Today I'm angry about.....

[Harry Genshaw]

I thought train drivers love suicide cases. They don't have to clean up afterwards and they get a day off

i hope you're joking...

A bit. They do get a day off don't they?

[thebish]

I thought train drivers love suicide cases. They don't have to clean up afterwards and they get a day off

i hope you're joking...

A bit. They do get a day off don't they?

and quite often they never ever go back to work...

[Harry Genshaw]

Was thinking along the lines of the Simon Pegg film (?) but now I feel bad Bish

[thebish]

Was thinking along the lines of the Simon Pegg film (?) but now I feel bad Bish

ahh - missed the reference... sorry!

[bwfcdan94]

He used to live round the corner from me, obviously older than me but he had never really experienced death before that fair play to him he went back to work a few months later and is now in his 6th year working as a train driver and he loves the job.

[thebish]

cupcakes - fecking ubiquitous american wank... no market or high street or farmers market or village event seems to be allowed without some irritating fecker selling these wanky, expensive foreign imposters.

just feck off back to america.

[Gooner Girl]

cupcakes - fecking ubiquitous american wank... no market or high street or farmers market or village event seems to be allowed without some irritating fecker selling these wanky, expensive foreign imposters.

just feck off back to america.

But, but - they're yummy!

[bobo the clown]

cupcakes - fecking ubiquitous american wank... no market or high street or farmers market or village event seems to be allowed without some irritating fecker selling these wanky, expensive foreign imposters.

just feck off back to america.

But, but - they're yummy!

So are ordinary non-blinged up cakes which we've had forever.

[thebish]

cupcakes - fecking ubiquitous american wank... no market or high street or farmers market or village event seems to be allowed without some irritating fecker selling these wanky, expensive foreign imposters.

just feck off back to america.

But, but - they're yummy!

it's just a wanky example of wanky american hype... i'm very angry about it!

[Gooner Girl]

cupcakes - fecking ubiquitous american wank... no market or high street or farmers market or village event seems to be allowed without some irritating fecker selling these wanky, expensive foreign imposters.

just feck off back to america.

But, but - they're yummy!

it's just a wanky example of wanky american hype... i'm very angry about it!

You need to get out more hun.

I'm about to make some banana and choc chip muffins today, are they ok, or should I abandon all plans and move to America?!

[bobo the clown]

Blueberries next. Then I get like LK on cider substitutes.

[TANGODANCER]

Who mentioned cakes? Apart from the fact that they increase things like waistlines, I have some decided preferences. Stuff like sponge etc, Battenberg, Angel cake, cherry buns, meringues and all such like fripperies I dismiss as not worth bothering about. You can have em.

Thankfully, most of the cakes we had in the fifties are still around, so custards, vanilla slices, apple slices, Jam tarts, ice-buns, wimberry pies (not seen one for a while?) are still big favourites. Best cake going is still Christmas cake for me. Heavy, dark rum and fruit, icing and marzipan. Perfect.

[thebish]

cupcakes - fecking ubiquitous american wank... no market or high street or farmers market or village event seems to be allowed without some irritating fecker selling these wanky, expensive foreign imposters.

just feck off back to america.

But, but - they're yummy!

it's just a wanky example of wanky american hype... i'm very angry about it!

You need to get out more hun.

I'm about to make some banana and choc chip muffins today, are they ok, or should I abandon all plans and move to America?!

nope - they're wanky american pretenders too... you can tell because of their size - HUGE cakes for fattie-wobblebottoms

make some proper british cakes - fairy cakes with buttercream and little wings - they're the best - hand on good decent british traditions to your kids!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/how_t ... akes_45428

[Gooner Girl]

cupcakes - fecking ubiquitous american wank... no market or high street or farmers market or village event seems to be allowed without some irritating fecker selling these wanky, expensive foreign imposters.

just feck off back to america.

But, but - they're yummy!

it's just a wanky example of wanky american hype... i'm very angry about it!

You need to get out more hun.

I'm about to make some banana and choc chip muffins today, are they ok, or should I abandon all plans and move to America?!

nope - they're wanky american pretenders too... you can tell because of their size - HUGE cakes for fattie-wobblebottoms

make some proper british cakes - fairy cakes with buttercream and little wings - they're the best - hand on good decent british traditions to your kids!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/how_t ... akes_45428

I used to make them with my mum as a kid. Been meaning to try some more baking with J and J so will put these on the list for next!

[Bruce Rioja]

make some proper british cakes - fairy cakes with buttercream and little wings - they're the best - hand on good decent british traditions to your kids!

My niece made me some for my birthday. There are only three of them left now.

[BWFC_Insane]

I don't get cupcakes. They seem like all frosting or buttercream to me, with not much cake. Gives me a sugar headache as the stuff that tops them is always overly sweet and IMO unpleasant.

Banana and choc chip muffins sound ok to me though. I realise Bish is angry about their American traditions, but perhaps relabelled banana and choc chip buns would restore their Britishness?

[thebish]

I don't get cupcakes. They seem like all frosting or buttercream to me, with not much cake. Gives me a sugar headache as the stuff that tops them is always overly sweet and IMO unpleasant.

Banana and choc chip muffins sound ok to me though. I realise Bish is angry about their American traditions, but perhaps relabelled banana and choc chip buns would restore their Britishness?

if you want banana - just make proper british banana cake (made with british bananas!) - you can add choc-chips to that if you have to!

[Gooner Girl]

I don't get cupcakes. They seem like all frosting or buttercream to me, with not much cake. Gives me a sugar headache as the stuff that tops them is always overly sweet and IMO unpleasant.

Banana and choc chip muffins sound ok to me though. I realise Bish is angry about their American traditions, but perhaps relabelled banana and choc chip buns would restore their Britishness?

if you want banana - just make proper british banana cake (made with british bananas!) - you can add choc-chips to that if you have to!

ahhh but I have a recipe for banana choc muffins and my friend made some the other day so I know they are delish.

[thebish]

I don't get cupcakes. They seem like all frosting or buttercream to me, with not much cake. Gives me a sugar headache as the stuff that tops them is always overly sweet and IMO unpleasant.

Banana and choc chip muffins sound ok to me though. I realise Bish is angry about their American traditions, but perhaps relabelled banana and choc chip buns would restore their Britishness?

if you want banana - just make proper british banana cake (made with british bananas!) - you can add choc-chips to that if you have to!

ahhh but I have a recipe for banana choc muffins and my friend made some the other day so I know they are delish.

you have loads of recipe books - i refuse to believe you do not have a recipe for good old british banana cake!

[thebish]

the fairycake recipe sums it up:

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole bun tin with 12 paper fairy cake cases. (Or for deep American-style cupcakes, line a 6-hole muffin tin with larger muffin cases.)

same quantity = 12 cakes in Britain = 6 cakes in America...