What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[bobo the clown]

Cheese mostly. As today I'll take my usual trip to Nantwich for the Cheshire Show there where they have "the World's Largest Cheese Festival". I will over-buy as per usual, but it's a great experience.

You may see my brother there. Then again, as you've never met you probably won't.

People started getting annoyed at me for stopping them and asking if they were called 'Enfield'.

I got there around 1.30pm. It was very busy but the peak was over. I wandered through the hall where the cheeses were showing and all around are sellers, small & large, specialist & general. I wandered around to suss it out and try & avoid getting too much too early. As I then targeted the sellers started really discounting .... close to giving the stuff away.

So, inevitably, I ended up bringing more home than I planned. I won't bore you with the names of stuff, but probably the biggest 'win' was a huge chunk of Parmesan for £1. Real, off the wheel, weighing in at over a Lb. As I took it the woman slung some pre-shaved, some grated, and some cheaper Italian hard cheese into the bag. It was close to embarrassing.

I got over it, you'll be relieved to know.

One party required now.

[thebish]

eating out?? leave your phone behind... (yes - I do the taking pics of food on a slate thing!! )

[KeyserSoze]

fake viral stuff is the worst kind of stuff

[thebish]

fake viral stuff is the worst kind of stuff

if you tried - you could probably think of worse stuff! #shelteredlife

[Beefheart]

fake viral stuff is the worst kind of stuff

Yeah, it seemed suspicious. I was trying to think how on earth taking photos could taken 'an average of 5 minutes'. Did that include getting them developed?

[thebish]

fake viral stuff is the worst kind of stuff

Yeah, it seemed suspicious. I was trying to think how on earth taking photos could taken 'an average of 5 minutes'. Did that include getting them developed?

of course some/all of it is manufactured (look no further than the whole section about finding old tape machines with tapes still in them in the mysterious uncleared basement...) - but it does illustrate a change in what happens in restaurants..

as for taking photos - u wanna watch my missus trying to take photos!

[Beefheart]

fake viral stuff is the worst kind of stuff

Yeah, it seemed suspicious. I was trying to think how on earth taking photos could taken 'an average of 5 minutes'. Did that include getting them developed?

of course some/all of it is manufactured (look no further than the whole section about finding old tape machines with tapes still in them in the mysterious uncleared basement...) - but it does illustrate a change in what happens in restaurants..

as for taking photos - u wanna watch my missus trying to take photos!

Yeah, if I'm at a restaurant at friends I inevitably find myself saying 'No phones at the table!'. I mean, if someone took out a book and started reading it people would think that odd, but they seem to think checking their phone is acceptable.

[thebish]

I'm making that Jambalaya again tonight! yum!

edit... middle son came home since i made it last time - and he has vetoed it as a family option! pah!

[LeverEnd]

I'm making that Jambalaya again tonight! yum!

Made it a couple of weeks ago after The Keyser's recommendation. Great stuff, love chorizo.

[William the White]

I'm making that Jambalaya again tonight! yum!

Made it a couple of weeks ago after The Keyser's recommendation. Great stuff, love chorizo.

Thebish presumably has a veggie version?

[thebish]

I'm making that Jambalaya again tonight! yum!

Made it a couple of weeks ago after The Keyser's recommendation. Great stuff, love chorizo.

Thebish presumably has a veggie version?

aye... i used quorn sausages and quorn fajita strips in place of the chicken and chorizo...

[thebish]

I've just discovered smoked paprika! wow!

I may be late to the party - but am certainly making up for lost time!

[Lord Kangana]

Now you need to move on to Piment d'Espelette

[thebish]

Now you need to move on to Piment d'Espelette

they don't sell that in Budgens!

[Lord Kangana]

Well I jolly well think that you ought to demand that they do. Honestly, what kind of convenience store are they?

[Bruce Rioja]

I've just discovered smoked paprika! wow!

I may be late to the party - but am certainly making up for lost time!

Really? I am, quite lidderally, stunderated.

I would well imagine that a vegetarian version of Hungarian Goulash and of Goulash soup will be your friends very shortly.

[thebish]

I've just discovered smoked paprika! wow!

I may be late to the party - but am certainly making up for lost time!

Really? I am, quite lidderally, stunderated.

I would well imagine that a vegetarian version of Hungarian Goulash and of Goulash soup will be your friends very shortly.

mmmmmm... goulash... used to make that a lot - but haven't for ages! - good idea!

have made a pate today - sweet potato and red lentils - with a very healthy dose of smoked paprika... it's ace! that'll do my dinners for a few days! tupperware at the ready!

[thebish]

just had what our family - for some reason lost in the mists of time - refer to as "cow pie"

two tins of beans
half a tin tinned chopped tomatoes
two crumbled oxo cubes
a load of chopped up sausages

all mixed together in bottom of big casserole dish

cover with a big fat layer of mashed potato
sprinkle top liberally with grated strong cheddar
put in oven for half and hour or so

serve with sliced green beans.

yum - comfort food!!

[Lord Kangana]

Bish's living room, later this evening....



(please can somebody explain to me how I post a youtube video up on here properly?)

Many thanks to the Bish for being a sport!

[thebish]

Bish's living room, later this evening....

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(please can somebody explain to me how I post a youtube video up on here properly?)

you just take off the numbers/letters at the end after the "v=" - in your case R6dm9rN6oTs and put them between the youtube tags...