MissSophia Posted July 22 #21401 Share Posted July 22 29 minutes ago, lincslady said: I guess it depends on whether he sang 'O sole mio' or 'just one cornetto' A romantic gesture in any case, and no doubt you treasure it. It was ‘just one cornetto’ Lola hence the giggles but you’re right l do treasure it thank you 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissSophia Posted July 22 #21402 Share Posted July 22 Just heard on our local North Wales news that some minor tremors were reported this morning off the Isle of Anglesey…..wondering if the earth moved for our very own DW as he’s closer than l am here…😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 22 #21403 Share Posted July 22 2 hours ago, lincslady said: I guess it depends on whether he sang 'O sole mio' or 'just one cornetto' A romantic gesture in any case, and no doubt you treasure it. I wish they’d make a song about Caramel Magnums. Jeff 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UKCruiseJeff Posted July 22 #21405 Share Posted July 22 Lunch! Scratch cooked pork ribs Cremant and stuff. Sweet and sticky. And the ribs were good as well! 🙂 Jeff 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted July 22 #21406 Share Posted July 22 24 minutes ago, UKCruiseJeff said: Lunch! Scratch cooked pork ribs Cremant and stuff. Sweet and sticky. And the ribs were good as well! 🙂 Jeff Hi Jeff, that looks fantastic!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 22 #21407 Share Posted July 22 2 minutes ago, Lois R said: Hi Jeff, that looks fantastic!!!! Steady on Gal …. you’re giving the game away. You are a sticky spicey rib Gal and it turns out that it was worth the four hours of me slow cooking and my bastings. I’ll send you an e-rib. 🙂 Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted July 22 #21408 Share Posted July 22 Just about my favourite food too, along with prawn tempura. Not healthy, of course, but who cares. Just finger-licking good. I would ask you for some, Jeff, but they might get just too oozy in the post. Lola Am I right in thinking that gemutlichkeit means a sort of friendly jolliness? Lederhosen and dirndl skirts etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 22 #21409 Share Posted July 22 (edited) 32 minutes ago, lincslady said: Just about my favourite food too, along with prawn tempura. Not healthy, of course, but who cares. Just finger-licking good. I would ask you for some, Jeff, but they might get just too oozy in the post. Lola Am I right in thinking that gemutlichkeit means a sort of friendly jolliness? Lederhosen and dirndl skirts etc. Hello Lola. Tempura is a wonderful thing that too late in life i understood that it seemed to me that the Japanese got and we never did. Counter intuitively our first experience of tempura was in Nice with courgette flowers in tempura which was glorious. It’s a spring thing. It’s only a very light batter with fresh content, why is it we rarely get it? But prawn tempura has to be (and can be) made at home or at a place that does it well and that then serves it promptly. From the fryer to the mouth. Crispiness is elusive and can only be served within seconds. Otherwise it is stodge and nasty. I have spent far too much longer than a sane person would ever spend trying to understand why the Austrians’ have been so resistant to an English translation of Gemutlichkeit. It is simply cosiness and happiness. Both being an elusive imponderable. I can only say - imagine thus. It is in Austria, it is snowing, you are in a stübl. This is a wooden sort of taverna. There is a wood stove. There is food served on large platters. There might be a zipher family and there is a feeling of warmth and friendship and cosiness. It is a friendly cosy feeling of warmth and friendliness. If you think of Stille Nacht in a stuble with the effluence of incahol and extraordinary inclusiveness and you come close. It is a condition of feeling. There is no English equivalent. And therefore I’m impotent in explaining. 🙂 Jeff Edited July 22 by UKCruiseJeff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DavyWavey70 Posted July 22 #21410 Share Posted July 22 3 hours ago, MissSophia said: Just heard on our local North Wales news that some minor tremors were reported this morning off the Isle of Anglesey…..wondering if the earth moved for our very own DW as he’s closer than l am here…😊 Definitely no earth moving been going on around here not even a mild tremor. 3 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said: I wish they’d make a song about Caramel Magnums. Jeff These are highly recommended too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted July 22 #21411 Share Posted July 22 It's okay! No hard feelings! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted July 22 #21412 Share Posted July 22 (edited) Food for Thought.... Edited July 22 by mysty 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Work for Tiramisu Posted July 22 #21413 Share Posted July 22 Well, yesterday started off nicely enough with these pastries from neighbors. We give them fresh eggs, and they seem to think they have to reciprocate. Later, the plantain I bought last week were getting dark and wrinkly enough that they were ready to eat, so tried a recipe in "Everyone's Table", by Gregory Gourdet. He is the Haitian Chef responsible for the restaurant Kann in Portland, Oregon, that has been causing quite a stir in the food community. You sauté the slices in olive oil, remove from pan, then sauté onions and garlic until golden, return plantain to pan, drizzle with maple syrple, heat it up. Really tasty. Tonight, tried another dish from same cookbook. You prepare a head of broccoli, cut into even sized florets, peel stems, toss with a bit of oil & kosher salt, then cook in a basket on the gas grill, until starting to char in places. High heat, so goes pretty quick. Remove and put in a bowl, then dose with a sauce made earlier - chopped green scallions & ginger to 1/8" pieces, put in small bowl and pour over them smoking hot oil and stir up until settled in bowl. Cool off in refer, then toss with the broccoli, and drip chili paste mixed with roasted sesame oil over top. A real summertime treat. I was making bread earlier anyway, so upped the recipe and diverted enough for a pizza. After cooking the broccoli, flipped the basket over, put a pizza stone on top, let grill heat up to 500F, then put the pizza on, while the grill was still going. Came out well, and didn't have to heat up the house, as grill is outdoors. My DW allowed as how I, too, could sit on the Good Boy step! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Duchess Posted July 23 #21414 Share Posted July 23 18 hours ago, lincslady said: Just a pity it was then annexed by CocaCola, which spoilt it for me. A bit like 'just one cornetto'. I have to admit to a virtual hatred of Coke; tried it once many years ago and cannot understand why anyone drinks it, or any of the others with a similar flavour. Agree, only drinkable with lots of rum in it😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Duchess Posted July 23 #21415 Share Posted July 23 12 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said: Hello Lola. Tempura is a wonderful thing that too late in life i understood that it seemed to me that the Japanese got and we never did. Counter intuitively our first experience of tempura was in Nice with courgette flowers in tempura which was glorious. It’s a spring thing. It’s only a very light batter with fresh content, why is it we rarely get it? But prawn tempura has to be (and can be) made at home or at a place that does it well and that then serves it promptly. From the fryer to the mouth. Crispiness is elusive and can only be served within seconds. Otherwise it is stodge and nasty. I have spent far too much longer than a sane person would ever spend trying to understand why the Austrians’ have been so resistant to an English translation of Gemutlichkeit. It is simply cosiness and happiness. Both being an elusive imponderable. I can only say - imagine thus. It is in Austria, it is snowing, you are in a stübl. This is a wooden sort of taverna. There is a wood stove. There is food served on large platters. There might be a zipher family and there is a feeling of warmth and friendship and cosiness. It is a friendly cosy feeling of warmth and friendliness. If you think of Stille Nacht in a stuble with the effluence of incahol and extraordinary inclusiveness and you come close. It is a condition of feeling. There is no English equivalent. And therefore I’m impotent in explaining. 🙂 Jeff Perfect explanation👍🏻 In Bavaria there is the (sung) toast of "ein Prosit auf die Gemütlichkeit", i.e. cheers to that nice cozy feeling you get when drinking beer snd sharing food with friends. Which reminds me, must go to Munich for a weekend soon. Theoretically, it's only 4 hours by train, but then of course, with Deutsche Bahn nowadays you never know😊 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 23 #21416 Share Posted July 23 4 hours ago, Grand Duchess said: Perfect explanation👍🏻 In Bavaria there is the (sung) toast of "ein Prosit auf die Gemütlichkeit", i.e. cheers to that nice cozy feeling you get when drinking beer snd sharing food with friends. Which reminds me, must go to Munich for a weekend soon. Theoretically, it's only 4 hours by train, but then of course, with Deutsche Bahn nowadays you never know😊 Thanks! And of course, the obligation with "Ein Prosit" is to constantly standup and sit down preferably with a stein in your hand. Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 23 #21417 Share Posted July 23 Munich! I was chatting to the wife about your mention of Munch and she reminded me of a business trip I made to Munich when I was working for The Corporation. I had cause to make a trip to Munich on business with my then boss. You might recall if you’ve been around long enough that I mentioned his passing a few years back because he was known mostly as having been lent to the UK government on a temporary basis but was then made CEO of the NHS and I lost him as a boss for good although we lunched together regularly during his latter career. Anyway, our business meetings in Munich went extremely well, and he decided that we would have a celebratory dinner together in one of Munich’s cavernous bier kellers. It was a lovely dinner with lot’s of pork and stuff with a lot of beers. The following morning I had to make a call to The Wife and make peace for failing to call her the previous night which was my standing instruction. Anybody who remembers those days will know that calling home from abroad on public phones was a black art that took a rare combination of science and knowledge. There was the number you pressed on the hotel bedroom’s phone to get a line, then the number for international calls, then the country code being 44 for the UK and then that you had to drop the 0 for the area code and then the number. It always seemed to defeat me. I got it miraculously right and heard her lovely voice. I ate humble pie and apologised for not calling the previous night. There was a silence and she said “But you did call me - do you have no recall of calling me and telling me about your dinner with Len?” I had no recall but was immensely proud that I could make the call home in the evident condition I must have been in. She told me what I had told her of my dinner. What had happened was this. We had went to dinner and were sitting down at a table that was overladen with proteins and beers and had a candle in the middle of the table. For some reason I do not now fully understand, I had become fixated on my boss’s necktie. I had evidently reached over to it and felt it and it seemed to me that it was a manmade fibre which I felt inappropriate for a man of his seniority. I had asserted that it really should be silk. He protested that it WAS silk, and so I yanked at it again to read the label, but it was too dark to read it. So I announced that there was only one way of telling definitively and so I decided to yank his tie again and hold it over the candle to see how quickly it burned. This may seem silly now in the cold light of day, but it seemed to make perfect sense at the time. In my own defence, I don’t think that I had fully thought this through. Anyway the flame shot up his tie at a rate of knots and I managed to pull it off his neck just in time. Evidently the rest of the meal was comparatively uneventful and we both went to our (separate!) rooms to sleep off the effects of the celebration. I now had to go and meet him for breakfast not knowing what would be said. I made my way to breakfast and saw him wave at me from a corner, and he greeted me with a cheery wave and asked whether I’d slept well. “Fine” I said .. “…. how about you”? “Oh I slept well, but do you know what happened to my tie? I couldn’t find it this morning” “How weird” I said innocently. And thus my career survived for another day. I found out many years later that he had remembered precidely what happened but spared me the embarrassment. Hope this causes a chuckle even if I go cold every time I think of it. Jeff 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted July 23 #21418 Share Posted July 23 Greetings Coolers! Today's funny..... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted July 23 #21419 Share Posted July 23 Jeff - 'Ooh you are awful, but......' Lovely story. I once had a slightly similar though much less exciting one from Hong Kong, in the middle of the night, from my DH who had forgotten the next day that he had phoned. This after a flight from Beijing, with much drink taken on the BA flight, all the businessmen on board cheering on leaving China when they got on board. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 23 #21420 Share Posted July 23 3 minutes ago, lincslady said: Jeff - 'Ooh you are awful, but......' Lovely story. I once had a slightly similar though much less exciting one from Hong Kong, in the middle of the night, from my DH who had forgotten the next day that he had phoned. This after a flight from Beijing, with much drink taken on the BA flight, all the businessmen on board cheering on leaving China when they got on board. Sometimes, - as in my case - it might have been more charitable and less painful if we hadn’t been reminded that we had in fact made the call. 😁 It became known as “Tiegate”. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Duchess Posted July 23 #21421 Share Posted July 23 2 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said: Munich! I was chatting to the wife about your mention of Munch and she reminded me of a business trip I made to Munich when I was working for The Corporation. I had cause to make a trip to Munich on business with my then boss. You might recall if you’ve been around long enough that I mentioned his passing a few years back because he was known mostly as having been lent to the UK government on a temporary basis but was then made CEO of the NHS and I lost him as a boss for good although we lunched together regularly during his latter career. Anyway, our business meetings in Munich went extremely well, and he decided that we would have a celebratory dinner together in one of Munich’s cavernous bier kellers. It was a lovely dinner with lot’s of pork and stuff with a lot of beers. The following morning I had to make a call to The Wife and make peace for failing to call her the previous night which was my standing instruction. Anybody who remembers those days will know that calling home from abroad on public phones was a black art that took a rare combination of science and knowledge. There was the number you pressed on the hotel bedroom’s phone to get a line, then the number for international calls, then the country code being 44 for the UK and then that you had to drop the 0 for the area code and then the number. It always seemed to defeat me. I got it miraculously right and heard her lovely voice. I ate humble pie and apologised for not calling the previous night. There was a silence and she said “But you did call me - do you have no recall of calling me and telling me about your dinner with Len?” I had no recall but was immensely proud that I could make the call home in the evident condition I must have been in. She told me what I had told her of my dinner. What had happened was this. We had went to dinner and were sitting down at a table that was overladen with proteins and beers and had a candle in the middle of the table. For some reason I do not now fully understand, I had become fixated on my boss’s necktie. I had evidently reached over to it and felt it and it seemed to me that it was a manmade fibre which I felt inappropriate for a man of his seniority. I had asserted that it really should be silk. He protested that it WAS silk, and so I yanked at it again to read the label, but it was too dark to read it. So I announced that there was only one way of telling definitively and so I decided to yank his tie again and hold it over the candle to see how quickly it burned. This may seem silly now in the cold light of day, but it seemed to make perfect sense at the time. In my own defence, I don’t think that I had fully thought this through. Anyway the flame shot up his tie at a rate of knots and I managed to pull it off his neck just in time. Evidently the rest of the meal was comparatively uneventful and we both went to our (separate!) rooms to sleep off the effects of the celebration. I now had to go and meet him for breakfast not knowing what would be said. I made my way to breakfast and saw him wave at me from a corner, and he greeted me with a cheery wave and asked whether I’d slept well. “Fine” I said .. “…. how about you”? “Oh I slept well, but do you know what happened to my tie? I couldn’t find it this morning” “How weird” I said innocently. And thus my career survived for another day. I found out many years later that he had remembered precidely what happened but spared me the embarrassment. Hope this causes a chuckle even if I go cold every time I think of it. Jeff Priceless🤣🤣🤣 In a certain state some things do make perfect sense... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare mysty Posted July 23 #21423 Share Posted July 23 During the summer I really enjoy salads. One of my favourites is a Couscous Salad. Here is the recipe for those interested..... Couscous Salad: 1 cup couscous cooked 1 each red onion & red pepper cut in small julienne sticks 1/3 cup each raisins & toasted sliced almonds 1/2 cup canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained 1/2 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing (I use mayonnaise) 1/4 cup plain 2% yogurt 1 tsp cumin Salt & Pepper to taste Combine ingredients, pre-blending dressing, yogurt and seasonings. Chill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 23 #21424 Share Posted July 23 Today’s Lunch was baked potato and Penang Curry. Too remove any doubt! There is no law against curry and potato ….. AND this is a picture of my own cookery! (Rather than someone elses cookery lifted from a web page!) 😁 Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted July 23 #21425 Share Posted July 23 56 minutes ago, mysty said: During the summer I really enjoy salads. One of my favourites is a Couscous Salad. Here is the recipe for those interested..... Couscous Salad: 1 cup couscous cooked 1 each red onion & red pepper cut in small julienne sticks 1/3 cup each raisins & toasted sliced almonds 1/2 cup canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained 1/2 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing (I use mayonnaise) 1/4 cup plain 2% yogurt 1 tsp cumin Salt & Pepper to taste Combine ingredients, pre-blending dressing, yogurt and seasonings. Chill Hi Mysty, sounds and looks delicious! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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