended up being 930 grams and cost £25. I had that with some Colston Bassett Stilton melted over it. I did finish it.

 

[winjim]

That meant grinding back home

I'm sure there's a spice joke to be made here but I'm too lazy to think of one.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm sure there's a spice joke to be made here but I'm too lazy to think of one.

Lets face it, it couldn't have been worse than mine...

 

[Fab Foodie]

I'm sure there's a spice joke to be made here but I'm too lazy to think of one.

I’m sure one will be cumin along shortly, you can’t keep puns at bay here....

 

[Andy in Germany]

I’m sure one will be cumin along shortly, you can’t keep puns at bay here....

It's about Thyme for that I suppose.

 

[C R]

Even Crosse and Blackwell?

Any kind of baked beans, there's no polishing that...

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's about Thyme for that I suppose.

...he said gingerly....